Jill Meinecke2024-02-29T16:07:24-10:00February 29, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: APC, Central Chapter president, Dana Shishido, Grievance Representative, Hawaii Department of Education, Head Faculty Representative, HSTA, Joan Husted, Leeward Chapter, National Education Association, public schools, Sharon Mahoe, teacher, UniServ director, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Wilbert Holck|
After over three decades as a Hawaiʻi public school educator and Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association leader, Dana Shishido joined the union as its newest UniServ Director for Oʻahu’s Leeward Chapter.
Evan Kumasaki2023-11-29T17:03:22-10:00November 29, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: application, contract, deadline, Department of Education, DOE, Hawaii, leave, sabbatical, teacher|
Educators must have at least seven years consecutive service to be considered for the next school year.
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 Meinecke2023-02-01T09:48:18-10:00February 1, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: adminstrator, Brenna Hashimoto, Hawaii Board of Education, Hawaii House Education Committee, Hawaii Legislature, Jeanne Kapela, Jr., Justin Woodson, Laverne Moore, Lisa Marten, Office of Collective Bargaining, Osa Tui, public schools, teacher|
The Hawaiʻi State House of Education Committee advanced Tuesday a measure that would allow a nonvoting public school teacher member on the Hawaiʻi Board of Education.
Terri Inefuku2021-10-29T15:01:45-10:00October 9, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: education, PSLF, Public Service Loan Forgiveness, student loans, teacher, U.S. Department of Education|
On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Education announced a change to Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program rules for a limited time as a result of the COVID-19 national emergency. Now, for a limited period of time, borrowers may receive credit for past payments made on loans that would otherwise not qualify for PSLF.
Jill Meinecke2021-07-14T06:06:45-10:00July 1, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: Department of Education, educators, HSTA, math, McKinley High School, Osa Tui, president, Registrar, Robotics, students, teacher|
When Osa Tui, Jr. becomes president of the Hawaii State Teachers Association July 5, he will bring a varied background in teaching, volunteering and actively serving the union to his new role.
kkerr@hsta.org2021-02-05T15:17:35-10:00February 4, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: board, Board of Education, BOE, Corey Rosenlee, HGEA, HSTA, member, nonvoting, principals, teacher|
The Hawaii State Teachers Association’s proposal to add a nonvoting member to the Board of Education who is a public school teacher received initial approval from the state House Education Committee Thursday.
Evan Kumasaki2021-02-12T07:37:47-10:00January 15, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: classroom, first year, HSTA, Liann Sanerivi, new educator, SHiNE, special education, Supporting Hawaii's New Educators, teacher, teaching|
"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."
Evan Kumasaki2019-12-19T09:24:00-10:00December 19, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: application, Department of Education, English language arts, ESSA, Hawaii, Innovative Assessment Pilot Program, mathematics, teacher|
“This is Hawaii’s best opportunity to get away from the overburdening of standardized tests and move to something that’s better for our students,” said HSTA President Corey Rosenlee.
