HSTA recent news
Jill Meinecke2022-02-10T09:21:22-10:00February 9, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women, Heidi Armstrong, HIDOE, Keith Hayashi, Maʻi movement, menstrual equality, menstrual products, Pads, Period poverty, Period poverty proposal, Tampons|
The state House Education Committee Tuesday unanimously approved House Bill 2249 that would require Hawaii public and charter schools to provide free, quality menstrual products to students, moving it one step closer to becoming law.
Jill Meinecke2022-02-08T13:31:04-10:00February 8, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: 2022 Counselor of the Year, ASCA, D.C., National School Counseling Week, Pohakea Elementary, School counselor, social-emotional learning, Washington|
The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) named Nicole Blomberg 2022 Hawaii School Counselor of the Year, the Hawaii State Department of Education announced Monday.
Jill Meinecke2022-02-08T13:27:30-10:00February 7, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: early childhood education, educators, Eleele Elementary, Executive Office on Early Learning, Florida DOE, Hawaii DOE, Hodges University, HSTA, Kauai, UH Manoa, UniServ director, Waipahu|
The Hawaii State Teachers Association welcomes Judy Ryan, a former Kauai public school teacher who stepped into the role of HSTA UniServ Director for Kauai/Waipahu Complex on Jan. 5.
Jill Meinecke2022-02-04T14:25:33-10:00February 4, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: budgeting, educators, finances, income calculator, NEA Member Benefits, retirement, Savi, student loan debt|
NEA Member Benefits wants to help you get in the best financial shape possible in 2022 by sharing their valuable resource articles and calculators.
Jill Meinecke2022-02-09T10:30:41-10:00February 4, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: closing costs, down payment, HawaiiUSA, HawaiiUSA Federal Credit Union, home buying, homeownership, HSTA Welcome Home Mortgage Program, teachers|
Crystal Doi was born and raised on Oahu and always dreamed of owning a home. It wasn’t until last June she realized her dream, in part, by using the Hawaii State Teachers Association’s Welcome Home Mortgage program with HawaiiUSA Federal Credit Union.
Terri Inefuku2022-08-16T14:56:13-10:00February 3, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: special education, Special Education Committee, SPED, teachers, workload, workload analysis|
Jill Meinecke2022-02-02T11:00:32-10:00February 2, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: 2022 Legislative session, COVID-19, ERS, Hawaii DOE, House Committee on Pandemic and Disaster preparedness, Jr., Keith Hayashi, legislature, Osa Tui, Retirees, substitute teachers, teacher shortage|
Licensed teachers who have retired would be allowed to temporarily work as teachers by the Hawaii State Department of Education during a state of emergency within a year of their retirement, under a bill that received initial approval by a state House committee Tuesday.
Jill Meinecke2022-02-04T10:57:16-10:00February 1, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: 21 hours, Hawaii DOE, House, Keith Hayashi, professional development, Senate Education Committee, Senate Ways and Means, teacher retention|
The state Senate Education Committee unanimously advanced a proposal Monday that could restore 21 hours of job-embedded professional development for public and charter school teachers.
Jill Meinecke2022-01-31T10:29:04-10:00January 28, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: Ilima Intermediate, legislative priorities, legislature, Ma'i Movement, menstrual equity, NEA, Period poverty, Sarah Milianta-Laffin, Sen. Ron Kouchi, Senate, Senate Education Committee|
Hawaii would become the sixth state in the country to provide quality menstrual supplies free of charge to public school students, under Senate Bill 2821, which the state Senate Education Committee unanimously approved Friday.
Jill Meinecke2022-01-28T17:09:30-10:00January 28, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, hard-to-staff, Hawaiian immersion, HIDOE, HSTA, Osa Tui Jr, Senate Education Commi, shortage differentials, special education, testimony, written testimony|
The state Senate Education Committee gave its unanimous approval to a bill Friday that would continue funding shortage differential payments to special education and Hawaiian language immersion teachers as well as those who teach in geographically remote and hard-to-staff schools.
