Terri Inefuku2023-09-18T08:35:14-10:00September 15, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Bargaining Unit 05, BU 05, credit, equivalency, options, requirement, seat hours, Sheltered Instruction Qualification, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, TESOL|
The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education announced this week that all teachers must obtain the Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages Sheltered Instruction Qualification.
kkerr@hsta.org2021-08-06T14:24:36-10:00August 6, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: BOE, distance learning, Donna Mercado Kim, hiring, Keith Hayashi, Kurt Fevella, learning, michelle kidani, options, Phyllis Unebasami, Senate, Senate COVID-19 committee, teachers, virtual|
State senators complained Thursday that the Hawaii State Department of Education did not have an adequate plan to scale up distance learning this school year and failed to adequately support teachers and principals during the coronavirus pandemic.
kkerr@hsta.org2021-07-21T20:00:54-10:00July 21, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: distance learning, in-person, options, Osa Tui, remote, teaching|
The release of distance learning options for families late Wednesday by the Hawaii State Department of Education "is a positive step, but from what we see, teachers are still going to be expected to teach simultaneously online and in-person which the Board of Education last week agreed should not happen," Hawaii State Teachers Association President Osa Tui, Jr. said.
Evan Kumasaki2020-04-24T04:07:00-10:00April 24, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: AFSCME, alternatives, Bobby Lee, budget, Corey Rosenlee, David Ige, funds, furloughs, governor, HFFA, HGEA, HSTA, Lee Saunders, options, pay cuts, Randy Perreira, reductions|
Union leaders offer more than 15 budgetary options to avoid docking state employees' pay because of plummeting state revenues caused by the coronavirus.
