cschubert2026-08-03T10:44:25-10:00July 13, 2026|Categories: News|Tags: charter schools, educator safety, Hawaiʻi legislation, Hawaiʻi Teachers, HSTA, Josh Green, public education, step increases, teacher pay, Teacher recruitment|
Gov. Josh Green signed legislation guaranteeing annual step pay increases for Hawaiʻi public and charter school teachers while also strengthening legal protections for educators facing harassment and threats. The measures mark major victories for HSTA, helping improve teacher recruitment and retention while providing greater workplace safety and support for education employees.
Jill Meinecke2025-10-17T09:25:10-10:00October 16, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: compression, Experience Management Institute (EXMI), Hawaii State Department of Education, shortage differentials, step increases, stipends, teacher compensation, teacher pay|
An in-depth, independent study of the state’s teacher compensation system recommended that the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education should consider implementing automatic step pay increases for teachers, create a dedicated human resources help desk to provide accurate information on pay, benefits, and leave policies, and develop a compensation philosophy for all educators.
Jill Meinecke2024-01-30T18:54:59-10:00November 1, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: 2024 legislative session, Affordable housing, BU 05, government relations, Government Relations Committee, Hawaii Board of Education, hawaii state legislature, HSTA legislative priorities, legislative priorities, pension, step increases, teacher tax credit|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association encourages the community and decision-makers to ensure our public schools receive proper funding and resources to foster positive learning experiences for our students and bolster teaching as a respectable and viable career for educators.
Terri Inefuku2023-05-04T12:02:56-10:00May 4, 2023|Categories: Negotiations, News|Tags: Class VIII, contract, HSTA Negotiations Team, Negotiations, pay raises, ratification vote, step increases, teacher pay|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association (HSTA) is pleased to announce that Bargaining Unit 05 employees of the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education and public charter schools have voted to ratify a new four-year contract.
cschubert2022-10-01T11:25:47-10:00December 5, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: bonus, bonuses, campaign, compression, Corey Rosenlee, hard-to-staff, Hawaiian language immersion, shortage differential, special education, step increases, teacher shortage crisis|
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.
