Hello, WIS Colleagues,
Here is a message from Rae Yamanaka.
Please see Joy Grabar if you have any questions or need additional information.
Aloha!
THIS MESSAGE IS GOING OUT BCC TO ALL HILO CHAPTER TEACHERS ON MY DISTRIBUTION LIST. PLEASE FORWARD TO THOSE WHO DID NOT RECEIVE IT.
Hi all,
Welcome back to school and to 2019! We have many events occurring this semester. Please see below for the activities and how you can be involved:
1. January 19, 2019: Women’s March to begin at the State building at 10am. Informational booths and speakers. See attachments with Joy Grabar.
2. January 29, 2019: Hilo Chapter RA at Kapiolani Elem. cafeteria, 5:30pm (note: change of meeting place, parking on Mohouli St. is closest access to cafeteria). RA is for SLLs, but other members are welcome. Please let us know if additional teachers will be attending from your schools, contact Cheney Kaku at ckkaku@gmail.com
3. Feb. 2, 2019: Labor of Love at Kapiolani Elem School. AFL-CIO and BILA (Big Island Labor Alliance) have selected Kapiolani Elem. school for special project work. This is an annual event that rotates among the different islands. Labor brothers and sisters from all unions are asked to participate in painting, putting up basketball nets and cleaning of the campus. Please report to Kapiolani and wear your red HSTA shirt. Work begins at 7:30am and ends at noon. Lunch will be provided. Chiefess Kapiolani Elem. School, 966 Kilauea Ave., Hilo, HI 96720. Volunteers are asked to sign the attached form and bring it with you that morning, copies will be available at the registration desk. See attachments with Joy Grabar.
4. Feb. 12, 2019: Teacher Institute at Hilo High. Registration begins at 7am. Institute ends at 2:15pm. Breakfast and lunch will be served. Canned goods and other non perishables are being collected for the Hawaii Island Food Basket. The agenda and workshops/vendors will be posted on the HSTA website shortly. Come and learn about a variety of professional development topics, network with colleagues and visit our vendor section. Guest Speaker is HSTA Vice President Osa Tui, Jr. More details on the hsta website. Wear RED! Thanks to Shannon and Jill for representing WIS!
5. Feb. 12, 2019: Hilo Chapter Elections will be held at the Institute. After registering, HSTA members will be voting on the chapter officers, chapter HSTA convention delegates and the chapter NEA-RA delegates. Absentee ballots may be requested by going to the HSTA website, deadline is 1/25/19. Also, please see attached information about elections if you wish to nominate yourself or others for one of the positions. See attachments with Joy Grabar.
6. New Hires: a membership form is attached for new teachers to your schools. Please have them fill out the form and return to Rae at the January RA or fax to 969-7492
Please see Joy Grabar or Debbie Anderson for the membership form!
7. 2018 dues: The dues paid in 2018 for HSTA membership is: fulltime - $806.32 and halftime - $722.84. The union dues paid in 2018 are no longer deductible on Miscellaneous Deductions for federal taxes. But it’s still unclear whether the state of Hawaii will continue allowing union dues to be deducted from taxes. Because of numerous tax changes, the best advice the HSTA can give our members is to seek professional advice when completing their tax returns. Since we are not tax experts, we need to defer to the tax professionals on these kinds of questions.
8. Professional Development class: Hope McKeen, teacher at Ka Umeke Ka’eo is teaching a PD class called Numbers Make Sense, the class begins in February. See attached flyer. See Joy Grabar for the flyer.
9. Membership Services Financial/Retirement workshops: See attached flyers about upcoming workshops that you can sign up for. Plan smart, plan for your financial stability and retirement needs. See Joy Grabar for the flyer.
10. Transfer & Assignment Process: Please see your contract, Article VII – Assignment and Transfers, section F. All tenured teachers may participate in the Transfer and Assignment process which will begin with the first posting on February 21st and end on March 6th. Prior to the first posting period (by February 7th), all teachers should be made aware of the tentative teaching lines/master schedule for SY2019/20. NOTE: the positions for 5th and 6th semester probationary teachers will be posted in the first posting and those teachers are eligible to participate in the first posting opportunities. Check your DOE memos for more about the Transfer and Assignment timeline and postings.
11. School Visits: Contact Rae if you want a school visit by her and/or other chapter leaders.
Thanks for all that you do.
Rae
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