4 reasons to run for HSTA office
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association is looking for passionate members to run for elected office and help steer the direction of the union, represent fellow teachers and our voices, and advocate for schools our keiki deserve.
Nominations open for HSTA’s Pono and Friend of Youth awards
The Hawaii State Teachers Association’s Human and Civil Rights Committee is seeking nominations for HSTA’s annual Pono and Friend of Youth awards.
We’re hiring! HSTA UniServ Director for Leeward Oʻahu
HSTA is looking for a Leeward Oʻahu UniServ Director who is articulate, organized, and a believer in due process.
HSTA encourages eligible educators to apply for sabbatical leave
Educators must have at least seven years consecutive service to be considered for the next school year.
HSTA offers final round of aid for members who lost homes in Maui fires
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association will provide a second and final relief check to any member and any HSTA-Retired member who cannot live in their primary residence on Maui because of damage or destruction by the Maui wildfires.
Joan Husted’s service set for Nov. 19 at Keʻehi Lagoon Memorial
A celebration of life has been set for Joan Lee Husted, one of the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association’s founding mothers who worked for the union for 34 years and retired as its executive director. Husted’s celebration of life will be held at the John A. Burns Hall of the Keʻehi Lagoon Memorial on Sunday, Nov. 19, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
After 29 years, HSTA embarks on designing a new logo
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association has begun the process of updating its iconic triangular logo, and we want your input on how the next logo should look.
First lady Zooms with HSTA board for second time since Maui fires
For the second time since wildfires struck Maui in early August, First Lady Dr. Jill Biden spent part of her Saturday on a Zoom call with the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association Board of Directors to offer her love and support to educators dealing with the disaster’s aftermath.
130+ high school students attend event encouraging them to become teachers
More than 130 students from seven public high schools interested in teaching and other public education careers gathered Friday at the University of Hawaiʻi–West Oʻahu for the first-ever Dive Into Education event organized by students to encourage more of their peers to enter classroom professions to address Hawaiʻi’s teacher shortage.
State House Schools Working Group recommends updating campus evacuation plans, monitoring health risks following Maui fires
Emergency evacuation plans for individual public schools are not easily accessible and need to be made available for public feedback, the state House Schools Working Group recommended in a draft report released this week.