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Hawaiʻi Island educator selected for national space flight teaching program
Chayanee Brooks, an English teacher at Kaʻū High, has been named one of 12 educators nationwide to participate in the 2025-26 Embedded Teacher Program (ETP), a prestigious initiative offered by Space for Teachers.
Join a ‘No Dictators!’ Day of Defiance event on Oct. 18
On Saturday, Oct. 18, numerous ‘No Dictators!’ Day of Defiance events are planned across the Hawaiian islands as an all-out effort to protect democracy and the U.S. Constitution, led by Indivisible Hawai’i Statewide Network.
One-time credit recognition granted for former charter teachers now at HIDOE
As a result of HSTA's advocacy, the HIDOE issued a memo that updates the procedures for teachers moving from charter schools into HIDOE positions and creates a one-time window through the end of 2025 for HIDOE teachers who formerly taught at Hawaiʻi charter schools to gain recognition for previous academic and professional development credits that can be used to reclassify and increase their pay.
HIDOE expands TESOL Sheltered Instruction Qualification options
The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education (HIDOE) just announced updates and new options for teachers to obtain the Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Sheltered Instruction Qualification (SIQ) to provide educators more flexibility.
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HSTA launches temporary pop-up virtual merchandise store
We have just launched a temporary pop-up online store offering HSTA-branded t-shirts, polo shirts, and caps for sale at hstamerch.com.
HSTA hosts ‘good neighbor day’ for transitional housing keiki, families
Children and families at Kahauiki Village in Iwilei attended a “Good Neighbor Day” event Saturday afternoon, sponsored by members of the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association’s Human and Civil Rights Committee.