HSTA recent news
Jill Meinecke2025-10-17T13:13:45-10:00October 14, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: D.C., Indivisible Hawaii Statewide Network, No Kings Day, Osa Tui, peaceful protest, President Donald Trump, Trump adminstration, Washington|
On Saturday, Oct. 18, numerous ‘No Dictators!’ Day of Defiance events are planned across the Hawaiian islands as an all-out effort to protect democracy and the U.S. Constitution, led by Indivisible Hawai’i Statewide Network.
Jill Meinecke2025-10-01T12:22:46-10:00October 1, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Bargaining Unit 05, charter school teachers, charter schools, HIDOE, Judy Ryan, PD, professional development credits, reclassification|
As a result of HSTA's advocacy, the HIDOE issued a memo that updates the procedures for teachers moving from charter schools into HIDOE positions and creates a one-time window through the end of 2025 for HIDOE teachers who formerly taught at Hawaiʻi charter schools to gain recognition for previous academic and professional development credits that can be used to reclassify and increase their pay.
Jill Meinecke2025-10-01T10:16:18-10:00October 1, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Class VIII, HIDOE, kaiapuni, microcredentials, Sheltered Instruction Qualification, SIQ, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Sheltered Instruction Qualification (SIQ) to provide educators more flexibility., TESOL|
The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education (HIDOE) just announced updates and new options for teachers to obtain the Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Sheltered Instruction Qualification (SIQ) to provide educators more flexibility.
Jill Meinecke2025-09-30T11:04:08-10:00September 30, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: hats, Hawaii State Department of Education, HSTA logo items, HSTA merch, HSTA merchandise, Kula Threads, polos, t-shirts|
We have just launched a temporary pop-up online store offering HSTA-branded t-shirts, polo shirts, and caps for sale at hstamerch.com.
Jill Meinecke2025-09-30T13:31:58-10:00September 30, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Andrea Eshelman, Hawaiʻi public school teachers, HSTA, HSTA contract, Joan Husted, Know Your Rights, Negotiations, rally, State Capitol, strike|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association is proud to bring back the “Know Your Rights” column dedicated to helping Bargaining Unit 05 educators understand the rights we have secured in our contract and how to use them every day.
Jill Meinecke2025-10-03T09:42:47-10:00September 29, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Connie Mitchell, Hawaii Foodbank, HSTA Board of Directors, HSTA HCR, HSTA Human and Civil Rights Committee, IHS, jodi kunimitsu, Kahauiki Village, Maʻi movement, Osa Tui|
Children and families at Kahauiki Village in Iwilei attended a “Good Neighbor Day” event Saturday afternoon, sponsored by members of the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association’s Human and Civil Rights Committee.
Jill Meinecke2025-09-25T14:04:17-10:00September 25, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: budget cuts, Donald Trump, English language learners, HSTA President, ICE, immigration enforcement, Indivisible Hawaii Statewide Network, J20+, migrants, Osa Tui, Project 2025, public education, Trump adminstration, U.S. Department of Education, union power, University of Hawaii at Manoa|
Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association President Osa Tui, Jr. warned that public education is under attack during a community forum Friday, citing threats to schools, teachers, and unions under the Trump administration.
Jill Meinecke2025-09-25T13:34:55-10:00September 25, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: advocacy, bargaining, chief negotiator, deputy executive director, hiring, labor union relations, negotiation, now hiring, Oahu, public charter schools, public schools, UniServ Directors, UniServ Manager|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association is seeking applicants for two management-level positions: deputy executive director and chief negotiator.
Jill Meinecke2025-09-22T14:13:31-10:00September 19, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: APC, APC rep, CBR, faculty representatives, Grievance rep, Hawaii Island, Hawaii State Department of Education, HIDOE, HSTA committees, Kaʻū-Keaʻau-Pāhoa Complex Area, Keaʻau High, Teacher of the Year|
Elise Hannigan, an English teacher at Keaʻau High on Hawaiʻi Island, received the state’s top teaching award from Gov. Josh Green and Schools Superintendent Keith Hayashi during a ceremony at Washington Place Friday afternoon.
Jill Meinecke2025-09-18T15:58:05-10:00September 18, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Hawaii State Department of Education, shortage differential, special education, special education teacher, SPED, SPED differential|
A national survey reveals that Hawaiʻi’s $10,000 shortage differential for special education teachers remains the highest in the country and has greatly reduced the number of unlicensed SPED teachers in the islands.
