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HIDOE asks governor to restore funding for 21 hours of job-embedded professional development
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HIDOE asks governor to restore funding for 21 hours of job-embedded professional development

Jill Meinecke2021-12-16T16:28:03-10:00December 16, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: 21 hours, Board of Education, COVID-19, education, ESSER, Governor Ige, Hawaii DOE, HSTA, Keith Hayashi, pandemic, pandemic funds, professional development, teachers|

At a Board of Education meeting Thursday called to hear the Hawaii Department of Education (HIDOE)’s plan to use federal funds in the second and third rounds of the Educational Stabilization Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds, education department officials said they do not plan to use federal funds to restore 21 hours of job-embedded professional development (PD) for Hawaii educators.

Submit testimony to BOE about using ESSER funds to restore 21 hours
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Submit testimony to BOE about using ESSER funds to restore 21 hours

Terri Inefuku2021-12-10T19:04:24-10:00December 10, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: Board of Education, BOE, coronavirus, COVID-19, ESSER, federal funds, Hawaii Board of Education, meeting, testimony|

HSTA members are encouraged to submit written testimony to the Board of Education in advance of its meetings Thursday when the board will discuss how to use federal pandemic relief funds and look closer at COVID-19’s effects on schools.

HSTA files labor board complaint as educators picket HIDOE, BOE headquarters
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HSTA files labor board complaint as educators picket HIDOE, BOE headquarters

Terri Inefuku2021-10-21T23:27:33-10:00October 21, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: Board of Education, coronavirus, COVID-19, Hawaii Board of Education, Hawaii Labor Relations Board, health and safety, informational picket, interim superintendent, Keith Hayashi, prohibited practice complaint, Safety Our Students Deserve, sign-waving, superintendent|

Dozens of educators and supporters gathered Wednesday to hold an informational picket in front of the Queen Liliuokalani building in downtown Honolulu, where the Hawaii State Department of Education and Board of Education offices are located.

HSTA president says suspension of Chapter 89 sets dangerous precedent
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HSTA president says suspension of Chapter 89 sets dangerous precedent

Terri Inefuku2021-10-21T16:28:24-10:00October 16, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: Board of Education, coronavirus, COVID-19, Hawaii Board of Education, health and safety, informational picket, interim superintendent, Keith Hayashi, Safety Our Students Deserve, sign-waving, superintendent|

Join us for sign-waving on Wednesday, Oct. 20, as we send the message to the HIDOE and the BOE that we have a right to bargain for the safety of our schools.

HSTA collecting info for testing mandate class grievance
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HSTA collecting info for testing mandate class grievance

Terri Inefuku2021-08-28T13:00:20-10:00August 27, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: Board of Education, BOE, Bruce Voss, coronavirus, COVID-19, Hawaii Board of Education, HSTA, interim superintendent, Keith Hayashi, mandate, Parents for Public Schools Hawaii, safe schools safe communities, safety, testing, vaccination, vaccine|

The system is beginning to buckle under the strain of increased school personnel on quarantine and continued days of record COVID-19 counts.

Please submit testimony ahead of Thursday’s BOE meeting
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Please submit testimony ahead of Thursday’s BOE meeting

Terri Inefuku2021-08-15T16:00:51-10:00August 15, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: Board of Education, coronavirus, COVID-19, demand, gov. david ige, impact bargaining, interim superintendent, Keith Hayashi, letter, testimony|

The Board of Education will be meeting this Thursday, Aug. 19. On the agenda for the general business meeting is discussion item VI-A: Presentation on opening schools for the 2021-2022 school year.

Distance learning for fall term is ‘legitimate concern,’ superintendent says
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Distance learning for fall term is ‘legitimate concern,’ superintendent says

kkerr@hsta.org2021-07-14T09:17:39-10:00July 14, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: board, Board of Education, BOE, catherine payne, christina kishimoto, distance learning, DOE, HSTA, Osa Tui, remote instruction, reopening, students|

For every teacher the state dedicates to distance learning when students return to class in August, it would need to pull a teacher out of the classroom, state Schools Superintendent Christina Kishimoto said Tuesday.

Governor leaves open possibility of negotiating educator payments
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Governor leaves open possibility of negotiating educator payments

Terri Inefuku2021-07-06T16:00:35-10:00July 6, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, gov. david ige, governor, HB 613, stabilization payments, veto|

Gov. David Ige vetoed Tuesday a bill unanimously approved by state lawmakers that would have given each teacher a $2,200 workforce stabilization payment. However, Ige left open the possibility that payments could be negotiated for educators.

Rosenlee touts unity and activism as his presidential term ends
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Rosenlee touts unity and activism as his presidential term ends

Jill Meinecke2021-07-01T08:44:17-10:00June 30, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: Activism, Board of Education, campbell high school, Corey Rosenlee, Department of Education, education, Government, Hawaii, Hawaii DOE, hawaii state legislature, HSTA, Logan Okita, Osa Tui, Presidency, Service|

As Hawaii State Teachers Association President Corey Rosenlee’s term comes to a close, he said his biggest takeaway from six years heading the statewide teachers’ union is that “unity is our biggest strength.”

HIDOE, BOE express support for job-embedded professional development (21 hours)
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HIDOE, BOE express support for job-embedded professional development (21 hours)

Terri Inefuku2021-06-07T17:18:45-10:00June 3, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: 21 hours, Board of Education, catherine payne, contract, Hawaii State Department of Education, HIDOE, job-embedded professional development, office of talent management, professional development, sean bacon, settlement|

At Thursday’s Board of Education meeting, Sean Bacon, interim assistant superintendent, Office of Talent Management, and BOE Chair Catherine Payne, expressed their support for job-embedded professional development (21 hours).

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