Evan Kumasaki2020-07-10T16:21:00-10:00July 10, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, christina kishimoto, coronavirus, COVID-19, Department of Education, memorandum of understanding, mou, superintendent|
After a record number of educators and parents expressed concerns about unsafe social distancing protocols that violate a school reopening agreement between the state and Hawaii State Teachers Association, the Hawaii State Board of Education Thursday night voted to defer approval of the deal.
Evan Kumasaki2021-02-04T21:55:30-10:00May 30, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: concern, coronavirus, COVID-19, Department of Education, Department of Health, DOH, guidance, HIDOE, HSTA, outbreak, pandemic, public charter schools|
The Hawaii State Teachers Association is working closely with the Hawaii State Department of Education on this matter and will update members as needed.
Evan Kumasaki2020-03-07T07:25:00-10:00March 7, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: Department of Education, Good Idea Grants, grants, public school teachers, Public Schools of Hawaii Foundation|
Grants of up to $3,000 per teacher or team of teachers will be awarded to support innovative projects that propose to increase student engagement and achievement.
Evan Kumasaki2020-02-07T10:28:00-10:00February 7, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: capitol, christina kishimoto, compensation, Department of Education, hawaii state legislature, high cost of living, HSTA, pay, salary adjustment, Senate Committee on Education, shortage differentials, teachers|
The Senate Education Committee Wednesday approved a proposal to appropriate $25 million to continue funding differentials in teacher shortage areas and adjust veteran’s teacher pay higher next school year.
Evan Kumasaki2020-02-05T11:39:00-10:00February 5, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: compression, cost of living, Department of Education, DOE, pay, salary study, teacher compensation|
The results from an independent teacher compensation study commissioned by the Hawai‘i State Department of Education (HIDOE) show Hawaii’s cost of living and compression of salaries for experienced educators as the top challenges to recruiting and retaining public school teachers.
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 Kumasaki2019-12-19T09:24:00-10:00December 19, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: application, Department of Education, English language arts, ESSA, Hawaii, Innovative Assessment Pilot Program, mathematics, teacher|
“This is Hawaii’s best opportunity to get away from the overburdening of standardized tests and move to something that’s better for our students,” said HSTA President Corey Rosenlee.
Evan Kumasaki2019-11-23T00:15:00-10:00November 23, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: community college, courses, credits, Department of Education, free, Hawaiian, language, professional development, University of Hawaii|
Beginning with the university’s Spring 2020 semester, all HIDOE employees will have two options to take Hawaiian language courses: enrollment in scheduled courses at UHCC campuses statewide or creation of custom courses for a group of employees.
Evan Kumasaki2019-11-22T04:00:00-10:00November 22, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: assistance, call, Department of Education, HIDOE, payroll, request, ServiceNow|
The Department of Education launched a system called ServiceNow to ensure employees receive a quick and accurate response without playing phone tag.
Evan Kumasaki2019-09-27T08:28:00-10:00September 27, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: Department of Education, Hawaii Island, HIDOE, Hilo, HSTA, Keaau High School, listening session, salary, survey, teacher compensation, teacher pay|
“I advise every kid not to become a teacher, because it would be irresponsible for me to tell someone to get a four-year degree and not make ends meet,” Eric Hagiwara, a math, robotics, and programming teacher at Waiakea High, said.
