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2022 Middle Schools Conference

Educators gathered in person on April 9 for the first time in two years for the UFT Middle Schools Conference in Shanker Hall at UFT headquarters in Manhattan. They attended workshops on topics including wellness, social studies projects with Google Earth, integrated co-teaching and culturally responsive STEAM curriculum at the conference.

Two women are laughing with their hands raised

Taniqua Scott (left), a restorative justice teacher at IS 145 in Queens, takes part in the “Social and Emotional Wellness Practices for Educators” workshop.

Erica Berger
A man stands at a podium on a stage

Richard Mantell, UFT vice president for middle schools, welcomes educators to the UFT’s Middle Schools Conference in Shanker Hall.

Erica Berger
A woman sits at a table reading a book

Ginette Malbranche, a substitute teacher in Queens, peruses the Middle Schools Conference program at the start of the event.

Erica Berger
A woman stands by a table and looks at materials presented

Margaret Ward, a paraprofessional at PS 146 in Brooklyn, looks over materials in the workshop about “Navigating Our World: Creating Google Earth Social Studies Projects."

Erica Berger
A woman wearing a red mask sits at a table and takes notes

Denny Santos, a paraprofessional at PS 298 in the Bronx, participates in the workshop titled “The Culturally Responsive STEAM Classroom: Rediscovering Joyful Learning.”

Erica Berger
Two women presenting laugh together

Christine Hanley of the UFT Teacher Center on Staten Island (left) and Safiya Francis of the UFT Teacher Center in Manhattan lead a workshop called “The Culturally Responsive STEAM Classroom: Rediscovering Joyful Learning."

Erica Berger
A woman smiles while filling plaster Easter eggs with treats

Viola Scott, a teacher and the UFT chapter leader at MS 266 in Brooklyn, fills plastic Easter eggs with treats in the “Let the Sunshine In” workshop.

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A woman celebrates after winning a raffle prize

Undrea Polite, a paraprofessional at P396K in Brooklyn, holds up a jar of chocolate truffles she received as the raffle winner in the “Let the Sunshine In” workshop.

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Two women are laughing with their hands raised

Taniqua Scott (left), a restorative justice teacher at IS 145 in Queens, takes part in the “Social and Emotional Wellness Practices for Educators” workshop.

Erica Berger
A man stands at a podium on a stage

Richard Mantell, UFT vice president for middle schools, welcomes educators to the UFT’s Middle Schools Conference in Shanker Hall.

Erica Berger
A woman sits at a table reading a book

Ginette Malbranche, a substitute teacher in Queens, peruses the Middle Schools Conference program at the start of the event.

Erica Berger
A woman stands by a table and looks at materials presented

Margaret Ward, a paraprofessional at PS 146 in Brooklyn, looks over materials in the workshop about “Navigating Our World: Creating Google Earth Social Studies Projects."

Erica Berger
A woman wearing a red mask sits at a table and takes notes

Denny Santos, a paraprofessional at PS 298 in the Bronx, participates in the workshop titled “The Culturally Responsive STEAM Classroom: Rediscovering Joyful Learning.”

Erica Berger
Two women presenting laugh together

Christine Hanley of the UFT Teacher Center on Staten Island (left) and Safiya Francis of the UFT Teacher Center in Manhattan lead a workshop called “The Culturally Responsive STEAM Classroom: Rediscovering Joyful Learning."

Erica Berger
A woman smiles while filling plaster Easter eggs with treats

Viola Scott, a teacher and the UFT chapter leader at MS 266 in Brooklyn, fills plastic Easter eggs with treats in the “Let the Sunshine In” workshop.

Erica Berger
A woman celebrates after winning a raffle prize

Undrea Polite, a paraprofessional at P396K in Brooklyn, holds up a jar of chocolate truffles she received as the raffle winner in the “Let the Sunshine In” workshop.

Erica Berger