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Election Season for HEA!

  TO SUBMIT ONLINE (Click form below):TO OBTAIN PDF FILLABLE (Click form below): 2026 Nomination Form  

HEA Awards Six Teaching As A Career Grants

Growing the Profession Starts in Our High Schools  Congratulations to the six high schools that recently received Teaching As A Career (TAAC) grants from HEA to support their clubs or programs!James Campbell High Val Tina Oishi, faculty advisor for James Campbell High School’s Educators Rising Club, has a number of events planned for the 36 student member. The HEA grant will ...
Educator Connection Q4 Newsletter Now Available

Educator Connection Q4 Newsletter Now Available

The latest issue of our quarterly newsletter, Educator Connection, is here! This issue includes our 2025 scholarship and grant recipients, for our upcoming events, and much more. Look out for your copy in the mail, arriving this week!

Annual Dive Into Education Event

Inspiring the Next Generation of Educators  The best way to learn about something is to dive right in. That’s exactly what more than 200 high school students from a dozen public schools did! They gathered for the third annual “Dive Into Education” event ready to learn more about the teaching profession from Hawai‘i educators. The event, held at Leeward Community College on Nov. 21, ...
A Message from the President: Greetings from the School Zone!

A Message from the President: Greetings from the School Zone!

As we enter the heart of the holiday season, I ask your indulgence for this end of the calendar year message…Several years  ago, the Hawai‘i Department of Education began developing what might have been a replacement for the DOE’s General  Learner Outcomes (GLOs). Although the GLOs had been widely used throughout the DOE, there was a belief that learning  outcomes from Hawai‘i should reflect the very best of Hawai‘i.

Congratulations!

Eleven Susan Hagiwara Scholarship Recipients  Special education teachers cannot be thanked enough for their commitment to nurturing special education students and helping them realize their full potential.The HEA Susan Hagiwara Special Education Teacher Micro Grant Program is making sure special education teachers receive the recognition they deserve. Named in honor of ...
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Election Season for HEA!

  TO SUBMIT ONLINE (Click form below):TO OBTAIN PDF FILLABLE (Click form below): 2026 Nomination Form  

HEA Awards Six Teaching As A Career Grants

Growing the Profession Starts in Our High Schools  Congratulations to the six high schools that recently received Teaching As A Career (TAAC) grants from HEA to support their clubs or programs!James Campbell High Val Tina Oishi, faculty advisor for James Campbell High School’s Educators Rising Club, has a number of events planned for the 36 student member. The HEA grant will ...
Educator Connection Q4 Newsletter Now Available

Educator Connection Q4 Newsletter Now Available

The latest issue of our quarterly newsletter, Educator Connection, is here! This issue includes our 2025 scholarship and grant recipients, for our upcoming events, and much more. Look out for your copy in the mail, arriving this week!

Annual Dive Into Education Event

Inspiring the Next Generation of Educators  The best way to learn about something is to dive right in. That’s exactly what more than 200 high school students from a dozen public schools did! They gathered for the third annual “Dive Into Education” event ready to learn more about the teaching profession from Hawai‘i educators. The event, held at Leeward Community College on Nov. 21, ...
A Message from the President: Greetings from the School Zone!

A Message from the President: Greetings from the School Zone!

As we enter the heart of the holiday season, I ask your indulgence for this end of the calendar year message…Several years  ago, the Hawai‘i Department of Education began developing what might have been a replacement for the DOE’s General  Learner Outcomes (GLOs). Although the GLOs had been widely used throughout the DOE, there was a belief that learning  outcomes from Hawai‘i should reflect the very best of Hawai‘i.

Congratulations!

Eleven Susan Hagiwara Scholarship Recipients  Special education teachers cannot be thanked enough for their commitment to nurturing special education students and helping them realize their full potential.The HEA Susan Hagiwara Special Education Teacher Micro Grant Program is making sure special education teachers receive the recognition they deserve. Named in honor of ...
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Share your story with us! Our teachers are a great source of encouragement, inspiration and positive life transformations. Many of us have had a teacher who has made a major impact on our lives or helped us to simply do better.

HEA wants to showcase testimonials about amazing teachers to highlight the importance of our local educators. These stories will be featured throughout our website, newsletter and social media in 2021 as part of HEA’s 100th anniversary celebration.

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