HSTA recent news
Terri Inefuku2022-03-04T13:42:05-10:00March 4, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, fuel tanks, Red Hill, resolution, U.S. Navy, Water contamination|
The Hawaii Board of Education voted to approve a stronger, more action-oriented resolution on the Red Hill water contamination at its general business meeting Thursday.
Terri Inefuku2022-03-04T13:51:26-10:00March 4, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: distance learning, staff reduction, TATP, Teacher Assignment and Transfer Program, telework|
HSTA cautions all teachers applying for any position listed as “distance learning” to approach the opportunity with a full understanding of the expectations and possible consequences of accepting a transfer into such a position.
Terri Inefuku2022-03-04T13:33:05-10:00March 4, 2022|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: coronavirus, COVID-19, Governor David Ige, Hawaii Department of Health, Hawaii State Department of Education, health and safety, mandate, masking, mitigation, pandemic, requirement, restrictions, vaccination|
The Hawaii State Teachers Association has reached out to the HIDOE and confirmed that all COVID-19 mitigation and health and safety policies remain in place for now. The HIDOE is awaiting guidance from the Hawaii Department of Health (HDOH) before announcing any changes.
Terri Inefuku2022-03-03T17:14:17-10:00March 3, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: adviser, censorship, Cynthia Reves, First Amendment, House Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, McKinley High School, newspaper, retaliation, school-sponsored media, student journalists|
House Bill 1848, HD1 was unanimously approved by the state House Committee on Judicial and Hawaiian Affairs last week. If it becomes law, student journalists would be allowed to exercise freedom of speech and freedom of the press in school-sponsored media, and advisers would be protected from retaliation for refusing to infringe upon student press freedom.
Terri Inefuku2022-03-02T17:31:56-10:00March 2, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: Aha Kauleo, bill, Board of Education, BOE, Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, constitution, Hawaiian language immersion, House of Representatives, kaiapuni, Laverne Moore, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Osa Tui Jr|
The state House Committee on Judicial and Hawaiian Affairs advanced a bill last week that would require one of the at-large members of the Board of Education be an expert on Hawaiian language immersion.
Terri Inefuku2022-02-25T19:09:20-10:00February 25, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: Association Policy Committee, collective bargaining agreement, contract violation, contractual rights, directive, grievance, non-classroom teacher, School Level Leader, Solomon Elementary, substitute, UD, UniServ director, volunteer|
When David Martin, a special education preschool teacher at Solomon Elementary on Schofield Barracks Army Base in Wahiawa, Oahu, heard his principal was violating the Hawaii State Teachers Association collective bargaining agreement, or contract, at the beginning of the school year, he knew he had to step in.
Jill Meinecke2022-02-25T16:36:11-10:00February 25, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: board of directors, Board of Education, Board of Water Supply, Fuel storage, fuel tanks, Hawaii state House, Jr., Mayor Rick Blangiardi, Mitzie Higa, Osa Tui, President Joe Biden, Red Hill, Sierra Club, U.S. Navy|
The state House Committee of Consumer Protection & Commerce voted to move forward with a bill Thursday that would prohibit the issuance or renewal of permits for large capacity underground fuel storage tanks near sources of underground drinking water in Hawaii.
Terri Inefuku2022-02-25T19:11:08-10:00February 25, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: hakalama, Hawaiian kingdom, Hawaiian language, Hawaiian Language Month, kupuna, lessons of the week, Mahina Olelo Hawaii, Native Hawaiian, olelo, olelo Hawaii|
From common greetings to place names and street signs, we are surrounded by the Hawaiian language. Whether you were born or raised here or moved to the islands recently, having a foundational knowledge of the Hawaiian language connects us to our environment and culture.
Jill Meinecke2022-02-22T16:36:17-10:00February 22, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: 2022 Legislative session, 21 hours, gov. david ige, hawaii state legislature, job-embedded professional development, Jr., Keith Hayashi, Osa Tui, PD, professional development, Senate Ways and Means Committee|
The Senate Ways and Means Committee Monday approved Senate Bill 3209 SD1 that would restore educators’ 21 hours of job-embedded professional development, which was removed from the contract last year due to budget cuts, resulting in a 1.5% pay reduction for teachers.
Jill Meinecke2022-02-18T13:37:29-10:00February 18, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: Gov. Ige, hard-to-staff, Hawaiian immersion, HIDOE, Jr., Osa Tui, salary compression, Senate Ways and Means Committee, shortage differentials, special education, State of Hawaii|
The Senate Ways and Means Committee Friday approved two measures aimed at paying teachers for their years of service and continuing shortage differentials. The bills passed with no objections made by senators on the powerful money panel and they have already been unanimously approved by the Senate Education Committee.
