A Message from UFT President
Randi Weingarten

Welcome to New York City’s public school system and to your union, the United Federation of Teachers. We know you’re eager to get to work in a career that is sure to challenge, stretch and hopefully reward you – and we’re ready to help from your first days in school through the rest of your career.

The education of our children is the important work adults can do. Study after study shows that with the exception of parents, the single most important ingredient in a child’s success in school is the quality of the teacher in each classroom.

We wrote the New Teacher Handbook to help you. We know it’s not enough — and we will keep fighting to make every public school one where educators want to work and parents want to send their children. In the meantime, please take advantage of the UFT services, courses and benefits that are mentioned here. And if you need advice about how to become a great teacher, please reach out to us. We want to help.

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