HSTA recent news
Jill Meinecke2023-09-28T16:12:23-10:00September 28, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Blade Shepherd-Jones, Colombia, Fulbright Fellow, Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms, international field study, Laura Cummings, Morocco, professional development, Sunset Elementary, Waimānalo Elementary & Intermediate|
Two Oʻahu teachers embarked on an unforgettable journey across the globe this past year, all to bring an international perspective back to their schools in Hawaiʻi as part of the Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms program.
Jill Meinecke2023-09-26T13:49:33-10:00September 26, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Gov. Josh Green, Hawaii Department of Health, HIDOE, King Kamehameha III Elementary, Lahaina, Lahaina Intermediate, Lahainaluna High, Maui, Maui chapter, maui wildfires, Osa Tui Jr, Princess Nāhiʻenaʻena Elementary, superintendent Keith Hayashi|
The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education (HIDOE) Tuesday announced reopening details for three Lahaina public schools, and said the federal government will build a new temporary school site after deadly wildfires in August shuttered the schools for nearly two months.
Terri Inefuku2023-09-18T08:35:14-10:00September 15, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Bargaining Unit 05, BU 05, credit, equivalency, options, requirement, seat hours, Sheltered Instruction Qualification, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, TESOL|
The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education announced this week that all teachers must obtain the Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages Sheltered Instruction Qualification.
Terri Inefuku2023-09-15T10:59:41-10:00September 15, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: author, creating writing, Diane Mokuau, LGBTQ, librarian, libraries, Molokai High School, queer, Ryan La Sala, Scholastic, Scholastic Book Fairs, The Honeys, young adult fiction|
When 2021 School Librarian of the Year Diane Mokuau redeemed her prize from Scholastic — an author visit and books for her students — she never dreamed it would lead to a challenging learning experience for her tight-knit community.
Evan Kumasaki2023-09-15T15:40:32-10:00September 15, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: credits, deadline, DOE, Hawaii Department of Education, micro-credentials, Sheltered Instruction Qualification, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, TESOL|
Teachers will need to obtain six credits or equivalency within three years starting in SY 2020–21
Terri Inefuku2023-09-25T13:23:15-10:00September 8, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: SATC, Sex Abuse Treatment Center, sexual abuse, sexual health education, sexual violence, trusted adults|
To equip educators with safety strategies and education around sexual violence and prevention, the Sex Abuse Treatment Center developed age-appropriate, K–12 curricula in conjunction with the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education.
Jill Meinecke2023-09-08T15:46:31-10:00September 8, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: coin drive, donation, Florida, fundraiser, IB School, International Baccalaureate, Lahaina, Maui chapter, maui wildfires, Roland Park Magnet School, Tampa, York Innovation Academy|
From making beds to vacuuming cars, students from two Florida public schools raised $13,500 in just six days to benefit Maui teachers who lost their homes and classrooms to deadly wildfires in August.
Terri Inefuku2023-09-12T12:48:35-10:00September 8, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: testimony, tobacco, vaping, youth vaping epidemic|
Educators say current restrictions on electronic cigarettes, or vaping products, aren’t working, and the burden to manage the youth vaping epidemic in Hawai'i can’t be placed solely on schools. Lawmakers have the power to protect our students by holding the tobacco industry accountable.
Jill Meinecke2024-07-04T13:25:21-10:00September 6, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: donations, fire relief checks, HSTA, Jr., Lahaina, maui wildfires, NEA, Osa Tui, teachers|
More than 240 people and organizations from 33 states across the country have donated in excess of $205,000 to the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association to help Maui teachers who’ve lost homes and classrooms to the Aug. 8 wildfires.
Jill Meinecke2023-09-01T15:48:17-10:00September 1, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: EAs, Educational assistants, educator shortage, Gov. Josh Green, HGEA, HIDOE, Keith Hayashi, Osa Tui Jr, teacher shortage, UPW, Vice principals, VPs|
Salaries for nearly 3,000 educational assistants and vice principals in Hawai‘i public schools would increase under a tentative agreement announced Thursday that will help combat chronic staff shortages.
