Jill Meinecke2023-10-04T14:06:24-10:00October 4, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: collective bargaining, education, Hawaii DOE, HSTA, HSTA contract, HSTA Convention, HSTA executive director, HSTA staff, Joan Husted, Joan Kamila Lewis, June Motokawa, Osa Tui Jr, Roger Takabayashi, teacher, Wilbert Holck|
Joan Lee Husted, one of the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association’s founding mothers, died Monday. She was 85 years old and passed away peacefully at her Makiki home under hospice care, her family said.
Jill Meinecke2023-01-05T21:46:16-10:00November 23, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: education, Farrington High, funding, gov. david ige, HIDOE, public education, Roosevelt High School|
Gov. David Ige announced this week the release of $143 million in funding for capital improvement projects (CIPs) at Hawaiʻi public schools, including money for new PE locker rooms, gymnasium, and music facilities at Farrington High on Oʻahu and a theater and new playcourts at schools on Maui.
Terri Inefuku2022-09-05T09:42:05-10:00September 2, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: community, education, Lahainaluna High, student-driven learning, What School Could Be|
The What School Could Be Hawaiʻi Group began in August and plans to develop a community that focuses on student-driven learning, real-world challenges, assessments for deeper learning, along with caring and connected communities.
Terri Inefuku2022-06-28T12:03:53-10:00June 28, 2022|Categories: Negotiations, News|Tags: 21 hours, bargaining, compression, education, gov. david ige, governor, job-embedded professional development, legislature, Negotiations, paycheck, salary compression, shortage differentials, state budget, supplemental bargaining, teacher pay, veto|
While the state budget bill is on the governor’s intent to veto list for line item vetoes, the governor confirmed to HSTA that none of the teacher compensation items will be line-item vetoed.
Jill Meinecke2022-01-05T18:00:36-10:00January 5, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: coronavirus, COVID-19, education, HGEA, HIDOE, keiki, Keith Hayashi, Omicron, Osa Tui Jr, safety, sean bacon, staffing shortages, UPW|
With the recent surge in omicron-variant COVID-19 cases in the islands, Hawaii public schools saw 1,600 staff absences Wednesday, the Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE) revealed in a press conference.
Jill Meinecke2021-12-16T16:28:03-10:00December 16, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: 21 hours, Board of Education, COVID-19, education, ESSER, Governor Ige, Hawaii DOE, HSTA, Keith Hayashi, pandemic, pandemic funds, professional development, teachers|
At a Board of Education meeting Thursday called to hear the Hawaii Department of Education (HIDOE)’s plan to use federal funds in the second and third rounds of the Educational Stabilization Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds, education department officials said they do not plan to use federal funds to restore 21 hours of job-embedded professional development (PD) for Hawaii educators.
Jill Meinecke2021-12-09T16:22:23-10:00December 9, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: Agriculture, education, elementary teachers, FEAST, grant, hybrid course, PDE3, professional development, science, sustainability, USDA, Zoom|
Elementary teachers in grades 3 to 5 are eligible to apply for a professional development course called Food Experiences for Agriculture Science Training (FEAST) that centers on sustainable food and garden topics.
Terri Inefuku2023-10-03T17:42:58-10:00November 15, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: education, gender identity, Hawaii State Teachers Association, HCR, HSTA, human and civil rights, human and civil rights committee, LGBTQ, sexuality, transgender, webinar, workshop|
Learn how to support your students by understanding key terms, the importance of pronouns, the difference between gender identity and sexuality, and Hawaii State Department of Education guidance.
Jill Meinecke2021-11-02T16:25:17-10:00November 2, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: education, Elementary, Elementary students, Hawai‘i Nature Center, Maui, Nature programs, Oahu, Registration, Spring registration|
Registration opens Nov. 18 for the Hawaii Nature Center’s Spring 2021 lineup of outdoor environmental education school programs for Oahu and Maui schools.
Jill Meinecke2021-10-28T10:30:14-10:00October 27, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: active member, burnout, education, EES, Hawaii Distance Learning Forum, Hawaii State Teachers Association, member, member voice, networking, self care, support, Zach Morita|
Educators are facing high levels of exhaustion and seemingly endless to-do lists. In order to avoid burnout and to grow as educators, teachers should say “yes” to reaching out to their professional and social networks for support.
