Jill Meinecke2025-10-17T09:25:10-10:00October 16, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: compression, Experience Management Institute (EXMI), Hawaii State Department of Education, shortage differentials, step increases, stipends, teacher compensation, teacher pay|
An in-depth, independent study of the state’s teacher compensation system recommended that the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education should consider implementing automatic step pay increases for teachers, create a dedicated human resources help desk to provide accurate information on pay, benefits, and leave policies, and develop a compensation philosophy for all educators.
Jill Meinecke2025-09-30T11:04:08-10:00September 30, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: hats, Hawaii State Department of Education, HSTA logo items, HSTA merch, HSTA merchandise, Kula Threads, polos, t-shirts|
We have just launched a temporary pop-up online store offering HSTA-branded t-shirts, polo shirts, and caps for sale at hstamerch.com.
Jill Meinecke2025-09-22T14:13:31-10:00September 19, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: APC, APC rep, CBR, faculty representatives, Grievance rep, Hawaii Island, Hawaii State Department of Education, HIDOE, HSTA committees, Kaʻū-Keaʻau-Pāhoa Complex Area, Keaʻau High, Teacher of the Year|
Elise Hannigan, an English teacher at Keaʻau High on Hawaiʻi Island, received the state’s top teaching award from Gov. Josh Green and Schools Superintendent Keith Hayashi during a ceremony at Washington Place Friday afternoon.
Jill Meinecke2025-09-18T15:58:05-10:00September 18, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Hawaii State Department of Education, shortage differential, special education, special education teacher, SPED, SPED differential|
A national survey reveals that Hawaiʻi’s $10,000 shortage differential for special education teachers remains the highest in the country and has greatly reduced the number of unlicensed SPED teachers in the islands.
Jill Meinecke2024-11-07T14:44:19-10:00November 7, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: Andrea Eshelman, Bargaining Unit 05, BU 05, Chapter 89, collective bargaining, compression, Hawaiʻi Labor Relations Board, Hawaii State Department of Education, HIDOE, Jr., Osa Tui|
The Hawaiʻi Labor Relations Board (HLRB) last week ruled in favor of three teachers who brought a case related to the Fall 2022 repricing of Bargaining Unit 05 (BU 05) employees carried out by the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education (HIDOE).
cschubert2024-09-18T13:35:48-10:00September 13, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: Department of Education, grievance, Hawaii State Department of Education, HIDOE, Keith Hayashi, office of talent management, paycheck, paycheck delay, Records and Transcripts, superintendent, Teacher recruitment|
“While we appreciate the additional opportunity for dialogue with HIDOE early next week, our members grow weary of their continued lack of transparency, absence of immediate cooperation, and failure to address the needs of its workforce,” said Osa Tui, Jr., HSTA president.
Terri Inefuku2024-09-06T16:10:53-10:00September 6, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: Department of Education, Hawaii State Department of Education, HIDOE, Keith Hayashi, office of talent management, paycheck, paycheck delay, Records and Transcripts, superintendent, Teacher recruitment|
HSTA is hopeful that this informal grievance meeting will answer many questions about the paycheck delays and provide a path to remedy the harmful effects, especially after receiving a limited and partial response from the HIDOE.
Terri Inefuku2024-08-30T20:07:06-10:00August 30, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: Department of Education, Hawaii State Department of Education, HIDOE, Keith Hayashi, office of talent management, paycheck, paycheck delay, Records and Transcripts, superintendent, Teacher recruitment|
Without being provided a list of those who have been affected, HSTA is having difficulty determining the full extent of the problem and working with bargaining unit members to address the myriad issues resulting from not receiving their regular paychecks as expected.
Terri Inefuku2024-08-23T14:42:11-10:00August 23, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: charter school, delay, Hawaii State Department of Education, HIDOE, pay, paycheck|
Some 377 teachers did not receive their Aug. 20 paychecks, and HIDOE has told HSTA it will cut checks worth $2,000 and deliver them to the affected teachers early next week at their schools.
Jill Meinecke2024-05-07T10:22:50-10:00May 7, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: fire relief leave bank, Hawaii Board of Education, Hawaii State Department of Education, Maui, Maui chapter, maui wildfires, personal leave, shared leave, sick leave|
The HSTA Maui Chapter is organizing a petition asking HSTA members to say they are willing to support their colleagues who have been affected by the fires and would be willing to donate to a shared Fire Relief Leave Bank.
