Evan Kumasaki2020-01-18T06:07:00-10:00January 18, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, BOE, christina kishimoto, Cindy Covell, compression, Corey Rosenlee, Department of Education, DOE, HSTA, lawmakers, Raise, salary, step|
“This is a bold step to finally take care of this problem to make sure that every keiki in Hawaii has a qualified teacher,” said HSTA President Corey Rosenlee in testimony to the BOE Thursday.
Evan Kumasaki2022-09-30T14:04:38-10:00January 11, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, christina kishimoto, compression, Corey Rosenlee, differentials, increase, lawmakers, pay, salary adjustment, shortage differentials, steps|
Veteran teachers statewide would receive salary increases by moving up anywhere from one to five steps, gaining millions of dollars worth of salary increases if lawmakers approve a proposal from the state schools superintendent.
Evan Kumasaki2022-10-01T11:27:17-10:00December 6, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: BOE, Brian De Lima, Bruce Voss, campaign, catherine payne, christina kishimoto, Corey Rosenlee, differentials, hard-to-staff, Hawaiian language immersion, Julia Fernandez, Leilani Roberts, Leinaala Vedder, Osa Tui, special education, SPED|
DOE, BOE leaders commit to a multi-phased approach to help end the teacher shortage crisis.
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 Kumasaki2019-11-15T09:00:00-10:00November 15, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: bonuses, complexes, Corey Rosenlee, Diane Mokuau, differential, differentials, hard-to-fill, hard-to-staff, Keala Nunuha, Ric Ornellas, Ululani Russo, Waianae|
The HSTA suggests significantly boosting the dollar amounts bonuses each year at locations plagued by a high percentage of unlicensed teachers, in geographically isolated complexes and where the combination of vacancies and emergency hires makes up more than 10 percent of the teaching force.
Evan Kumasaki2022-06-02T01:33:57-10:00November 1, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: Corey Rosenlee, Gail Leilani Kamalani, Hawaiian immersion, Hawaiian language, Hawaiian language immersion, Hope McKeen, immersion, Iolani Kuoha, kaiapuni, Kaui Spitalsky, Leimomi Kaaihili Leong|
Being a Hawaiian immersion teacher is "more than just a job, it is a mission," say those devoted to the field, which requires huge amounts of extra work creating and implementing curricula in the Hawaiian language that's not readily available.
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.
Evan Kumasaki2019-08-23T00:03:00-10:00August 23, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: AC, administrative services assistant, air conditioning, ASA, conversion, convert, cooling, Corey Rosenlee, electricity, energy, LED, LED lights, saving, schools|
The Department of Education is making it easier and significantly less expensive to install classroom air conditioning.
