HSTA recent news
Jill Meinecke2026-03-02T13:08:04-10:00March 2, 2026|Categories: News|Tags: Hanohano Hawaiʻi, Hawaiian Education Committee, Hawaiian Language Month, HSTA Koolau Chapter, Ka ʻAhahui Kumu Kula o Hawaiʻi Pae ʻĀina, Kalae Akioka, Kaulike Specialist, Mahina ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, ōlelo noʻeau, Osa Tui, Waikāhi Ka Pono|
On the final day of Mahina ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian Language Month), the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association’s Board of Directors voted to approve the official Hawaiian translation of the union’s formal name: Ka ʻAhahui Kumu Kula o Hawaiʻi Pae ʻĀina.
Jill Meinecke2026-02-26T10:06:44-10:00February 26, 2026|Categories: News|Tags: educators rights, First Amendment, LearnUpon, NEA, organizing, professional development, protest, protest rights|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association is pleased to share a new professional learning opportunity for members and staff, “Protest Rights & Legal Non-Cooperation Tactics for Educators and Union Members,” now available online through NEA's LearnUpon Professional Development online platform.
Jill Meinecke2026-02-26T09:40:45-10:00February 26, 2026|Categories: News|Tags: Hawaiian Education Committee, Hawaiian language, HSTA Hawaiian Education Committee, ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, Mahina ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, resources|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Associationʻs Hawaiian Education Committee offers a selection of resources in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi to educators.
Evan Kumasaki2026-03-12T15:45:07-10:00February 24, 2026|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’ Hoʻolaukoa Educational Systems and Strategies, offers NEA Jump Start as a way to support candidates as they navigate their way through the complex process of National Board Certification.
Jill Meinecke2026-04-16T14:29:57-10:00February 24, 2026|Categories: News|Tags: design thinking, Design Thinking Hawaii, Hawaii Foundation for Educators, HFE, HSTA headquarters, interdisciplinary, professional development, Stanford d-School open-source process|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association and Design Thinking Hawai’i are launching the Design Thinking Laboratory to empower teachers to integrate design thinking into their classrooms and develop interdisciplinary lesson plans or units for student implementation.
Jill Meinecke2026-02-23T09:32:37-10:00February 20, 2026|Categories: News|
February 1-28 is open enrollment for HSTA VEBA Trust products: Accident insurance, critical illness insurance, long-term income insurance, and short-term income insurance.
Jill Meinecke2026-02-20T15:30:10-10:00February 20, 2026|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, COVID hazard pay, Gov. Josh Green, HIDOE, House Education Committee, Laverne Moore, Osa Tui Jr, pandemic, Rep. Justin Woodson, tax loopholes, UPW|
The State House Education Committee on Thursday approved a proposal to end a multi-million-dollar tax loophole enjoyed by rental car companies in Hawaiʻi to fund hazard pay for teachers who put themselves in harm’s way by teaching children during the pandemic.
Jill Meinecke2026-02-19T10:36:24-10:00February 19, 2026|Categories: News|Tags: creative learning, educator grant, grant, Hawaii Foundation for Educators, HFE, students, teacher grant|
Educators can now apply for the Hawaiʻi Foundation for Educators Hakuhou Grant to boost creativity in their classrooms.
Jill Meinecke2026-02-12T13:42:19-10:00February 12, 2026|Categories: News|Tags: automatic step increases, Board of Education, COVID hazard pay, Gov. Josh Green, HGEA, HIDOE, Keith Hayashi, Osa Tui, salary schedule, Sarah Milianta-Laffin, teacher pay|
Key state Senate and House committees have advanced proposals to establish annual step salary increases for public and charter school teachers.
Jill Meinecke2026-03-06T15:56:20-10:00February 9, 2026|Categories: News|Tags: Hawaii Foundation for Educators, HFE, HIDOE, HSTA merch, Kula Ink, merch, palaka, pop up store|
Back by popular demand, the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association is launching a second temporary pop-up online store with a half dozen new merch items available to order from Feb. 9 through March 9.
