Evan Kumasaki2020-11-05T15:41:49-10:00June 9, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: candidate, Colleen Hanabusa, county, election, Honolulu City Council, Honolulu mayor, HSTA, recommendation|
For the first time, the Hawaii State Teachers Association announced Monday its support for a Honolulu mayoral candidate. The union says former congresswoman Colleen Hanabusa is the best person to lead Honolulu Hale for the next four years.
Evan Kumasaki2020-11-05T15:41:51-10:00June 6, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: free, HSTA, instruction, IPD, low-cost, micro-credentials, NEA, professional development|
Over the summer, we will be posting information on free and low-cost opportunities for our members. These resources will focus on the needs of our educators as we prepare for the next school year.
Evan Kumasaki2020-11-05T15:41:53-10:00June 6, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: election, House, HSTA, primary, recommendation, Senate, state legislature, vote|
The Hawaii State Teachers Association released Friday its recommendations for Hawaii State House and Senate candidates in the upcoming 2020 primary election.
Evan Kumasaki2020-11-05T15:41:59-10:00June 6, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: Diane Gibson, HSTA, Instruction and Professional Development, IPD, micro-credentials, professional development|
“I was hired by HSTA to rebuild our Professional Development program. We currently have three PD courses that are starting in the month of June.”
Evan Kumasaki2020-11-05T15:41:55-10:00June 6, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: catherine payne, christina kishimoto, Corey Rosenlee, coronavirus, COVID-19, DOE, Dwight Takeno, educators, feedback, guidance, Hawaii, plan, reopen, reopening, schools, testimony|
"This week, the Department of Education released the ‘Guidance for Reopening Schools.’ HSTA was not consulted and did not agree to these policies, even though teachers will be the ones most likely being forced to implement these policies,” HSTA President Corey Rosenlee said. “We have many questions and concerns.”
Evan Kumasaki2020-11-05T15:41:57-10:00June 4, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: benefits, contract, cutbacks, employees, journalists, layoffs, Maui News, Mike Landes, Negotiations, news, Ogden, Ogden Newspapers, Raise, reporters, severance|
The Maui News employees at the newspaper are in the middle of difficult contract negotiations with Ogden Newspapers. The Wheeling, West Virginia-based corporate owner has not agreed to raise the salaries of Maui News for workers in more than a decade.
Evan Kumasaki2020-06-04T08:29:00-10:00June 4, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: concerns, DOE, HIDOE, impact bargaining, Negotiations, protocols, questions, reopening, requirements, restrictions, safety, sanitizing, school, social distancing|
Since late April, the Hawaii State Teachers Association has repeatedly asked the Hawaii State Department of Education what model(s) will be used to reopen public schools in school year 2020–21.
Evan Kumasaki2022-07-29T14:47:01-10:00June 2, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: coronavirus, COVID-19|
This post contains FAQs that address outdated scenarios or are no longer relevant.
Evan Kumasaki2020-06-02T04:23:00-10:00June 2, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, BOE, catherine payne, concerns, email, feedback, framework, input"/>, meeting, questions, reopening, reopening schools|
The Hawaii Board of Education meets virtually Thursday, June 4, and is seeking feedback about reopening Hawaii’s public schools through Friday.
Evan Kumasaki2023-05-30T20:54:32-10:00June 1, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: Ahmaud Arbery, black lives matter, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, HSTA, human and civil rights, racial justice, social justice|
The deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor reflect just a fraction of unacceptable violations rooted in a deep history of systemic racism, oppression, and violence. We cannot allow this to continue.
