Terri Inefuku2021-12-16T14:01:42-10:00December 16, 2021|Categories: News|Tags: American Rescue Plan, ARP, compensation, Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief, ESSER, federal funds, Miguel Cardona, U.S. Secretary of Education|
U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona Thursday urged school systems to use pandemic relief funds to boost public school teachers’ base pay beyond one-time bonuses to help recruit and retain educators.
Evan Kumasaki2022-10-01T11:24:42-10:00March 13, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: bill, compensation, compression, differentials, salaries, Senate, teachers|
Earlier in the day, teachers from Oahu and Maui delivered educator declarations signed by thousands of HSTA members across the state calling for higher pay for veterans and differentials for key shortage areas in special education, hard-to-staff schools and Hawaiian language immersion.
Evan Kumasaki2020-02-07T10:28:00-10:00February 7, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: capitol, christina kishimoto, compensation, Department of Education, hawaii state legislature, high cost of living, HSTA, pay, salary adjustment, Senate Committee on Education, shortage differentials, teachers|
The Senate Education Committee Wednesday approved a proposal to appropriate $25 million to continue funding differentials in teacher shortage areas and adjust veteran’s teacher pay higher next school year.
Evan Kumasaki2019-11-28T02:04:00-10:00November 28, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: benefits, compensation, feedback, HSTA, Negotiations, negotiations committee, survey, wages, working conditions|
Our members shared their desires about improving wages, compensation, benefits, workday/week, and general working conditions.
Evan Kumasaki2020-11-05T14:36:00-10:00September 25, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: compensation, DOE, educators, increase, Kapolei, Kapolei High, listening tour, salary, teacher pay|
More than 120 educators, students and community members spoke about the bad effects of low teacher pay.
Evan Kumasaki2020-11-05T14:36:10-10:00September 24, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: compensation, DOE, increase, listening tour, salary, teacher pay|
Anjelica Aires, a fourth-grade teacher at Queen Kaahumanu Elementary School, said, "I live paycheck to paycheck, even though I have a master’s degree in education. I’m working so hard for our students. Our responsibilities and our duties, every year, they add something, and we don’t get paid extra for it."
Evan Kumasaki2019-09-19T07:29:00-10:00September 19, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: compensation, Department of Education, feedback, HIDOE, HSTA, input"/>, listening session, pay, teacher pay|
The Hawaii State Teachers Association encourages members, parents and other members of the community to attend a series of listening sessions hosted by the Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE) on teacher pay. The department's goal is to gather feedback to refine and potentially recommend changes to the teacher compensation system.
