Web Corner
Navigating the bureaucracy may be just a click away
Feb 16, 2006 12:23 PM
A lot has changed in the Department of Education over the last few years and it is becoming harder to keep track of everything that can affect your professional lives.
Where once you had to rely on your school’s overworked payroll secretary or make a trip to 65 Court St., now you can handle many of those transactions online via the DOE’s Web site.
Here’s a compendium of DOE Web addresses that should help you navigate the bureaucracy and make your professional life a little easier.
- Department of Education
- Department of Human Resources — Career Opportunities
- Employee Resources.
- Salary Status.
- Health & Welfare Benefits
- School Calendar
- Chancellor’s Regulations.
- Rating Pedagogical Employees
- Send the Chancellor an E-mail
- Our Schools
- Public Schools Athletic League News
- Office of School Food and Nutrition Services
The UFT Web site contains more than 5,000 pages, so it may be hard to locate your favorite places. So here are a few I selected that you may find interesting:
- United Federation of Teachers
- Contract and Salary Charts
- Health Benefits — Welfare Fund
- News and the New York Teacher
- Elementary Schools
- Middle Schools
- High Schools
- Vocational/Technical High Schools
- Special Education
- Hotline
- Important Forms
- Publications
- Contact Us
Keep up with education commentary at these two sites:
Our state organization, NYSUT, and our national organization, the AFT, offer additional information and services:
