HSTA identifies holes in latest order, calls for key actions to keep schools, communities safe

2020-08-19T13:59:00-10:00August 19, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , |

HSTA President Corey Rosenlee said, “There are still no metrics from the Department of Health and Department of Education on the requirements for safely reopening schools or when they should close. We are also concerned with the governor’s exceptions to our public school system. In order to reduce transmission, teachers should be allowed to work from home and no students should be coming on campus. Otherwise, he leaves gaping holes in these restrictions.”

Email the Board of Education, push for changes to keep our schools safe

2020-08-18T17:19:00-10:00August 18, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Despite our calls to the contrary, many schools across the state welcomed thousands of students on campuses today, and additional face-to-face interactions are planned through the week. This cannot continue if we truly want to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus in our communities.

HIDOE to continue shortage differentials next school year

2020-06-20T11:11:00-10:00June 20, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Shortage differentials that the Hawaii State Department of Education began in January for special education classroom teachers, Hawaiian language immersion educators and teachers at hard-to-staff schools will continue in school year 2020–21, after the department confirmed the eligibility criteria in a memo published this week.

LCC expanding teacher education program by hiring four new educators

2020-02-01T04:04:00-10:00February 1, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

Leeward Community College’s Teacher Education Program is looking to expand its team of teacher educators who are committed to teacher preparation in the Leeward communities and across the state.

‘My first year as a special education teacher’ by Liann Sanerivi

2021-02-12T07:37:47-10:00January 15, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

"Having just come from student teaching and graduating, I felt that I was set and ready to take on the world and my own classroom. I was not prepared for the feeling of failure."

National consortium allows candidates to pursue PhD in special education for free

2019-12-12T04:50:00-10:00December 12, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The University of Hawaii at Manoa's College of Education is partnering with the University of Connecticut Early Childhood Consortium to develop experts in early childhood intervention for infants and young children with high-intensity needs because of significant intellectual and developmental disabilities.

BOE approves $14.7 million in shortage differentials to start next month

2022-10-01T11:27:17-10:00December 6, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

DOE, BOE leaders commit to a multi-phased approach to help end the teacher shortage crisis.

Millions worth of differentials make up first phase of plan to end teacher shortage crisis

2022-10-01T11:25:47-10:00December 5, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

The proposals to address compression, create shortage differentials for SpEd and Hawaiian language immersion educators and expand hard-to-staff bonuses are a positive step forward in the HSTA's five-year plan to end the statewide teacher shortage crisis.

SpEd teachers say more prep time, pay would help ease special ed teacher shortage

2019-10-23T11:35:00-10:00October 23, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The National Council on Teacher Quality reports at least 35 of the major school districts across the country already offer SpEd teachers a financial bonus of some kind, ranging from $5,000 to $10,000 a year. Hawaii offers no pay differential for SpEd teachers.

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