Jill Meinecke2025-11-17T14:31:35-10:00November 17, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: ELL, English language learners, Leeward Community College, professional development courses, SIQ, special education, SPED, teacher professional development|
Leeward Community College is offering a slate of courses designed to help Hawaiʻi’s educators grow their skills, earn reclassification credits, and better support diverse learners.
Jill Meinecke2025-09-18T15:58:05-10:00September 18, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Hawaii State Department of Education, shortage differential, special education, special education teacher, SPED, SPED differential|
A national survey reveals that Hawaiʻi’s $10,000 shortage differential for special education teachers remains the highest in the country and has greatly reduced the number of unlicensed SPED teachers in the islands.
Jill Meinecke2025-06-13T15:18:09-10:00June 10, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: differentials, hard-to-staff, Hawaiian language immersion, HIDOE, Osa Tui, shortage differentials, special education|
The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education (HIDOE) confirmed that shortage differentials for classroom teachers in special education, hard-to-staff locations, and Hawaiian language immersion programs will continue through SY 2025–26.
cschubert2025-03-24T10:35:04-10:00March 24, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: advocacy groups, civil rights, civil rights protections, congress, constitutional law, Department of Education, disability rights, education equity, Education Law Center, education policy, educators, executive overreach, federal agencies, federal funding, government oversight, higher education, lawsuit, NAACP, NEA, Pell Grants, public schools, school employees, school funding, special education, student loans, student rights, Trump Administration|
Advocacy groups representing educators, civil rights organizations, and families have filed a lawsuit to block the Trump administration’s attempt to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, arguing that such actions exceed executive authority and put millions of vulnerable students at risk. The lawsuit contends that eliminating the department would strip critical funding, undermine civil rights protections, and jeopardize access to education for students with disabilities, low-income families, and other marginalized groups.
Jill Meinecke2025-03-06T13:51:43-10:00March 6, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Day of Action, Donald Trump, National Education Association, NEA, public education, special education, Title 1, Trump adminstration|
Teachers across the islands took action Tuesday to protect our keiki from the negative effects of potential cuts in federal education funding as part of a nationwide Protect our Kids Day of Action.
Terri Inefuku2024-05-31T13:35:55-10:00May 31, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: Career and Technical Education, committee, contract, EL, English learner, leave, special education, student discipline, teacher transfer program, workgroup|
If you are interested in volunteering to serve on one or more particular workgroups, please review the available options and submit a request for consideration.
Terri Inefuku2024-05-02T16:44:57-10:00May 2, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: Career and Technical Education, CTE, differential, hard-to-staff, kaiapuni, shortage differential, special education|
The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education Friday announced it will implement one-time shortage differentials for career technical education (CTE) teachers working in HIDOE schools during the 2023–2024 school year.
Jill Meinecke2023-06-06T11:34:56-10:00June 6, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: early career educator, free professional learning community courses, Hawaii Teacher Induction Center, multilingual learners, new teachers, PLC, professional development, SHiNE, special education, trauma-informed practices, virtual pd|
Early career educators in their second through fourth years of teaching can register for free Professional Learning Community (PLC) opportunities this summer from the Hawaiʻi Teacher Induction Center.
Terri Inefuku2022-12-02T13:05:40-10:00December 2, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: air quality, funding, government relations, hawaii state legislature, Hawaiian education, housing, legislative priorities, legislative reception, public preschool, rural schools, special education, water quality|
The Hawaii State Teachers Association’s Government Relations Committee identified key priorities to advocate for during the 2023 legislative session, which convenes Jan. 18, 2023.
Terri Inefuku2022-05-13T15:44:28-10:00May 13, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: early release, iep, Individualized Education Program, recall pay, special education, toolkit, workload|
The Hawaii State Department of Education this week released an updated memo that outlines and adds to the support available for special education teachers and general education teachers involved in the Individualized Education Program, or IEP, process.
