Apply to join by Nov. 15
Updated: October 20, 2025
Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association members can register to earn their Master of Education degree online starting this December for $13,200 from Spalding University through a partnership with the national education design lab 2Revolutions.
HSTA is assembling its third Hawaiʻi cohort of up to 50 public and charter school teachers to enroll in the program, which begins in spring 2026. Members must apply by Nov. 15 to be considered for the cohort.
HSTA’s first cohort of 25 teachers graduated in August 2024. The second cohort of 30 teachers will graduate this December. Teachers say the discounted tuition and local support made the decision to apply easy.
Tammy Cabral, an 8th-grade special education teacher at Waiʻanae Intermediate School, said, “I’m actually in the class with one of my own peers from our school, and then a couple from the high school, and just meeting all these people with the same purpose is super cool with a cohort from Hawaiʻi.”
More about the program
The 30-credit-hour program features asynchronous online (80%) and synchronous virtual and in-person learning experiences (20%) with a combined focus on both individual and district transformation. While the program is national, the live virtual components for the Hawaiʻi cohort will be held at convenient times for Hawaiʻi educators.
The cost for HSTA members for the second cohort is $13,200 plus fees, payable in four or 12 installments. There is no application fee and no deposit is required to register if you sign up for free membership to the What School Could Be community. By comparison, the national average costs for a Master of Education program range anywhere from $30,000 to $55,000.