HSTA recent news
Terri Inefuku2024-02-26T16:49:45-10:00February 26, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: E ulu kini, Hālau ʻŌhiʻa, Kekuhi Kealiʻikanakaʻole, keynote, mele moʻokū, Teacher Institute Day|
In her keynote, Kumu Hula Kekuhi Kealiʻikanakaʻole shared a mele moʻokū, a song that allows participants to use their foundations to introduce and center around their personal relationship to spaces.
Terri Inefuku2024-02-23T12:27:30-10:00February 22, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: Democrat, election, politics, President Joe Biden, presidential selection, primary, Republican|
Teachers across the islands are encouraged to participate in the Democratic and Republican primary process here in March.
Terri Inefuku2024-02-22T11:27:43-10:00February 22, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: African American, Black History Month, human and civil rights committee, lessons, resources|
On Saturday, Feb. 12, the HSTA Human and Civil Rights (HCR) Committee invites fellow educators to a virtual gathering to share Black History Month resources. Join us for an overview of these resources and how to share them with your students.
Evan Kumasaki2024-02-20T16:48:16-10:00February 20, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: interviews, movement, posting, probationary teachers, selection, TATP, Teacher Assignment and Transfer Program, tenured teachers, vacancies|
Tenured teachers who are interested in applying for vacancies must submit an online application for each position. Probationary teachers in their fifth or sixth semester of probation, and National Board Certified Teachers (NBCT) serving in their last semester of probation, may only apply for vacancies in the first TATP posting.
Jill Meinecke2024-02-16T15:15:36-10:00February 16, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: HSTA members, Institute Day 2024, Jr., Osa Tui, Teacher Institute Day, Teacher Institute Week|
In his Institute Day address, HSTA President Osa Tui, Jr. reflected on the year’s major highs and lows, and what’s ahead for Hawaiʻi educators and our union.
Terri Inefuku2024-03-08T15:53:25-10:00February 16, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: HSTA-Retired, locked post, pre-retirement, retirement, retirement planning|
Terri Inefuku2024-02-08T16:49:17-10:00February 8, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: Constitutional Amendment, investment property, luxury real estate, public education, surcharge|
A bill that would give the public the chance to amend Hawaiʻi’s constitution to collect a new property tax on pricey investment properties in the islands for public education is advancing in the state Legislature.
Terri Inefuku2024-01-31T13:26:14-10:00January 31, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: fire alarm systems, fire alarms, Hawaii State Department of Education, HIDOE, repairs, replacement|
The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education (HIDOE) released a list of 23 schools across the state with fire alarm issues or concerns. Thirteen are slated for complete replacements of their campus fire alarm system.
Jill Meinecke2024-01-25T16:44:22-10:00January 26, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: Community Eligibility Provision, free meals, Hawaii public schools, Mahina Poepoe, school lunch, school meals|
Hawaiʻi public school students across the islands may soon receive free nutritious meals at school if House Bill 1540 becomes law.
Terri Inefuku2024-01-25T22:31:40-10:00January 25, 2024|Categories: COVID-19, News|Tags: covid, COVID-19, hazard pay, HGEA, memorandum of understanding, paid leave, pandemic, teacher protections|
While an arbitrator has ruled that as many as 7,800 public school employees, such as school nurses and educational assistants, are eligible for hazard pay for working during the pandemic, public school teachers do not have a hazard pay clause in their contract.
