Jill Meinecke2025-04-15T18:46:55-10:00April 15, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: 52nd annual convention, Class VIII, contract, Gov. Josh Green, hazard pay, HSTA Convention, HSTA Negotiations Team, Jr., McKinley High, Negotiations, Osa Tui|
Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association President Osa Tui, Jr. revealed to delegates at the union’s 2025 State Convention that the state had offered educators a two-year extension on its existing contract with annual 4% increases without the possibility of negotiating any other terms or working conditions. After careful consideration, HSTA leadership rejected the offer, he said.
Evan Kumasaki2025-01-22T10:47:36-10:00December 16, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: application, contract, deadline, Department of Education, DOE, Hawaii, leave, sabbatical, teacher|
Educators must have at least seven years consecutive service to be considered for the next school year.
Evan Kumasaki2024-12-16T11:03:33-10:00December 16, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: collective bargaining agreement, contract, EUTF, HSTA, hsta veba trust, new educator, new hire, orientation, SHiNE, Supporting Hawaii's New Educators|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association is providing a statewide opportunity for new and potential members to get important information and ask questions.
Terri Inefuku2024-08-23T11:00:36-10:00August 23, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: 10-month teacher, 12-month teacher, contract, form 5, money, pay, pay raise, paycheck, salary schedule|
Starting teacher salaries increased this school year from $51,835 to $53,390. Top pay for an educator on the 10-month schedule went up from $95,090 to $97,943.
Terri Inefuku2024-05-31T13:35:55-10:00May 31, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: Career and Technical Education, committee, contract, EL, English learner, leave, special education, student discipline, teacher transfer program, workgroup|
If you are interested in volunteering to serve on one or more particular workgroups, please review the available options and submit a request for consideration.
Jill Meinecke2023-05-26T15:28:27-10:00May 26, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: 10-month teachers, 12-month teachers, 2023-2027 collective bargaining agreement, collective bargaining agreement, contract, form 5, HIDOE, pay increase, teacher pay|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association and the employer have finalized the salary schedules for the 2023-2027 collective bargaining agreement. While 12-month teachers will see the above raises starting the first day of the new school year, reflected in their July 20 paychecks, 10-month teachers will see higher pay starting with their Aug. 20 paychecks.
Terri Inefuku2023-05-26T11:29:36-10:00May 26, 2023|Categories: Negotiations, News|Tags: 21 hours, across the board, bargaining, Career and Technical Education, Class VIII, collective bargaining agreement, compression, contract, English learners, FAQ, frequently asked questions, Hawaiian education, HSTA Negotiations Team, Negotiations, pay raise, salary structure, student discipline, supplementary pay, Teacher Assignment and Transfer Program, teacher protections, teacher working conditions|
Frequently asked questions about the tentative agreement HSTA reached with the employer on April 14, 2023, for the 2023-2027 contract.
Evan Kumasaki2023-05-11T16:19:38-10:00May 11, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: CBA, collective bargaining agreement, contract, Educator Evaluation System, EES, end of the school year, Know Your Rights, marginal, summer programs, summer school, summer work, unsatisfactory|
Terri Inefuku2023-05-04T12:02:56-10:00May 4, 2023|Categories: Negotiations, News|Tags: Class VIII, contract, HSTA Negotiations Team, Negotiations, pay raises, ratification vote, step increases, teacher pay|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association (HSTA) is pleased to announce that Bargaining Unit 05 employees of the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education and public charter schools have voted to ratify a new four-year contract.
Terri Inefuku2023-04-27T10:40:45-10:00April 24, 2023|Categories: Negotiations, News|Tags: 21 hours, across the board, bargaining, Career and Technical Education, Class VIII, collective bargaining agreement, compression, contract, English learners, Hawaiian education, HSTA Negotiations Team, Negotiations, pay raise, salary structure, student discipline, supplementary pay, Teacher Assignment and Transfer Program, teacher protections, teacher working conditions|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association is pleased to announce that we reached a tentative settlement late Friday with the State of Hawaiʻi and the Board of Education for a new four-year contract from July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2027.
