cschubert2025-07-25T13:39:13-10:00July 25, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Ann Mahi, Education Leadership, Hawaiʻi Education, HSTA, Lifelong Educator, Osa Tui Jr, professional development, retirement, teacher advocacy, Teacher Leadership|
Ann Mahi, a lifelong educator and executive director of the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association since 2022, retired this month after three years of leading the union, leaving behind a legacy of strengthened professional development opportunities and unwavering advocacy for Hawaiʻi’s teachers and students.
cschubert2025-07-25T06:24:49-10:00July 24, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Class VIII, Hawaiʻi Teachers, HSTA, Osa Tui Jr, public education, salary schedule, Step increase, Teacher Benefits, Teacher Contract, Teacher Pay Raise|
Most Hawaiʻi public and charter school teachers will receive a step pay raise of up to 6% at the start of the 2025–2026 school year, with the introduction of a new Class VIII salary tier and additional benefits outlined in the current HSTA contract.
Jalen Ashley2024-08-23T09:27:17-10:00August 22, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: Barack Obama, Democratic National Convention, Gov. Josh Green, Hawaii Democratic Party, Kamala Harris, Osa Tui Jr, Tim Walz|
HSTA President Osa Tui Jr. is one of 400 unionized public school educators comprising 10% of the delegates who selected Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee for president at this week’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
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.
Jill Meinecke2023-09-26T13:49:33-10:00September 26, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Gov. Josh Green, Hawaii Department of Health, HIDOE, King Kamehameha III Elementary, Lahaina, Lahaina Intermediate, Lahainaluna High, Maui, Maui chapter, maui wildfires, Osa Tui Jr, Princess Nāhiʻenaʻena Elementary, superintendent Keith Hayashi|
The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education (HIDOE) Tuesday announced reopening details for three Lahaina public schools, and said the federal government will build a new temporary school site after deadly wildfires in August shuttered the schools for nearly two months.
Jill Meinecke2023-09-01T15:48:17-10:00September 1, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: EAs, Educational assistants, educator shortage, Gov. Josh Green, HGEA, HIDOE, Keith Hayashi, Osa Tui Jr, teacher shortage, UPW, Vice principals, VPs|
Salaries for nearly 3,000 educational assistants and vice principals in Hawai‘i public schools would increase under a tentative agreement announced Thursday that will help combat chronic staff shortages.
Jill Meinecke2022-12-10T13:29:43-10:00December 6, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: appeal, behavioral health, Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund, EUTF, HMSA, Kaiser Permanente, mental health, National Union of Healthcare Workers, NUHW, Osa Tui Jr, switch|
Educators and other members of the State of Hawaii’s Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund (EUTF) will be able to switch their health coverage enrollment from Kaiser to the Hawaii Medical Service Association (HMSA) due to the Kaiser Permanente mental health care employees’ strike, which is now in its fourth month.
Jill Meinecke2022-11-09T12:08:38-10:00November 9, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: 2nd Congressional District, Brian Schatz, D.C., ed case, Hawaii general election, HSTA recommended candidates, Logan Okita, Lt. Gov. Josh Green, Osa Tui Jr, Rep. Sylvia Luke, Sen. Jill Tokuda, Washington|
Lt. Gov. Josh Green was elected the ninth governor of Hawaiʻi Tuesday, beating his Republican opponent and former lieutenant governor Duke Aiona by almost a 2-1 margin.
Jill Meinecke2022-10-18T11:03:56-10:00October 18, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: 2023 Teacher of the Year, Dr. Michael Ida, Farrington-Kaiser-Kalani Complex, HIDOE, Honolulu District, HSTA, Kalani High, National Board Certified Teachers, O'ahu Mathematics League, Osa Tui Jr|
Dr. Michael Ida, a math and computer science teacher at Kalani High, received the state's top teaching award from Gov. David Ige and Schools Superintendent Keith Hayashi during a ceremony at Washington Place Monday afternoon.
Jill Meinecke2022-08-30T10:06:24-10:00August 25, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: Aliamanu Middle, debt, Osa Tui Jr, President Joe Biden, PSLF waiver, Public Service Loan Forgiveness, Student loan forgiveness, U.S. Department of Education|
President Joe Biden announced Wednesday his plan to cancel student debt for millions of Americans, and some Hawaii teachers stand to benefit greatly.
