HSTA recent news
Jill Meinecke2025-05-22T11:25:18-10:00May 22, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Becky Pringle, education cuts, federal cuts, NEA, Osa Tui, Trump Administration, U.S. Department of Education, U.S. District Judge Myong Joun, U.S. Supreme Court|
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from firing thousands of employees at the U.S. Department of Education, ruling that the terminations were a thinly veiled effort to dismantle the entire department without congressional approval.
Jill Meinecke2025-05-23T11:24:12-10:00May 22, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Canva, CBS News, Dr. Pascale Creek Pinner, Hawaii Island, Hilo Intermediate, HSTA-Retired, Joel Truesdell, Jonathan Gillentine, Merrie Monarch, National Teachers Hall of Fame|
Hilo Intermediate science teacher Dr. Pascale Creek Pinner experienced the surprise of a lifetime when she found out that she’s being inducted into the National Teachers Hall of Fame.
Jill Meinecke2025-05-21T15:15:35-10:00May 21, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Hawaii Department of Education, Osa Tui, shortage differentials, teacher compensation, teacher pay, teacher salary|
The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education is partnering with the Experience Management Institute (EXMI) on a comprehensive Compensation Impact Study focused on teacher salary compression.
Jill Meinecke2025-07-21T13:57:37-10:00May 21, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: ACLU Hawaii, Andrea Eshelman, Hawaiʻi Coalition for Immigrant Rights, HIDOE, ICE, ICE raids, immigration, Keith Hayashi, Osa Tui, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Rep. Jill Tokuda|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association partnered with U.S. Rep. Jill Tokuda (D, Hawaiʻi), the ACLU Hawaiʻi, and the Hawai‘i Coalition for Immigrant Rights to present a virtual Know Your Rights for Educators: Immigration Enforcement session.
Jill Meinecke2025-05-20T15:26:14-10:00May 20, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Class VIII, HIDOE, Know Your Rights, Sheltered Instruction Qualification, SIQ|
Many Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association members are planning to finish up coursework this coming summer so they can be eligible to submit credits toward reclassification for Class VIII. As a result, members have asked for clarification about what is required to show proof of obtaining Sheltered Instruction Qualification (SIQ).
Jill Meinecke2025-05-20T15:14:50-10:00May 19, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: AE, Aspiring Educators, Joshua Kamalani, Jr., Kristin Hamada, National Education Association and Advisory Committee of Aspiring Educators (ACAE), NEA, Osa Tui, University of Hawaii|
Around 25 aspiring educators from university and community college programs across the state gathered at the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association’s headquarters on Oʻahu late last month for an open house to learn the value of unionism.
Jill Meinecke2025-05-16T14:56:24-10:00May 15, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: ACLU Hawaii, Hawai‘i Coalition for Immigrant Rights, immigration, Immigration guidance, Jill Tokuda, Know Your Rights|
The Hawaʻii State Teachers Association is teaming with U.S. Rep. Jill Tokuda (D, Hawaiʻi), the ACLU Hawaiʻi, and the Hawai‘i Coalition for Immigrant Rights to present a virtual “Know Your Rights for Educators: Immigration Enforcement” session Tuesday, May 20.
Jill Meinecke2025-05-15T10:56:13-10:00May 15, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: climate justice, Hawaii high school students, Mapping justice, STEM|
Mapping Justice, a free virtual summer program for Hawaiʻi high school students, seeks applicants for its program for students to dive into climate and social justice issues in their communities, while learning fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
Jill Meinecke2025-05-14T13:06:01-10:00May 14, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Andrea Eshelman, HIBOE, HIDOE, ICE, immigration enforcement, Immigration guidance, Jill Tokuda, Keith Hayashi, Plyler v. DOE, Roy Takumi|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association is asking the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education to affirm that it won’t retaliate or discipline school employees who refuse to participate in immigration enforcement. The union also wants HIDOE to require administrators to be trained on immigration enforcement issues.
Jill Meinecke2025-05-14T13:07:45-10:00May 14, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Hawaii Board of Education, HIDOE, ICE, ICE raid, Immigration guidance, Kona Chapter, Konawaena Middle School, law enforcement guidance policy, President Donald Trump, U.S. Rep. Jill Tokuda|
More than 40 people, most of them public school teachers, attended a talk-story event with U.S. Rep. Jill Tokuda (D, Hawaiʻi) in Kona Saturday afternoon, organized by the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association to discuss immigration enforcement concerns. Afterwards, Tokuda called the meeting “heart-wrenching.”
