HSTA welcomes veteran educator, HSTA leader as newest Leeward Chapter UniServ Director

2024-02-29T16:07:24-10:00February 29, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

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.

HSTA’s new UniServ Director brings union, law, public policy experience

2023-06-30T15:03:32-10:00June 30, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association is pleased to introduce Jolyn Garidan Prieto as the newest Leeward Chapter UniServ Director.

HSTA members win prizes for political action

2022-08-26T09:29:11-10:00August 26, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The Hawaii State Teachers Association awarded members for taking political action before Hawaii's primary election.

Teacher pay bills advance in key House committee

2022-03-18T08:50:09-10:00March 17, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Measures that would pay teachers based on their years of service, bring permanent funding for shortage differentials, and restore funding for job-embedded educator professional development passed the state House Education Committee with no objections or reservations Thursday, following their approval by the full Senate earlier this month.

HSTA Leeward Chapter presents: Topics in public education and Hawaiian history

2021-11-23T12:55:43-10:00November 23, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

As educators across Hawaiʻi commemorate Lā Kū'oko'a throughout the month of November, please join the Leeward Chapter for a series exploring a history of education that lifts up schools and educators who ground their work in the unique history and knowledge systems of Hawaiʻi.

Hundreds of Leeward teachers raise concerns over lack of consistent safety protocols

2021-09-16T11:22:44-10:00September 15, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

About 200 Leeward Oahu educators conducted socially distanced information picketing Tuesday afternoon to raise concerns about a lack of consistent safety protocols and an agreement which would enforce safe practices to keep students, school staff and the community safer during the pandemic. Public school teachers across the state will hold similar informational pickets in the coming days and weeks.

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