Teacher pay adjustment bill advances at Legislature

2020-02-07T10:28:00-10:00February 7, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

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.

HIDOE’s teacher salary study ‘further justifies the need to take bold action’

2020-02-05T11:39:00-10:00February 5, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , |

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.

If approved by lawmakers, salary adjustments would bring $46M worth of raises

2020-01-18T06:07:00-10:00January 18, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

“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.

Deadline to apply for the Innovative Assessment Pilot Program is Dec. 31

2019-12-19T09:24:00-10:00December 19, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , |

“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.

HIDOE offers free Hawaiian language courses to all employees

2019-11-23T00:15:00-10:00November 23, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

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.

On Hawaii Island, educators suggest ways the state could retain more teachers

2019-09-27T08:28:00-10:00September 27, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

“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.

Members, community encouraged to speak up at HIDOE listening sessions on teacher pay

2019-09-19T07:29:00-10:00September 19, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

The Hawaii State Teachers Association encourages members, parents and other members of the community to attend a series of listening sessions hosted by the Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE) on teacher pay. The department's goal is to gather feedback to refine and potentially recommend changes to the teacher compensation system.

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