kkerr@hsta.org2021-05-24T09:41:04-10:00May 24, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: aid, bill, bonus, Corey Rosenlee, HB613, lawmakers, legislature, NBCT, pandemic, payments, relief|
“For those who argue that the stabilization payment goes against collective bargaining, there already is a clear precedent of increasing payments to teachers outside of the collective bargaining process in Hawaii.”
kkerr@hsta.org2021-02-14T16:03:28-10:00February 12, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, BOE, bonus, christina kishimoto, Corey Rosenlee, cuts, differentials, discontinue, eliminate, hard-to-staff, Hawaiian language immersion, pay, shortage, special education, vacancies|
The superintendent’s memo is misleading. While she indicates that the shortage differential program was a pilot, this is not the case. These differentials were enacted and approved by the Board of Education based on Kishimoto's request on Dec. 5, 2019.
Evan Kumasaki2020-06-20T11:11:00-10:00June 20, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: BOE, bonus, campaign, christina kishimoto, differential, differentials, extra pay, hard-to-staff, Hawaiian language immersion, maintain, school year, special education, SPED|
Shortage differentials that the Hawaii State Department of Education began in January for special education classroom teachers, Hawaiian language immersion educators and teachers at hard-to-staff schools will continue in school year 2020–21, after the department confirmed the eligibility criteria in a memo published this week.
Evan Kumasaki2022-10-01T11:25:47-10:00December 5, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: bonus, bonuses, campaign, compression, Corey Rosenlee, hard-to-staff, Hawaiian language immersion, shortage differential, special education, step increases, teacher shortage crisis|
The proposals to address compression, create shortage differentials for SpEd and Hawaiian language immersion educators and expand hard-to-staff bonuses are a positive step forward in the HSTA's five-year plan to end the statewide teacher shortage crisis.
Evan Kumasaki2019-10-23T11:35:00-10:00October 23, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: bonus, collaboration, Corey Rosenlee, Dale Matsuura, differential, Jessica Alipio, joint committee, Justin Hughey, pay, prep time, Shannon Kaaa, special education, SPED, Tanya Weida|
The National Council on Teacher Quality reports at least 35 of the major school districts across the country already offer SpEd teachers a financial bonus of some kind, ranging from $5,000 to $10,000 a year. Hawaii offers no pay differential for SpEd teachers.
