Jill Meinecke2024-02-29T16:07:24-10:00February 29, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: APC, Central Chapter president, Dana Shishido, Grievance Representative, Hawaii Department of Education, Head Faculty Representative, HSTA, Joan Husted, Leeward Chapter, National Education Association, public schools, Sharon Mahoe, teacher, UniServ director, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Wilbert Holck|
After over three decades as a Hawaiʻi public school educator and Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association leader, Dana Shishido joined the union as its newest UniServ Director for Oʻahu’s Leeward Chapter.
Jill Meinecke2023-10-05T12:47:52-10:00October 5, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Gov. Josh Green, Hawaii Department of Education, Hawaii State Teacher of the Year, HIDOE, Jackie Freitas, Keith Hayashi, Leilehua High School, Leilehua-Mililani-Waialua Complex, natural resources teacher, Teacher of the Year, Washington Place|
Jackie Freitas received the state’s top teaching award from Gov. Josh Green and Schools Superintendent Keith Hayashi during a ceremony at Washington Place Tuesday.
Evan Kumasaki2025-05-14T16:06:04-10:00September 15, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: credits, deadline, DOE, Hawaii Department of Education, micro-credentials, Sheltered Instruction Qualification, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, TESOL|
Teachers will need to obtain six credits or equivalency within three years starting in SY 2020–21
Jill Meinecke2023-09-01T06:25:55-10:00August 31, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Hawaii Department of Education, HIDOE, Jr., Kahului, Keith Hayashi, King Kamehameha III Elementary, Lahaina, Lahaina Intermediate, Lāhaināluna Complex, Lahainaluna High School, Maui Arts & Cultural Center, maui wildfires, Mike Landes, Osa Tui|
Frustrated Maui families told Hawaiʻi State Department of Education leaders in public meetings Wednesday that they’re frustrated by a lack of communication from the department, and they’re overwhelmingly opposed to busing their students to Central or South Maui daily to other campuses following fatal wildfires earlier this month.
Jill Meinecke2023-09-01T06:22:11-10:00August 31, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Hawaii Department of Education, HIDOE, Jr., Lāhaināluna Complex, Maui chapter, maui wildfires, mental health, National Child Traumatic Stress Network, Osa Tui|
To support a grieving community faced with rebuilding after the Lāhainā wildfire disaster on Aug. 8, the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education is consulting with a national mental health support group to provide training, counseling, and support to educators, students, and their families.
Jill Meinecke2022-09-29T12:37:39-10:00September 29, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: Brian Schatz, City and County of Honolulu, federal funding, funding, Hawaii County, Hawaii Department of Education, Kauai County, maui county, Title I, Title I schools, U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz|
Hawaiʻi K-12 schools will receive more than $58 million in new federal funding for the 2022-23 school year, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) announced Thursday.
Jill Meinecke2022-09-27T12:11:15-10:00September 27, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: cohort, field study, Global Learning Fellow, Hawaii Department of Education, Hawaii Island, HIDOE, Hilo, Hilo Intermediate, professional development, South Africa, The NEA Foundation|
Pualeilani Fernandez, a Hawaiian history teacher at Hilo Intermediate, was chosen to represent Hawaiʻi in the 2023 cohort of the NEA Foundation Global Learning Fellowship.
Jill Meinecke2022-05-20T10:14:20-10:00May 19, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: Caprice Young, Darrel Galera, Hawaii Board of Education, Hawaii Department of Education, interim superintendent, Keith Hayashi, Osa Tui, waipahu high school|
A split Hawaii Board of Education Thursday selected Interim Superintendent Keith Hayashi as the next superintendent of schools after a marathon, nearly 12-hour-long meeting during which each of the three finalist candidates made presentations and took questions from board members.
Jill Meinecke2022-05-03T12:25:26-10:00May 3, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: AC, funding, Hawaii Department of Education, lawmakers, menstrual equity, pre-kindergarten, School Facilities Authority, State funding, student journalists|
Besides approving a state budget Tuesday that includes more than $164 million to end salary compression for experienced educators, fund shortage differentials, and restore paid job-embedded professional development for all teachers, legislators are giving final approval this week to other bills and budget items that will help educators and the students they teach.
Jill Meinecke2022-01-26T14:05:04-10:00January 26, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: Baldwin High School, Hawaii Department of Education, NEA, PSLF, PSLF waiver, Public Service Loan Forgiveness, Student aid, student debt, student loans, teachers, U.S. Department of Education|
Baldwin High School English teacher David Negaard, who had a total of $114,000 in student loan debt, recently had $105,000 of that debt forgiven, thanks to the U.S. Department of Education overhauling its long-dysfunctional Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF).
