Hawaiʻi State Department of Education

The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education is the only statewide public school district in the United States, serving about 164,000 students across 296 schools on seven islands. The system includes 258 department schools (168 elementary, 43 middle and 47 high schools) along with 38 charter schools, and its students speak more than 70 languages. Its stated goal is to prepare K-12 graduates who are globally competitive and locally committed, drawing on Native Hawaiian host culture and the value of neʻepapa, meaning to come together as one.

The Hawai'i State Department of Education employs about 22,000 full-time employees (including teachers, librarians, counselors, educational officers, support staff and more). We seek talented, skilled, credentialed and enthusiastic employees who will help deliver on the promise of the Department's Strategic Plan. There are job opportunities on the main populated islands: O‘ahu, Hawai‘i, Maui, Molokai, Lāna‘i and Kaua‘i. For teachers, the greatest demand occurs on the neighbor islands and in the more rural areas of O‘ahu, away from Honolulu.

Beyond salaried staff, the department employs about 20,000 part-time or casual workers, and its salaried workforce includes 12,610 teachers. The department also runs bus service in neighborhoods around the islands for about 25,000 student riders, and 2,374 of its students are enrolled in Kaiapuni immersion education.