HSTA welcomes new UniServ Director for Kauai, Waipahu Complex
The Hawaii State Teachers Association welcomes Judy Ryan, a former Kauai public school teacher who stepped into the role of HSTA UniServ Director for Kauai/Waipahu Complex on Jan. 5.
Where are you on the financial fitness scale?
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Oahu teacher uses HSTA mortgage program to help buy her first home
Crystal Doi was born and raised on Oahu and always dreamed of owning a home. It wasn’t until last June she realized her dream, in part, by using the Hawaii State Teachers Association’s Welcome Home Mortgage program with HawaiiUSA Federal Credit Union.
Retired teachers would be able to teach immediately after retiring during state of emergency
Licensed teachers who have retired would be allowed to temporarily work as teachers by the Hawaii State Department of Education during a state of emergency within a year of their retirement, under a bill that received initial approval by a state House committee Tuesday.
Lawmakers seek to restore educators’ paid professional development
The state Senate Education Committee unanimously advanced a proposal Monday that could restore 21 hours of job-embedded professional development for public and charter school teachers.
Senate panel OKs bill to bring menstrual equity in Hawaii public schools
Hawaii would become the sixth state in the country to provide quality menstrual supplies free of charge to public school students, under Senate Bill 2821, which the state Senate Education Committee unanimously approved Friday.
Senate Ed committee green lights continued shortage differentials
The state Senate Education Committee gave its unanimous approval to a bill Friday that would continue funding shortage differential payments to special education and Hawaiian language immersion teachers as well as those who teach in geographically remote and hard-to-staff schools.
Proposal to pay teachers based on years of service advances
A proposal to pay Hawaii public school teachers based on their years of experience won unanimous approval from the state Senate Education Committee Friday.
What is salary compression?
State lawmakers are considering proposals that would assure that teachers in Hawaii, like their counterparts around the United States, are paid based on their years of experience. Here are the answers to frequently asked questions about a problem affecting thousands of educators in the islands: compression.