HSTA encourages eligible educators to apply for sabbatical leave
Educators must have at least seven years consecutive service to be considered for the next school year.
Evan Kumasaki2023-11-29T17:03:22-10:00November 29, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: application, contract, deadline, Department of Education, DOE, Hawaii, leave, sabbatical, teacher|
Educators must have at least seven years consecutive service to be considered for the next school year.
Terri Inefuku2022-06-21T16:39:26-10:00June 21, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: advocacy, bill, David Ige, governor, Hawaii, Ilima Intermediate, law, legislature, Mai Movement Hawaii, menstrual equity, menstruation, period, Period poverty, Senate Bill 2821, testimony, Washington Place|
Gov. David Ige signed Senate Bill 2821 into law Monday, making Hawaiʻi the sixth state in the country to provide quality menstrual supplies free of charge to public school students.
Evan Kumasaki2023-03-15T10:30:19-10:00June 17, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: Amber Jackson, Breaking Homicide, cold case, Derrick Levasseur, Hawaii, HSTA, Investigation Discovery, Kealia, murder|
On July 3, 2010, Amber Jackson’s body was found by hunting dogs in a remote location in Kealia. According to autopsy results, she suffered from what appeared to be blunt force trauma to her head.
Jill Meinecke2021-12-10T12:36:13-10:00December 9, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: Hawaii, HIDOE, High School, juniors, Kamehameha Schools, new educators, recruitment, Retention, seniors, survey, teachers, teaching field, University of Hawaii|
Teachers in their first five years in the classroom as well as Hawaiʻi high school juniors and seniors are encouraged to complete an online survey to understand what influences students to consider becoming educators with a goal to increase the number and quality of educators in Hawaiʻi.
Jill Meinecke2021-07-01T12:47:50-10:00July 1, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: delegates, Hawaii, HSTA, Ilima Intermediate, menstrual products, National Education Association, NEA, NEA RA, Period poverty proposal, Sarah Milianta-Laffin|
Delegates to the National Education Association’s Representative Assembly (NEA RA) Thursday overwhelmingly approved a proposal authored by a Hawaii teacher that directs the NEA to raise awareness about public school students’ lack of access to menstrual supplies.
Jill Meinecke2021-07-01T08:44:17-10:00June 30, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: Activism, Board of Education, campbell high school, Corey Rosenlee, Department of Education, education, Government, Hawaii, Hawaii DOE, hawaii state legislature, HSTA, Logan Okita, Osa Tui, Presidency, Service|
As Hawaii State Teachers Association President Corey Rosenlee’s term comes to a close, he said his biggest takeaway from six years heading the statewide teachers’ union is that “unity is our biggest strength.”
Evan Kumasaki2020-08-13T11:06:00-10:00August 13, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: death, death with dignity, died, Hawaii, HSTA executive director, John Radcliffe, leader, obituary, proposal, Radcliffe, teachers, union leader|
John Radcliffe, who was executive director of the Hawaii State Teachers Association from 1975 to 1988, died Tuesday night after a long battle with cancer.
Evan Kumasaki2020-07-03T05:05:00-10:00July 3, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: anti-vaping, Christine Russo, event, Hawaii, Not Just Vapor, vaping, virtual, Zoom|
The free virtual event on Thursday, July 9, will help you spot the signs of vaping by children and provide you with solutions to prevent your students or your own children from starting or help them quit.
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 Kumasaki2020-05-15T11:41:00-10:00May 15, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: aid, capitol, congress, Corey Rosenlee, coronavirus, COVID-19, cuts, David Ige, federal assistance, Hawaii, Lily Eskelsen Garcia. Kamala Harris, Ohio, pay cuts, proposal, reductions, representatives, Senate, state aid, trillion|
HSTA President Corey Rosenlee told a National Education Association tele-town hall audience Thursday about the HSTA’s successful efforts to fight a proposal that would have cut the pay of teachers and other state workers in the islands.