Terri Inefuku2024-05-23T20:29:49-10:00May 23, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: Board of Education, differential, fire relief leave bank, King Kamehameha III Elementary, Lahaina, Lahaina Intermediate, Lahainaluna High, maui wildfires, mental health, Princess Nāhiʻenaʻena Elementary, testimony|
The Hawaiʻi Board of Education promised action Thursday after more than a dozen Maui teachers flew to Oʻahu to ask for more support following devastating wildfires last August.
Terri Inefuku2024-05-02T16:44:57-10:00May 2, 2024|Categories: News|Tags: Career and Technical Education, CTE, differential, hard-to-staff, kaiapuni, shortage differential, special education|
The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education Friday announced it will implement one-time shortage differentials for career technical education (CTE) teachers working in HIDOE schools during the 2023–2024 school year.
Evan Kumasaki2020-06-20T11:11:00-10:00June 20, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: BOE, bonus, campaign, christina kishimoto, differential, differentials, extra pay, hard-to-staff, Hawaiian language immersion, maintain, school year, special education, SPED|
Shortage differentials that the Hawaii State Department of Education began in January for special education classroom teachers, Hawaiian language immersion educators and teachers at hard-to-staff schools will continue in school year 2020–21, after the department confirmed the eligibility criteria in a memo published this week.
Evan Kumasaki2019-11-15T09:00:00-10:00November 15, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: bonuses, complexes, Corey Rosenlee, Diane Mokuau, differential, differentials, hard-to-fill, hard-to-staff, Keala Nunuha, Ric Ornellas, Ululani Russo, Waianae|
The HSTA suggests significantly boosting the dollar amounts bonuses each year at locations plagued by a high percentage of unlicensed teachers, in geographically isolated complexes and where the combination of vacancies and emergency hires makes up more than 10 percent of the teaching force.
Evan Kumasaki2019-10-23T11:35:00-10:00October 23, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: bonus, collaboration, Corey Rosenlee, Dale Matsuura, differential, Jessica Alipio, joint committee, Justin Hughey, pay, prep time, Shannon Kaaa, special education, SPED, Tanya Weida|
The National Council on Teacher Quality reports at least 35 of the major school districts across the country already offer SpEd teachers a financial bonus of some kind, ranging from $5,000 to $10,000 a year. Hawaii offers no pay differential for SpEd teachers.
