HSTA recent news
Jill Meinecke2023-05-18T16:27:15-10:00May 18, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: HIDOE, HSTA Convention, new educators, new members, resources, SHiNE, SHiNE Committee, Supporting Hawaii's New Educators, teacher turnover, tools, Victoria Zupancic|
Member delegates voted last month to make the Supporting Hawaii’s New Educators (SHiNE) ad hoc committee a standing committee at the HSTA’s 50th annual Convention at the Hawaiʻi Convention Center.
Jill Meinecke2023-05-17T17:20:30-10:00May 17, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Donovan Dela Cruz, Hawaii public schools, Justin Woodson, Keith Hayashi, Lincoln Elementary, Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke, pre-K, pre-kindergarten, public preschool, Ready Keiki, Sylvia Luke|
Eleven new public pre-K classrooms across the state will open under budget and a year ahead of schedule under Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke’s Ready Keiki initiative, announced during a news conference Wednesday at Lincoln Elementary School on Oʻahu.
Evan Kumasaki2023-05-11T16:19:38-10:00May 11, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: CBA, collective bargaining agreement, contract, Educator Evaluation System, EES, end of the school year, Know Your Rights, marginal, summer programs, summer school, summer work, unsatisfactory|
Evan Kumasaki2023-05-11T16:01:39-10:00May 11, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: end of the school year, paycheck, payroll, summer, summer pay, summer programs, summer school|
With summer quickly approaching, you may be wondering how your pay is affected. Do you even get paid? The answer is yes, and here’s how.
Terri Inefuku2023-05-09T11:12:19-10:00May 8, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: EL, English Learners program, HIDOE, Office of Student Support Services, Quality Teaching for English Learners, Sheltered Instruction Qualification, SIQ, summer institute, WestEd|
Participants who attend all five days of this institute will receive 30 non-credit seat hours toward their Sheltered Instruction Qualification (SIQ).
Terri Inefuku2023-05-04T12:02:56-10:00May 4, 2023|Categories: Negotiations, News|Tags: Class VIII, contract, HSTA Negotiations Team, Negotiations, pay raises, ratification vote, step increases, teacher pay|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association (HSTA) is pleased to announce that Bargaining Unit 05 employees of the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education and public charter schools have voted to ratify a new four-year contract.
Jill Meinecke2023-04-28T16:13:17-10:00April 28, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: 2023-2027 contract, Bargaining Unit 05, contract funding, Gov. Josh Green, Hawaii State Department of Education, HIDOE, HSTA contract, Jr., Louise Cayetano, Osa Tui, public charter schools, ratification vote|
During a joint House and Senate Conference Committee meeting Friday, state lawmakers approved $219 million in funding for the first two years of Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association’s 2023–2027 contract that takes effect July 1.
Terri Inefuku2023-04-28T16:04:20-10:00April 28, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Chad Keoni Farias, educator housing, lieutenant governor, michelle kidani, School Facilities Authority, Senate Committee on Education, Sylvia Luke, Teacher housing|
Lawmakers plan to appropriate $170 million into the state budget to fund the projects at a variety of locations. The budget proposal and Senate Bill 941 head to the full House and Senate for approval before the Legislative session adjourns next week.
Terri Inefuku2023-04-24T22:24:26-10:00April 24, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Daphna Ehrenhalt, HCR, HSTA STACY Award, human and civil rights committee, inclusion, Keaau Elementary School, Stacy Nishina, Teacher of the Year, teaching excellence, Transgender 101|
This year’s recipient is Daphna Ehrenhalt, a fifth-grade inclusion teacher at Keaʻau Elementary School on Hawaiʻi Island.
Jill Meinecke2023-04-25T13:47:21-10:00April 24, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Andrea Eshelman, HSTA contract, Jr., Osa Tui, ratification, ratification sites, settlement agreement, tentative agreement|
On Monday, Hawaiʻi State Teacher Association President Osa Tui, Jr. and HSTA’s Deputy Director and Chief Negotiator Andrea Eshelman hosted a member webinar to discuss HSTA’s tentative settlement ahead of the ratification vote Wednesday after school.
