HSTA recent news
Terri Inefuku2023-09-15T15:56:36-10:00February 17, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: deadline, extended, Hawaii State Department of Education, requirements, Sheltered Instruction Qualification, SIQ, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, TESOL|
The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education’s Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages sheltered instruction mandate has further pushed back its deadline by one year to the first working day of the 2026–27 school year, thanks to the hard work of teacher advocates.
Terri Inefuku2023-02-16T13:28:26-10:00February 16, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Adrian Tam, bills, Hawaii State Capitol, hawaii state legislature, LGBTQ, Michael Golojuch, Moses Barrios, rally, Sarah Milianta-Laffin|
Educators, community leaders, legislators, and supporters rallied at the Hawaiʻi State Capitol Tuesday for the LGBTQ+ community and celebrated the historic number of LGBTQ-friendly measures introduced in the Hawai‘i State Legislature this session.
Jill Meinecke2023-02-09T15:42:51-10:00February 9, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Brian Schatz, school lunch, school meals, Senator Brian Schatz, U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA|
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Tuesday that Hawaiʻiʻs reimbursement rate for federal child nutrition programs will be increased temporarily by 13 percent, bringing an additional $8 million to the state for child meal programs.
Terri Inefuku2023-02-27T09:48:36-10:00February 6, 2023|Categories: Negotiations, News|Tags: bargaining, Board of Education, BOE, Department of Education, DOE, employer, governor, Hawaii State Department of Education, HSTA Negotiations Team, Negotiations, package, proposals|
Terri Inefuku2023-02-03T16:21:16-10:00February 3, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: campus housing, Committee on Housing, Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, Hawaii State Department of Education, Maui, pilot program, School Facilities Authority, Teacher housing|
The state House Committee on Housing unanimously approved Friday two measures aimed at providing teacher workforce housing for educators.
Jill Meinecke2023-02-06T16:09:34-10:00February 3, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Gov. Josh Green, institute day, Jump Start, Kamehameha Schools, Logan Okita, National Board Certification, National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, NBCT, superintendent Keith Hayashi|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association, in partnership with Kamehameha Schools, honored new and renewing National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs) at the Hawaiʻi State Capitol Wednesday.
Jill Meinecke2023-02-01T15:11:53-10:00February 1, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: Chad Keone Farias, House Committee on Housing, Lahainaluna High, Laverne Moore, Oahu, Osa Tui, Queen Liliʻuokalani Elementary School, School Facilities Authority, Teacher housing, teacher shortage crisis|
The Hawaiʻi State House Committee on Housing advanced Wednesday a bill that would require the School Facilities Authority to conduct a feasibility study for the development of teacher and workforce housing at the Queen Liliʻuokalani Elementary School property in Kaimukī, Oʻahu.
Jill Meinecke2023-02-01T10:48:58-10:00February 1, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: First Lego League, Hawaii public schools, Kipapa Elementary, Kori Ann Harvey Oros, Lego robotics, Renee Elizares, Salt Lake Elementary|
Two Oʻahu elementary teachers led their Lego robotics teams to victory at the 2022 First Lego League Explore State Festival at the Neal S. Blaisdell Exhibition Hall this past December.
Jill Meinecke2023-02-01T09:48:18-10:00February 1, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: adminstrator, Brenna Hashimoto, Hawaii Board of Education, Hawaii House Education Committee, Hawaii Legislature, Jeanne Kapela, Jr., Justin Woodson, Laverne Moore, Lisa Marten, Office of Collective Bargaining, Osa Tui, public schools, teacher|
The Hawaiʻi State House of Education Committee advanced Tuesday a measure that would allow a nonvoting public school teacher member on the Hawaiʻi Board of Education.
Terri Inefuku2023-01-23T13:56:52-10:00January 23, 2023|Categories: News|Tags: bill, Federal National School Lunch Program, free school lunch, Hawaii State Department of Education, HB 540, legislature, National Education Association, nutrition, pandemic, Scot Matayoshi|
House Bill 540 states that regardless of a student's eligibility for participation in the Federal National School Lunch Program, the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education shall offer one school meal to any asking student at no expense to the student each school day.
