HSTA requests pandemic hazard pay for teachers

2025-01-24T14:53:47-10:00January 23, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association is asking state lawmakers for a one-time hazard pay bonus for the thousands of public and charter school teachers who worked directly with students during the pandemic.

HSTA secures reclassification deadline extension until mid January

2024-12-17T16:36:15-10:00December 17, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , |

The Hawai‘i State Teachers Association has secured a two-and-a-half month extension for teachers to fill out their reclassification paperwork following Hawai‘i State Department of Education delays in publishing its reclassification memo.

3 teachers with prior non-HIDOE teaching experience win salary adjustments

2024-11-07T14:44:19-10:00November 7, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

The Hawaiʻi Labor Relations Board (HLRB) last week ruled in favor of three teachers who brought a case related to the Fall 2022 repricing of Bargaining Unit 05 (BU 05) employees carried out by the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education (HIDOE).

HIDOE changes Sheltered Instruction Qualification to include all Bargaining Unit 05 educators

2023-09-18T08:35:14-10:00September 15, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

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.

HSTA requests collaboration to ensure student, educator protections following Maui fires

2023-08-13T12:20:32-10:00August 11, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , |

The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association Friday sent a request to the state for impact bargaining as well as a request for information about wildfires and their impacts on schools, teachers, and students.

Lawmakers approve hundreds of millions in funding for new HSTA contract

2023-04-28T16:13:17-10:00April 28, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

During a joint House and Senate Conference Committee meeting Friday, state lawmakers approved $219 million in funding for the first two years of Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association’s 2023–2027 contract that takes effect July 1.

Download the HSTA mobile app!

2023-05-04T10:55:31-10:00March 7, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association launched a new mobile app last month to keep Bargaining Unit 05 public and charter school educators in Hawaiʻi up-to-date with the latest education-related news, events, and professional development opportunities. Download it now on the Apple Store or Google Play Store.

State confirms Bargaining Unit 05 won’t receive administrative holiday leave

2023-01-06T15:58:24-10:00January 6, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Hawaiʻi public schools Superintendent Keith Hayashi confirmed with the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association that all Bargaining Unit 05 members are not eligible for the holiday administrative leave offered by Gov. Josh Green.

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