Evan Kumasaki2021-05-18T18:19:05-10:00May 18, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: grant, Hawaii State Federal Credit Union, investing in education, supplies, teachers|
The program allows classroom teachers in the Hawaii State Department of Education to obtain much-needed supplies, books, furniture, electronics, equipment and other basic necessities for their classrooms.
kkerr@hsta.org2021-04-23T14:37:30-10:00April 22, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: campaign, centennial, Hawaii Education Association, link, memories, questionnaire, stories, survey, teachers|
The Hawaii Education Association is asking people educated in Hawaii to fill out a questionnaire detailing how a teacher in their lives inspired them to do greater things.
Terri Inefuku2021-03-11T12:39:51-10:00March 11, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: donate, donations, flood, Haiku, help, Maui high, members, Rachael Denessen, teachers|
Maui High English teacher Rachael Denessen heated up her lunch at her Haiku home Monday and had just sat down to eat when floodwaters began surging up her driveway, flooding her home's first floor, sending many of its contents down a nearby stream, and damaging others beyond repair.
kkerr@hsta.org2021-03-03T18:34:29-10:00March 3, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: BOE, christina kishimoto, contract, educators, HGEA, HSTA, HSTA Board of Directors, oppose, opposition, superintendent, teachers, term, Unit 6|
An overwhelming number of people who submitted written testimony to the Hawaii Board of Education as of midday Wednesday asked the BOE not to renew the contract of Schools Superintendent Christina Kishimoto.
kkerr@hsta.org2021-02-18T21:37:06-10:00February 18, 2021|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: bonuses, Corey Rosenlee, differentials, Eric Seitz, hard-to-staff, Hawaiian language immersion, Osa Tui, pay, shortage, special education, SPED, teachers, vacancies, Wilbert Holck|
The Hawaii Board of Education Thursday afternoon voted overwhelmingly to continue paying shortage differentials to public school teachers across the state, directing Schools Superintendent Christina Kishimoto to rescind her memo by the close of business Friday that would have ended the $3,000 to $10,000 payments to teachers in areas faced with chronic vacancies.
Evan Kumasaki2020-08-13T11:06:00-10:00August 13, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: death, death with dignity, died, Hawaii, HSTA executive director, John Radcliffe, leader, obituary, proposal, Radcliffe, teachers, union leader|
John Radcliffe, who was executive director of the Hawaii State Teachers Association from 1975 to 1988, died Tuesday night after a long battle with cancer.
Evan Kumasaki2020-07-23T17:05:00-10:00July 23, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: administrators, Board of Education, concern, coronavirus, COVID-19, delay, EAs, educators, James Sunday, meeting, parents, principals, SASAs, students, teachers, testimony|
James Sunday, Radford High School principal, submitted testimony to the BOE that said, “Although we are expected to be ‘good soldiers’ who follow directives, we can not in good conscience move forward without expressing the concerns we continue to have in regards to reopening our schools. The depth of these concerns keep us up at night as we hold the health and safety of our individual communities in our hands.”
Evan Kumasaki2020-06-20T04:56:00-10:00June 20, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: Andrea Eshelman, capitol, catherine payne, CDC, christina kishimoto, Corey Rosenlee, coronavirus, COVID-19, DOH, Dwight Takeno, educators, health, HIOSH, legislature, Maggie Cox, parents, plans, reopen, reopening, representatives, safety, schools, SPED, survey, teachers, testimony|
The HSTA Negotiations Team meets for an hour and a half with top HIDOE officials Monday to begin detailed bargaining about reopening schools.
Evan Kumasaki2020-05-28T07:58:00-10:00May 28, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: 12-month, agreement, application, apply, educators, FAQs, job requirements, request, teachers, telework, telework agreement|
Read FAQs and guidance for 12-month educators, including HSTA's strong recommendation that all those interested should immediately fill out a telework application/request.
Evan Kumasaki2020-05-27T06:28:00-10:00May 27, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: backlog, coronavirus, COVID-19, educators, help, Leanne Teves, legislature, representatives, teachers, unemployment, volunteers|
A heartfelt mahalo to the 56 HSTA members who juggled their professional and personal schedules to volunteer to attack the state’s backlog of unemployment claims because of the pandemic.
