HSTA recent news
Jill Meinecke2023-10-05T12:47:52-10:00October 5, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Gov. Josh Green, Hawaii Department of Education, Hawaii State Teacher of the Year, HIDOE, Jackie Freitas, Keith Hayashi, Leilehua High School, Leilehua-Mililani-Waialua Complex, natural resources teacher, Teacher of the Year, Washington Place|
Jackie Freitas received the state’s top teaching award from Gov. Josh Green and Schools Superintendent Keith Hayashi during a ceremony at Washington Place Tuesday.
Jill Meinecke2023-10-04T14:06:24-10:00October 4, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: collective bargaining, education, Hawaii DOE, HSTA, HSTA contract, HSTA Convention, HSTA executive director, HSTA staff, Joan Husted, Joan Kamila Lewis, June Motokawa, Osa Tui Jr, Roger Takabayashi, teacher, Wilbert Holck|
Joan Lee Husted, one of the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association’s founding mothers, died Monday. She was 85 years old and passed away peacefully at her Makiki home under hospice care, her family said.
Evan Kumasaki2023-10-17T12:10:19-10:00October 2, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: acceptance, committee, equality, equity, festival, HSTA, human and civil rights, LGBTQ, lgbtqia, pride, pride parade|
HSTA’s Human and Civil Rights Committee is virtually celebrating the contributions of the LGBTQIA+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual) community and the cultural diversity of our island home with an interactive Pride virtual classroom.
Terri Inefuku2023-09-29T10:44:36-10:00September 29, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: evacuation plan, Hawaii State House of Representatives, King Kamehameha III Elementary, Lahaina Intermediate, Lahainaluna High School, maui wildfires, mental health, testimony|
Families in Lahaina voiced their concerns Thursday over inadequate evacuation plans and inaccessible mental health services as three of four Hawaiʻi State Department of Education schools in West Maui prepare to reopen to students next month in the wake of devastating wildfires.
Jill Meinecke2023-09-28T16:12:23-10:00September 28, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Blade Shepherd-Jones, Colombia, Fulbright Fellow, Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms, international field study, Laura Cummings, Morocco, professional development, Sunset Elementary, Waimānalo Elementary & Intermediate|
Two Oʻahu teachers embarked on an unforgettable journey across the globe this past year, all to bring an international perspective back to their schools in Hawaiʻi as part of the Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms program.
Jill Meinecke2023-09-26T13:49:33-10:00September 26, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Gov. Josh Green, Hawaii Department of Health, HIDOE, King Kamehameha III Elementary, Lahaina, Lahaina Intermediate, Lahainaluna High, Maui, Maui chapter, maui wildfires, Osa Tui Jr, Princess Nāhiʻenaʻena Elementary, superintendent Keith Hayashi|
The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education (HIDOE) Tuesday announced reopening details for three Lahaina public schools, and said the federal government will build a new temporary school site after deadly wildfires in August shuttered the schools for nearly two months.
Terri Inefuku2023-09-18T08:35:14-10:00September 15, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Bargaining Unit 05, BU 05, credit, equivalency, options, requirement, seat hours, Sheltered Instruction Qualification, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, TESOL|
The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education announced this week that all teachers must obtain the Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages Sheltered Instruction Qualification.
Terri Inefuku2023-09-15T10:59:41-10:00September 15, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: author, creating writing, Diane Mokuau, LGBTQ, librarian, libraries, Molokai High School, queer, Ryan La Sala, Scholastic, Scholastic Book Fairs, The Honeys, young adult fiction|
When 2021 School Librarian of the Year Diane Mokuau redeemed her prize from Scholastic — an author visit and books for her students — she never dreamed it would lead to a challenging learning experience for her tight-knit community.
Evan Kumasaki2023-09-15T15:40:32-10:00September 15, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: credits, deadline, DOE, Hawaii Department of Education, micro-credentials, Sheltered Instruction Qualification, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, TESOL|
Teachers will need to obtain six credits or equivalency within three years starting in SY 2020–21
Terri Inefuku2023-09-25T13:23:15-10:00September 8, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: SATC, Sex Abuse Treatment Center, sexual abuse, sexual health education, sexual violence, trusted adults|
To equip educators with safety strategies and education around sexual violence and prevention, the Sex Abuse Treatment Center developed age-appropriate, K–12 curricula in conjunction with the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education.
