HSTA recent news
Now hiring: Oʻahu UniServ Director
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association is seeking a UniServ Director who is articulate, organized, and a believer in due process.
HSTA recent news
Jill Meinecke2024-04-19T15:11:17-10:00April 18, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: due process, HSTA, now hiring, Oahu, UniServ director|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association is seeking a UniServ Director who is articulate, organized, and a believer in due process.
Jill Meinecke2024-04-18T10:48:58-10:00April 18, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: new educators, new teachers, SHiNE, SHiNE Committee, webinar|
The Supporting Hawaiʻi’s New Educators (SHiNE) Committee of the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association invites new teachers to attend a series of informational webinars on various topics.
Jill Meinecke2024-04-18T13:30:45-10:00April 15, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: 2024 STACY Award, Hawaii Island, Hope McKeen, HSTA Government Relations Committee, Keonepoko Elementary, professional development, STACY Award, Stacy Nishina|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association recognized Hope McKeen, or Kumu Pualani to her students, a Hawaiian studies teacher at Keonepoko Elementary, with the 2024 STACY Award for Teaching Excellence.
Jill Meinecke2024-04-12T13:14:48-10:00April 12, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: Alaska airlines, contest, giveaway, HSTA app, National Rental Car, teacher appreciation week|
In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, HSTA is partnering with Alaska Airlines and National Car Rental to give away two round-trip airline tickets and a two-day car rental to three lucky members!
Jill Meinecke2024-04-11T17:15:46-10:00April 11, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: Dana Shishido, Hawaiʻi Foundation for Educators, Hawaiʻi State Department of Education, Outrigger Hospitality, Stacy Nishina, teacher externship program|
Five Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association members over spring break participated in the union’s revived teacher externship program, gaining valuable real-world experience to bring back to their classrooms.
Jill Meinecke2024-04-11T12:34:42-10:00April 11, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: Curt Otaguro, fire alarm systems, fire drills, Hawaii Board of Education, Hawaii Department of Education, HIDOE, Jr., Osa Tui|
A review by the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education found that the number of public schools without working fire alarm systems more than doubled from 11 the department reported in January to 22 this month.
Evan Kumasaki2024-04-09T16:46:07-10:00April 9, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: EUTF, health insurance, HMSA, Kaiser Permanente, open enrollment|
The Hawaiʻi Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund (EUTF)'s open enrollment is April 1 April 30, 2024.
Jill Meinecke2024-04-04T18:04:27-10:00April 4, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: April Lum, Hawaii Department of Education, homeless students, McKinney-Vento Act, The Education for Homeless Children and Youth (EHCY) program, Toby Portner, unstable housing|
The Education for Homeless Children and Youth (EHCY) program has a team of 30 people in Hawaiʻi who work to provide resources to students and families experiencing unstable housing, including a community liaison in each complex area.
Jill Meinecke2024-04-04T14:51:35-10:00April 4, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: government affairs, government relations, Hawaiʻi Ironworkers Stabilization Fund, Hawaiʻi State AFL-CIO, ILWU Local 142, Jason Bradshaw, labor relations, legislative representative, Local 293, Sen. Daniel Akaka, Sen. Daniel Inouye, Sheet Metal Workers Union|
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association is pleased to welcome Jason Bradshaw as its new government relations specialist.
Jill Meinecke2024-04-18T12:10:29-10:00April 3, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: 2Revolutions, Hawaii cohort, Kapono Ciotti, Master's degree, Master’s in Education, online degree, Spalding University, What Schools Could Be|
Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association members can register to earn their Master’s of Education online for $11,500 from Spalding University through a partnership with the nonprofit What School Could Be and the national education design lab 2Revolutions.