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.
Evan Kumasaki2024-04-18T14:09:00-10:00December 7, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: award, HSTA, NEA, nomination, S.T.A.C.Y. Award, STACY, teaching excellence|
Each year, a winner is chosen based on their ability to demonstrate leadership, dedication and passion in five categories: scholarship, teaching, advocacy, community, and youth.
Evan Kumasaki2023-12-07T16:47:55-10:00December 1, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: friend of youth award, HCR, HSTA, human and civil rights committee, nomination, pono award, social justice|
The Hawaii State Teachers Association’s Human and Civil Rights Committee is seeking nominations for HSTA’s annual Pono and Friend of Youth awards.
Jill Meinecke2023-11-07T15:07:25-10:00November 7, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: HSTA, HSTA logo, logo redesign, new logo, strategic goals|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association has begun the process of updating its iconic triangular logo, and we want your input on how the next logo should look.
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.
Evan Kumasaki2023-10-17T12:10:19-10:00October 2, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: acceptance, committee, equality, equity, festival, HSTA, human and civil rights, LGBTQ, lgbtqia, pride, pride parade|
HSTA’s Human and Civil Rights Committee is virtually celebrating the contributions of the LGBTQIA+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual) community and the cultural diversity of our island home with an interactive Pride virtual classroom.
Jill Meinecke2024-07-04T13:25:21-10:00September 6, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: donations, fire relief checks, HSTA, Jr., Lahaina, maui wildfires, NEA, Osa Tui, teachers|
More than 240 people and organizations from 33 states across the country have donated in excess of $205,000 to the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association to help Maui teachers who’ve lost homes and classrooms to the Aug. 8 wildfires.
Terri Inefuku2023-11-13T15:11:37-10:00August 29, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: board of directors, check, classroom supplies, damage, disaster relief, HSTA, maui wildfires, members, primary residence|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association Board of Directors late Sunday unanimously voted to allocate $150,000 to be spent on Maui disaster relief for HSTA members whose homes and classrooms have been destroyed by wildfires last week.
Terri Inefuku2023-08-13T12:20:32-10:00August 11, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Bargaining Unit 05, Hawaii State Department of Education, Hawaii State Teachers Association, HSTA, impact bargaining, Maui chapter, maui wildfires|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association Friday sent a request to the state for impact bargaining as well as a request for information about wildfires and their impacts on schools, teachers, and students.
Jill Meinecke2023-08-13T12:21:40-10:00August 10, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: gofundme, HSTA, Lahaina, Lahaina Intermediate, Maui, Maui chapter, maui wildfires, teachers|
A 27-year veteran teacher on Maui lost her childhood home to the raging wildfires on Maui, leaving her and her family displaced like other educators who’ve been affected by the fires.
