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Provider CPR/AED/First Aid Course

Take one of our classes to obtain certification in necessary lifesaving skills, including first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of automated external defibrillators, for child care providers. Each four-hour class is designed to meet the needs of licensed, registered and legally exempt (informal) providers. Participants who complete the class will receive a certificate of completion and a certification card indicating proficiency in these lifesaving skills. We offer classes in English and Spanish for each time slot.

Provider CPR/AED/First Aid Course

Take one of our classes to obtain certification in necessary lifesaving skills, including first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of automated external defibrillators, for child care providers. Each four-hour class is designed to meet the needs of licensed, registered and legally exempt (informal) providers. Participants who complete the class will receive a certificate of completion and a certification card indicating proficiency in these lifesaving skills. We offer classes in English and Spanish for each time slot.

District 28 Paraprofessional Representatives Meeting

District 28 paraprofessional representatives are invited to attend a a meeting to discuss plans and upcoming events for this school year. UFT District Representative Bruce Zihal and Deanne Roebeck-Jones, the UFT Paraprofessional Chapter's District 28 coordinator, will provide key updates and information.

Paraprofessionals win fight for missing pay

More than 100 paraprofessionals at an Extended School Year program in Queens who went without pay for five weeks banded together, and with the help of the UFT, finally received the pay due to them. Find out what to do if you suspect your salary is...

Queens Small Group Consultation for the Expecting Parent

Expecting parents in their last trimester are invited to attend a small group consultation with Queens leave specialists Greer Hansen and Anne Wine. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and receive guidance as they prepare for their upcoming leave. Light snacks and door prizes will be provided! These sessions are for members who have already attended a UFT Pathways to Parenthood workshop and are due in November or December.

Donna Menna

Middle school teacher Donna Menna of IS 5 in Elmhurst, Queens, is one of this year's UFT Middle Schools Division Legacy Award winners.

How I found my voice in my ELL students

A Queens elementary school teacher writes of discovering their own voice along with their newcomer students' during the struggles and triumphs of their first year of teaching in this latest entry of New Teacher Diaries.

Freedom to explore

Educators at The Young Women’s Leadership School of Astoria in Queens utilize their ability to have a flexible schoolday schedule to engage students with two weeks of intensive immersion in a single project. The Progressive Redesign Opportunity...

"Jewels” sparkle at Radio City

Middle school teacher Rachele Domond and paraprofessional Daquan Harris of the Catherine and Count Basie Magnet School for Multimedia and Performing Arts, in Jamaica, Queens, took on the roles of choreographers and proudly watched their middle school...

Turning hallways into happy places

Queens middle school teacher Laeticia Charles offers a sense of emotional connection and safety to the students she teaches in her second year at MS 137, elevating her students' academics in the process.