HSTA wins $150K in back pay, thousands more in salaries for UH Lab School teachers
MANOA (HSTA) – The Hawaii State Teachers Association has prevailed in a five-year fight to win back pay and raises for teachers at University Laboratory School, a public charter school. An arbitrator has awarded 19 teachers a total of $150,000 in back pay and 12 teachers step movements on the salary schedule worth nearly $40,000.
The case began in 2011, when HSTA filed a grievance, challenging University Laboratory School leaders on initial placement of teachers on the HSTA salary schedule. A long legal battle ensued, with HSTA going to court to compel the school into arbitration.
In a decision finalized this spring, an arbitrator issued a decision awarding back pay to former and current lab school teachers. Current teachers were also awarded salary increases of between 3 and 15 percent a year.
“HSTA had to fight for years to ensure our members at this school were paid properly,” said HSTA President Corey Rosenlee. “These are modest increases that finally properly compensate the most senior faculty, some of whom have been been teaching for more than 20 years.”
“It’s too bad school officials spent time, money and effort fighting what has long been owed to these hard working, veteran educators,” Rosenlee added.
Know your rights: Teacher performance evaluation rating appeals process
HONOLULU (HSTA) -- All Department of Education teachers will receive their final performance evaluation rating under the Educator Effectiveness System (EES) by the end of the school year. Teachers being rated less than effective must receive final notification no later than May 17, 2016.
Under the collective bargaining agreement, teachers who receive a marginal or unsatisfactory rating may have certain due-process rights which allow them to appeal their rating. Non-tenured and tenured teachers rated marginal will not be eligible for pay increases. Tenured teachers may challenge a marginal rating exclusively through an expedited appeals process.
If you have questions, please consult with your UniServ director.
Click here for a summary of your performance evaluation appeals rights
Schools Our Keiki Deserve publication available online
HONOLULU (HSTA) -- Many thanks to HSTA Secretary-Treasurer Amy Perruso and the HSTA Speakers Bureau for producing Schools Our Keiki Deserve, a 28-page research-based publication that charts a path of improvement for public education in Hawaii.
Among the topics covered: whole-child education, class size, funding, early childhood education, vocational education, quality facilities, small and rural schools, recruitment and retention as well as why Hawaii needs to end high-stakes testing.
Here is the link to Schools Our Keiki Deserve.
Apple Watch prize awarded, more prizes for teachers in weeks ahead
HONOLULU (HSTA) -- Congratulations to the first HSTA Teacher Appreciation Month prize winner Kristen Lum Brummel, a resource teacher in the Honolulu District. She won an Apple Watch for tagging two favorite teachers,
Cynthia Chang and Tracy Yamashiro, from Noelani Elementary School in Manoa.
Lum Brummel is donating the Apple Watch to Noelani's silent auction fundraiser. Chang and Yamashiro won prizes too. Mahalo to them and all teachers for their hard work, and to sponsors Mokulele Airlines, Island Insurance, Wet-n-Wild Hawaii, A Catering Experience, Costco, and Service Printers Hawaii for donating prizes HSTA will give away to teachers all month.
Click here and enter to win Teacher Appreciation Month prizes
Leave share donations needed for Hilo member fighting cancer
HILO (HSTA) -- Donna (Haraga) Banks from Hilo Union School on the Big Island has been undergoing ovarian cancer treatment since she had surgery in 2014. Rather than chemotherapy and radiation, she has chosen homeopathic and natural remedies.
To care for herself and fight this disease, Banks has not been able to return to work. This lifestyle change has proven victorious and inspiring for her. However, the battle against this disease isn’t over yet. Can you please help? Any donations of leave share days would be greatly appreciated.
The contact person for leave share donations is Chelsi Matsumoto, SASA at Hilo Union Elementary School. You can call Chelsi at 808-933-0900, or email her at: Chelsi_Matsumoto@notes.k12.hi.us
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