HSTA recent news
FAQs: Deadline to obtain Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) credits
Teachers will need to obtain six credits or equivalency within three years starting in SY 2020–21
Teacher resources for sexual violence education, prevention
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.
Florida public school students raise $13,500 for Maui teachers
From making beds to vacuuming cars, students from two Florida public schools raised $13,500 in just six days to benefit Maui teachers who lost their homes and classrooms to deadly wildfires in August.
‘We need a hero.’ Urge lawmakers to fight the youth vaping epidemic in Hawaiʻi
Educators say current restrictions on electronic cigarettes, or vaping products, aren’t working, and the burden to manage the youth vaping epidemic in Hawai'i can’t be placed solely on schools. Lawmakers have the power to protect our students by holding the tobacco industry accountable.
200+ people, groups send HSTA donations for Maui fire victims
More than 240 people and organizations from 33 states across the country have donated in excess of $205,000 to the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association to help Maui teachers who’ve lost homes and classrooms to the Aug. 8 wildfires.
Tentative agreement would raise pay for educational assistants, vice principals
Salaries for nearly 3,000 educational assistants and vice principals in Hawai‘i public schools would increase under a tentative agreement announced Thursday that will help combat chronic staff shortages.
Maui parents to HIDOE: Communicate better, keep our kids in Lāhainā
Frustrated Maui families told Hawaiʻi State Department of Education leaders in public meetings Wednesday that they’re frustrated by a lack of communication from the department, and they’re overwhelmingly opposed to busing their students to Central or South Maui daily to other campuses following fatal wildfires earlier this month.
HIDOE brings in national mental health expert to support staff, students, families affected by Maui wildfires
To support a grieving community faced with rebuilding after the Lāhainā wildfire disaster on Aug. 8, the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education is consulting with a national mental health support group to provide training, counseling, and support to educators, students, and their families.
Help fill backpacks for Maui students in need of school supplies
Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association members on Oʻahu, please join HSTA and Kamehameha Schools to fill backpacks with school supplies for 3,000 public school students in Lāhainā.
Fire support available to HSTA members
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association’s partners are offering resources and support to HSTA Maui Chapter members affected by the recent wildfires.