Jill Meinecke2025-10-01T12:22:46-10:00October 1, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Bargaining Unit 05, charter school teachers, charter schools, HIDOE, Judy Ryan, PD, professional development credits, reclassification|
As a result of HSTA's advocacy, the HIDOE issued a memo that updates the procedures for teachers moving from charter schools into HIDOE positions and creates a one-time window through the end of 2025 for HIDOE teachers who formerly taught at Hawaiʻi charter schools to gain recognition for previous academic and professional development credits that can be used to reclassify and increase their pay.
Jill Meinecke2025-05-07T09:56:24-10:00May 1, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Bargaining Unit 05, TATP, Teacher Assignment and Transfer Program (TATP), teacher transfer program|
Now that both teacher transfer posting and interviews/selection processes are completed, a joint union-employer workgroup will gather feedback from teachers and administrators who want to provide input on ways to improve the current transfer process.
Jill Meinecke2025-01-24T14:53:47-10:00January 23, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: 2025 legislative session, Bargaining Unit 05, Board of Education, BOE, BU05, BU06, BU07, covid, COVID hazard pay, COVID-19, Department of Education, DOE, hazard pay, Jr., Osa Tui, Rep. Justin Woodson, Sen. Aquino|
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.
Jill Meinecke2024-12-17T16:36:15-10:00December 17, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: Bargaining Unit 05, charter schools, Class VIII, HIDOE, learnsoft, negotiations committee, PDE3, reclassification|
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.
Jill Meinecke2024-11-07T14:44:19-10:00November 7, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: Andrea Eshelman, Bargaining Unit 05, BU 05, Chapter 89, collective bargaining, compression, Hawaiʻi Labor Relations Board, Hawaii State Department of Education, HIDOE, Jr., Osa Tui|
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).
Jill Meinecke2023-12-14T10:51:04-10:00December 14, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Bargaining Unit 05, HIDOE, HSTA secretary-treasurer, Lisa Thompson, sabbatical|
Lisa Thompson (formerly Morrison), Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association secretary-treasurer, dispels six myths about taking a sabbatical.
Terri Inefuku2023-09-18T08:35:14-10:00September 15, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Bargaining Unit 05, BU 05, credit, equivalency, options, requirement, seat hours, Sheltered Instruction Qualification, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, TESOL|
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.
Terri Inefuku2023-08-13T12:20:32-10:00August 11, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Bargaining Unit 05, Hawaii State Department of Education, Hawaii State Teachers Association, HSTA, impact bargaining, Maui chapter, maui wildfires|
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.
Jill Meinecke2023-04-28T16:13:17-10:00April 28, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: 2023-2027 contract, Bargaining Unit 05, contract funding, Gov. Josh Green, Hawaii State Department of Education, HIDOE, HSTA contract, Jr., Louise Cayetano, Osa Tui, public charter schools, ratification vote|
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.
Jill Meinecke2025-07-17T13:58:27-10:00March 7, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Android, Apple, Bargaining Unit 05, contract, HSTA app, iPad, mobile app, Phone, UniServ director|
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.
