Pat Robinson, a secretary at the Gotham Professional Arts Academy in Brooklyn, participates in a discussion at one of several workshops during the school secretaries seminar on Jan. 9 at UFT headquarters.

UFT School Secretaries Chapter Leader Mona Gonzalez (standing) chats with Wanda Guddemi of PS 811 in Brooklyn and Miguel Negron of PS 35 in Manhattan.

Jamilah Hamilton (left), a secretary at the Gateway Health and Science HS in Jamaica, Queens, makes a point during a discussion.

Lorraine Haynes (standing), the director for medical leaves at the New York City Department of Education, hears from Brooklyn secretaries AnnMarie Tacopino of PS 186 and Lisa Lombardi of PS 212.

Magdaline Argyros of Harvest Collegiate HS in Manhattan.

Marleen Blair of JHS 352 in Brooklyn asks a question.

Clayton Newman, a leaves supervisor for the Department of Education, engages in a discussion with (from left) Flora Rodriguez of PS/IS 113 in Queens, UFT School Secretaries Chapter Leader Mona Gonzalez and Marie Bain of MS 366 in Brooklyn.

Secretaries from all over the city attended the workshops.