New UniServ director brings legal, education experience to teachers union
Meet Jorge Ochoa, a Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association UniServ director with a focus on advocacy for the union’s Honolulu and Leeward chapters. His first day was Aug. 1.
HSTA welcomes veteran educator, HSTA leader as newest Leeward Chapter UniServ Director
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.
We’re hiring! HSTA UniServ Director for Leeward Oʻahu
HSTA is looking for a Leeward Oʻahu UniServ Director who is articulate, organized, and a believer in due process.
HSTA’s new UniServ Director brings union, law, public policy experience
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
The Hawaii State Teachers Association awarded members for taking political action before Hawaii's primary election.
Teacher pay bills advance in key House committee
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
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
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.
Vaccinations emphasized in Department of Health’s updated guidance for schools
HSTA President Osa Tui Jr. says he and fellow HSTA leaders are continuing to absorb the updated guidance, and stressed during a news conference Monday that “our teachers have wanted to be back in school with their students for a while now, and they are committed to making their classrooms as safe as possible for their students.”
Leeward lawmakers pledge opposition to teacher pay cuts, furloughs
Educators who teach along the Leeward coast of Oahu gathered virtually this week to share their stories and concerns with area lawmakers who said they do not support educator pay reductions.