kkerr@hsta.org2021-09-29T12:11:53-10:00September 29, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: concerns, contact tracing, educators, HSTA, Kauai, Osa Tui, Paul Zina. Sarah Kern, safety, Sarah Tochiki, students, subs, substitutes, union|
More than 150 teachers from schools on Kauai took part in informational sign-waving before and after classes Tuesday, raising health concerns about a lack of consistent COVID-19 protocols, pressure to not report positive cases, and persistent staffing shortages that have forced the highest-ranking public school official on the Garden Island to fill in as a substitute
kkerr@hsta.org2021-09-24T20:29:27-10:00September 24, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: Aaron Kubo, East Hawaii, educators, Edwin Kagawa, Hilo, Hilo Chapter, HSTA, informational picket, Osa Tui, pickets, safety, teachers union|
Teachers from all around East Hawaii conducted informational picketing late Friday afternoon outside the State Office Building in Hilo, raising concerns about a lack of uniform health protocols in public schools.
Jill Meinecke2021-07-14T06:06:45-10:00July 1, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: Department of Education, educators, HSTA, math, McKinley High School, Osa Tui, president, Registrar, Robotics, students, teacher|
When Osa Tui, Jr. becomes president of the Hawaii State Teachers Association July 5, he will bring a varied background in teaching, volunteering and actively serving the union to his new role.
kkerr@hsta.org2021-03-03T18:34:29-10:00March 3, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: BOE, christina kishimoto, contract, educators, HGEA, HSTA, HSTA Board of Directors, oppose, opposition, superintendent, teachers, term, Unit 6|
An overwhelming number of people who submitted written testimony to the Hawaii Board of Education as of midday Wednesday asked the BOE not to renew the contract of Schools Superintendent Christina Kishimoto.
kkerr@hsta.org2021-02-05T17:59:49-10:00February 5, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: educators, nasa, opportunities, Perseverance, rover, students|
Students and teachers worldwide are invited to watch and take part as Perseverance, a car-sized rover, finally lands on Mars. NASA has created a STEM Toolkit, known as the #CountdowntoMars, to engage students and educators in the weeks leading up to the rover’s landing.
Evan Kumasaki2020-11-05T15:57:24-10:00October 10, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: BOE, educators, forms, memo, new, online, telework|
The memo responds to testimony from HSTA members that prompted the Hawaii State Board of Education to take important action at their Oct. 1 meeting.
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 Kumasaki2020-06-20T04:56:00-10:00June 20, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: Andrea Eshelman, capitol, catherine payne, CDC, christina kishimoto, Corey Rosenlee, coronavirus, COVID-19, DOH, Dwight Takeno, educators, health, HIOSH, legislature, Maggie Cox, parents, plans, reopen, reopening, representatives, safety, schools, SPED, survey, teachers, testimony|
The HSTA Negotiations Team meets for an hour and a half with top HIDOE officials Monday to begin detailed bargaining about reopening schools.
Evan Kumasaki2020-11-05T15:41:55-10:00June 6, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: catherine payne, christina kishimoto, Corey Rosenlee, coronavirus, COVID-19, DOE, Dwight Takeno, educators, feedback, guidance, Hawaii, plan, reopen, reopening, schools, testimony|
"This week, the Department of Education released the ‘Guidance for Reopening Schools.’ HSTA was not consulted and did not agree to these policies, even though teachers will be the ones most likely being forced to implement these policies,” HSTA President Corey Rosenlee said. “We have many questions and concerns.”
Evan Kumasaki2020-05-28T07:58:00-10:00May 28, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: 12-month, agreement, application, apply, educators, FAQs, job requirements, request, teachers, telework, telework agreement|
Read FAQs and guidance for 12-month educators, including HSTA's strong recommendation that all those interested should immediately fill out a telework application/request.
