Evan Kumasaki2020-07-25T04:32:00-10:00July 25, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, christina kishimoto, coronavirus, COVID-19, Department of Education, HGEA, memorandum of understanding, mou, principals, reopening, superintendent, testimony|
BOE Chair Catherine Payne said the board will “hold a special meeting to address the concerns in the testimony about training and health matters that came up. At that point, we could also consider a waiver (of the 180 required student instructional days) for some additional professional development days.”
Evan Kumasaki2020-07-24T17:56:00-10:00July 24, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, christina kishimoto, coronavirus, COVID-19, Department of Education, differentials, shortage, superintendent, temporary discontinuance, testimony|
HSTA President Corey Rosenlee says the differentials “worked better than our dreams ever imagined,” and not just by filling the actual positions. Rosenlee says higher education programs that funnel educators into these positions also saw a significant increase.
Evan Kumasaki2020-07-23T17:05:00-10:00July 23, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: administrators, Board of Education, concern, coronavirus, COVID-19, delay, EAs, educators, James Sunday, meeting, parents, principals, SASAs, students, teachers, testimony|
James Sunday, Radford High School principal, submitted testimony to the BOE that said, “Although we are expected to be ‘good soldiers’ who follow directives, we can not in good conscience move forward without expressing the concerns we continue to have in regards to reopening our schools. The depth of these concerns keep us up at night as we hold the health and safety of our individual communities in our hands.”
Evan Kumasaki2020-07-23T12:11:00-10:00July 23, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: administrators, Board of Education, coronavirus, COVID-19, HGEA, HSTA, joint statement, reopening, schools, UPW|
We have a critical obligation to our communities to take every step and precaution necessary to ensure the safety of our students and members as we reopen schools.
Evan Kumasaki2020-07-23T02:27:00-10:00July 23, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, BOE, Bruce Anderson, coronavirus, COVID-19, delay, editorial, Hawaii Board of Education, health department, health director, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Josh Green, LG, lieutenant governor, meeting, newspaper, paper, reopening, schools, Star Advertiser, testimony|
"State officials should opt to delay the Aug. 4 start for students by up to a week, while tasking school facilities to hammer out, absorb and train up on more-through plans," the newspaper editorialized Wednesday.
Evan Kumasaki2020-07-22T05:43:00-10:00July 22, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, christina kishimoto, coronavirus, COVID-19, Department of Education, memorandum of understanding, mou, reopening, students, superintendent|
The HIDOE and DOH need more time to properly create and implement health strategies to minimize the spread of COVID-19, and schools need more time to prepare educators for an online environment.
Evan Kumasaki2020-07-18T13:14:00-10:00July 18, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: coronavirus, COVID-19, Department of Education, HIDOE, school reopening|
While the Hawaii State Teachers Association (HSTA) believes in the importance of ensuring students are provided instructional services in school year 2020–21, it should not be at the cost of a safe educational environment.
Evan Kumasaki2020-07-18T12:16:00-10:00July 18, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, coronavirus, COVID-19, defer, HSTA, pay, proposal, shortage differentials, testimony|
In spite of new data showing they were effective, a proposal before the Hawaii State Board of Education (BOE) aims to defer millions of dollars in shortage differentials that the Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE) began in January for special education classroom teachers, Hawaiian language immersion educators, and educators at hard-to-staff schools.
Evan Kumasaki2021-03-01T09:55:18-10:00July 17, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: aina aloha, coronavirus, COVID-19, culture, HCR, HSTA, HSTA CARES, new educators, Office Hours, Office of Hawaiian Education, online, seminar, SHiNE, Supporting Hawaii's New Educators|
ʻĀina Aloha is a framework for educators to root our content to Hawaiʻi, strengthening our HĀ, even as we face new models of hybrid learning during the coronavirus pandemic.
Evan Kumasaki2020-07-16T10:51:00-10:00July 16, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: ADA, coronavirus, COVID-19, high risk, leave, webinar|
On Monday, July 20, at 3 p.m., Deputy Executive Director Andrea Eshelman will provide an overview of various leave options and information on ADA requests, all within the framework of COVID-19 and its impact on teachers' work environment.
