HSTA recent news
Terri Inefuku2021-02-05T15:18:17-10:00February 3, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: cases, Corey Rosenlee, coronavirus, COVID-19, Donna Mercado Kim, Hawaii State Department of Education, HIDOE, legislature, michelle kidani, Senate Committee on Education|
A bill requiring the Hawaii Department of Education to publish a weekly report naming the public schools that have COVID-19 cases among students and staff unanimously passed the Senate Education Committee Wednesday.
Evan Kumasaki2021-02-12T04:14:09-10:00February 1, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: budget cuts, christina kishimoto, delay, governor, HIDOE, HSTA, superintendent, TATP, Teacher Assignment and Transfer Program|
A delay in the TATP schedule and deadlines would allow additional time for the department to consider restored reductions to the weighted student formula (WSF) and special education per pupil allocation (SPPA) and reduce the need for schools to cut teacher and other staff positions for the next school year.
Evan Kumasaki2021-02-05T01:11:58-10:00January 29, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: coronavirus, COVID-19, Department of Education, Department of Health, distribution, guidance, priority, vaccine|
Educators will begin to get access to COVID-19 vaccines on a regular basis toward the end of January and early February, state officials said, while Kauai public school employees will get vaccinated starting Monday.
Evan Kumasaki2021-02-05T00:20:13-10:00January 29, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: camp, cohort, Compugirls Hawaii, cyber, cybersecurity, free, girls, information technology, sessions, spring, training, University of Hawaii|
Hawaii girls in grades 8-12 are invited to apply for the CompuGirls Hawaii Spring Camp 2021, a free virtual program aimed to introduce and educate Hawaii girls underrepresented in STEM (Science, Technology, Education and Science) education to cybersecurity and information technology (IT).
Evan Kumasaki2021-01-28T10:59:00-10:00January 28, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: airport, coronavirus, COVID-19, free, testing, waikiki|
The City and County of Honolulu, through an agreement with the National Kidney Foundation of Hawai‘i Consortium, has expanded free COVID-19 testing to O‘ahu educators at testing sites at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport and in Waikīkī.
Evan Kumasaki2021-01-26T06:20:00-10:00January 26, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: alert, AlohaSafe Alert, app, coronavirus, COVID-19, notification|
Health officials urge the public to download a local app that was developed to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19. AlohaSafe Alert is a free exposure notification app approved by the state of Hawai‘i.
Evan Kumasaki2021-02-05T01:23:15-10:00January 26, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: budget cuts, coronavirus, COVID-19, David Ige, furloughs, governor, HSTA, live stream, pay cuts, Q&A|
On Dec. 28, HSTA held a live briefing to inform members on furlough threats, our response, and other COVID-19-related updates and actions. Several developments have occurred relating to the governor’s threat of furloughing state employees.
Evan Kumasaki2021-02-05T01:24:56-10:00January 23, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: HIDOE, memo, paid time, shots, vaccinations, vaccines|
After the HSTA advocated for its members to receive paid time to get their COVID-19 vaccines, School Superintendent Christina Kishimoto sent a memo Friday authorizing that to Hawaii Department of Education employees.
Evan Kumasaki2021-01-23T11:01:00-10:00January 23, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: challenges, focus group, Hawaii Education Association, HEA, June Motokawa, needs, nonprofit, online, survey|
The nonprofit Hawaii Education Association seeks active and retired teachers from all grade levels (preschool through college) and all islands to participate in online focus groups about the education profession today.
Evan Kumasaki2021-01-23T09:58:00-10:00January 23, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: EL, ELL, ELL Committee, English language learner, English learner, HSTA, survey|
All members are encouraged to take the survey, which should take five minutes or less to complete. Those teachers who have EL responsibilities, such as classroom instruction, EL coordination, and/or support for EL services are strongly encouraged to respond.
