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Earn CTLE hours with LearnUFT

As a state-approved provider of Continuing Teacher and Leader Education (CTLE) hours, the UFT's LearnUFT program offers low-cost professional learning opportunities specifically designed to meet our members’ needs. State regulations now require all teachers who hold professional certificates and paraprofessionals who hold Level III teaching assistant certificates to collect and track 100 professional development hours (known as CTLE hours) by a state-approved provider in five-year cycles. See our current offerings and also check our UFT courses page

Please note: CTLE credits will not be given for workshops that have been taken previously.

Upcoming Virtual Sessions

| 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Experience “aha!” moments about rewards-based learning and its impact on our behaviors. In this hands-on UFT Member Assistance Program (MAP) workshop for social workers and psychologists, participants will explore a blueprint for designing habits. You will learn how to avoid common pitfalls that prevent successful behavior change and create a personalized action plan. Explore why our brains form habits and how the process works, identify behaviors to enable healthy habits, recognize and avoid the pitfalls of habit formation and design a personalized habit plan. Earn two CE hours upon completion of this course.

| 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm

In this professional development workshop for paraprofessionals working on Staten Island, registrants will learn how to explore accessibility tools to support all students, including those with disabilities and English language learners, in accessing material in the classroom. Participants will earn two CTLE hours by completing this workshop. 

| 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Social workers and psychologists are invited to register for "Regulating Our Energy: using acupuncture and Chinese medicine to thrive in a challenging world," a virtual UFT Member Assistance Program (MAP) workshop. Modern life can be challenging. We may periodically fall into states of depression, anxiety, exhaustion, frustration and confusion. Yet, we still have to deliver! This class will explore methods to adjust and restore our vital and mental-emotional energy so we may live our best lives. We will focus on the use of acupuncture, herbs and essential oils. Earn two CE hours by completing this course. 

| 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

In this UFT Member Assistance Program (MAP) workshop for social workers and psychologists, participants will expand upon this to explore the interplay of trauma and substance use, highlighting substance misuse as both a survival and a pleasure-seeking strategy. Get a better understanding of LGBTQ+ clients' experiences seeking substance use treatment and the importance of creating a safe, welcoming environment. This training will also help participants to identify key components of care for LGBTQ+ people and to develop skills to improve their delivery of trauma-informed, affirmative care. Earn two CE hours by completing this course.

| 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Social workers and psychologists are invited to register for this UFT Member Assistance Program (MAP) workshop on managing stress-related anxiety at work. This presentation will explore the relationship between work stressors and anxiety and offer tools to help employees navigate both. Discussion topics will include tips on how to manage relationships in the stressful environment of the workplace. Earn two CE hours by completing this course.