Terri Inefuku2023-08-13T12:20:32-10:00August 11, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Bargaining Unit 05, Hawaii State Department of Education, Hawaii State Teachers Association, HSTA, impact bargaining, Maui chapter, maui wildfires|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association Friday sent a request to the state for impact bargaining as well as a request for information about wildfires and their impacts on schools, teachers, and students.
Terri Inefuku2023-08-16T15:41:53-10:00August 11, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: damage, King Kamehameha III Elementary, Maui, maui wildfires, school, wildfires|
Mindi Cherry, a first-grade teacher at King Kamehameha III Elementary School in Lāhainā, is dealing with the overwhelming shock of losing both her family’s home and her classroom after wildfires ravaged the historic town Tuesday and Wednesday.
Terri Inefuku2023-08-11T12:48:20-10:00August 10, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: disaster, emergency response, housing, Lahainaluna High, maui wildfires|
Teachers from Lahainaluna High compared notes Wednesday afternoon and reached a grim assessment as Maui wildfires continued burning on the island: At least 15 of their coworkers at their school alone had homes destroyed by the flames.
Terri Inefuku2023-07-26T15:53:29-10:00July 26, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: book bans, delegate, Florida, Jennifer Nakamoto, Joseph Nakamoto, Joyce Nakamura, National Education Association, NEA, NEA RA, Nicole Ehara, Orlando, Representative Assembly|
Two Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association members represented Hawaiʻi for the first time at the national level with special advisers at their side: their mothers.
Terri Inefuku2023-07-25T16:00:23-10:00July 25, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: 10-month teachers, 12-month teachers, emergency hires, form 5, Notice of Personnel Action, paycheck, Raise, salary, step|
The first pay raise of the new contract goes into effect on the first work day of school year 2023–2024 and includes a 2% across-the-board pay raise and a step movement for those teachers currently on Step 5-14A.
Terri Inefuku2023-07-18T14:57:51-10:00July 18, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: closure, emergency school closure, HIDOE, HSTA, severe weather, tropical storm|
All Hawaiʻi State Department of Education (HIDOE) schools and offices on Hawai‘i Island will be closed to students and staff on Wednesday, July 19. The HSTA Hilo office will also be closed.
Terri Inefuku2023-06-07T10:33:12-10:00June 6, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: addiction, Christine Russo, e-cigarettes, e-liquids, electronic cigarettes, Government Relations Committee, HSTA teacher lobbyist, Laverne Moore, nicotine, smoking, tax, tobacco, vaping, youth|
Senate Bill 975 will tax electronic smoking devices and e-liquids, similar to tobacco products, and restrict shipping to wholesalers and retailers, meaning they can no longer be shipped directly to individuals. The measure was approved by the state Legislature earlier this month and awaits Gov. Josh Green’s signature.
Terri Inefuku2023-05-31T14:43:19-10:00May 31, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: English learner, Hawaii State Department of Education, HIDOE, Office of Student Support Services, PDE3, professional development, requirement, Sheltered Instruction Qualification, SIQ, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, TESOL|
Information obtained by HSTA’s Instruction and Professional Development Department on courses approved by the HIDOE and additional guidance to access SIQ credit and non-credit courses.
Terri Inefuku2023-05-26T11:29:36-10:00May 26, 2023|Categories: Negotiations, News|Tags: 21 hours, across the board, bargaining, Career and Technical Education, Class VIII, collective bargaining agreement, compression, contract, English learners, FAQ, frequently asked questions, Hawaiian education, HSTA Negotiations Team, Negotiations, pay raise, salary structure, student discipline, supplementary pay, Teacher Assignment and Transfer Program, teacher protections, teacher working conditions|
Frequently asked questions about the tentative agreement HSTA reached with the employer on April 14, 2023, for the 2023-2027 contract.
Terri Inefuku2023-05-18T18:58:41-10:00May 18, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Elyse Litvack, friend of youth award, HCR, human and civil rights committee, Kauai, Kukui Grove Center, Kumu's Cupboard, nonprofit, school supplies|
Once a month, K–12 educators who work directly with students at any Kauaʻi public, charter, or private school can sign in, receive an inventory list that tells them how much of each item they can take, browse the store for items they need, and check out at the register.
