The UFT Teacher Center

The UFT Teacher Center, which was founded in 1979, is a school-based professional development program that promotes teacher excellence and academic achievement for all students.

The UFT Teacher Center operates throughout the five boroughs of New York City in some 175 school-based sites and numerous outreach locations. Drawing on current research and best practices, the Teacher Center's professional development activities for educators are designed to deepen content knowledge and enhance pedagogical skill. Activities range widely and include intensive in-classroom support, after-school study groups, citywide networks, conferences and seminars.

 The UFT Teacher Center is a collaboration of the UFT, the New York State Education Department, the New York City Department of Education, participating schools and districts, school support organizations and metropolitan area universities and cultural institutions.

Visit the Teacher Center website to find out about conferences, seminars and networks during the school year, or to access its many professional resources to help teachers with instruction.

Go here for a list of Teacher Center school sites.

Recent Teacher Center newsletters focus on adolescent literacy development, math instruction, collaborative team teaching, and English language learners.

Each newsletter includes

• a practitioner-friendly summary of the latest research on the topic,
• highlighted books that delve further and present solutions
• a perspective and some ideas from the classrooms of New York City teachers
• a Web review that locates the best available resources on the subject

Go here to find all the Teacher Center newsletters.