HSTA recent news
Jill Meinecke2025-09-05T16:00:10-10:00September 5, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Andrea Eshelman, Hawaii Department of Education, Hawaii public schools, HIDOE, HSTA executive director, HSTA staff, Joan Lewis, Negotiations, Osa Tui, Pearl City High, School Level Leader|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association Board of Directors has appointed Andrea Eshelman as HSTA’s next executive director. She brings nearly three decades of experience as a public school teacher, union leader, manager and chief negotiator to her new position.
Jill Meinecke2025-08-28T09:52:44-10:00August 28, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: BU 05, compression, compression fix, Hawaiʻi Labor Relations Board, Hawaii Department of Education, HIDOE, HLRB, out of state experience, repricing|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association (HSTA) has been granted permission to intervene in a court appeal of a labor board decision concerning hundreds of its members who have not received credit for prior teaching experience.
cschubert2026-03-12T15:31:08-10:00August 26, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Jump Start, Kamehameha Schools, National Board Certification, National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, NBCT, NEA|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association, in collaboration with Kamehameha Schools, offers candidate support sessions as a way to support candidates as they navigate their way through the complex process of National Board Certification.
Jill Meinecke2025-08-20T16:51:44-10:00August 20, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: collective bargaining, federal workers, labor, Labor Day, plantations, public schools, rally, union, vouchers, workers' rights|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association encourages its members, their ʻohana, friends, and allies to participate in peaceful Labor Day weekend rallies taking place across the state during the Labor Day weekend.
Jill Meinecke2025-08-14T08:58:37-10:00August 14, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Costa Rica, field study, Global Learning Fellow, Global Learning Fellowship, NEA, The NEA Foundation|
Two Hawai‘i educators recently returned from an inspiring field study in Costa Rica as part of the NEA Foundation’s Global Learning Fellowship.
Jill Meinecke2026-06-18T10:41:38-10:00August 6, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Educators Employment Liability (EEL) insurance policy, EEL, EEL Program, National Education Association, NEA|
Jill Meinecke2025-08-01T10:44:33-10:00August 1, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Aaron Kubo, back to school, Cheney Kaku, HSTA leaders, HSTA leadership, Jr., Logan Okita, Osa Tui, school year 2025-26|
HSTA's leadership team issues a special welcome message to members to start school year 2025-26.
Jill Meinecke2025-07-31T14:04:25-10:00July 31, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: 2023-2024 school year, back pay, HIDOE, HSTA, office of talent management, pay raise error, salary step|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association has secured a $291,881 settlement from the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education (HIDOE) to compensate 71 teachers who were improperly denied a step increase during the 2023–2024 school year.
Jill Meinecke2025-07-31T14:21:18-10:00July 31, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: ACLU, ACLU Hawaiʻi, Hawaiʻi State Department of Education, ICE, immigration, immigration enforcement, Immigration guidance, Know Your Rights, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Rep. Jill Tokuda|
Just days ahead of students returning to campuses and classrooms for the new school year, the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association co-hosted a second Know Your Rights: Immigration Enforcement session for educators.
Jill Meinecke2025-07-31T09:32:48-10:00July 31, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: new educators, new teachers, SHiNE, SHiNE Committee, webinar|
The Supporting Hawaiʻi’s New Educators (SHiNE) Committee of the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association invites new teachers to attend a series of informational webinars on various topics.
