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Learning Leaders are helping hands

Learning Leaders, the largest organization in New York City dedicated to supporting student success through parental and community involvement, has made an imprint on PS 20 in Flushing, Queens.

Brooklyn’s District 75 paraprofessionals honored

Fifty-two Brooklyn paraprofessionals in District 75 with 25 or more years of service were honored at an appreciation dinner on Oct. 28.

Halloween at CS 211, the Bronx

For Halloween, Chapter Leader Andrew Villafane convinced most of the 75 teachers and staff at CS 211 in the Bronx, to surprise the students by dressing up as super heroes on Halloween.

Tips for navigating teaching partnerships

Whether you work side by side with a co-teacher, cooperate with push-in support staff or join forces with colleagues on inquiry or grade teams, here are some tips for navigating your teaching partnerships.

Your community as a classroom

Taking young children outdoors every day is an important and sometimes overlooked part of the early childhood curriculum.

A classroom tree

I love to read the book "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom" to my prekindergarten students, and I always refer to the tree on the wall when reading the book.

Handling holiday stress

Holidays can be stressful, and if you experience “winter blues,” you may be suffereing from a medical condition triggered by lack of sunlight. Here are some symptoms of Seasonal Affective Disorder and some tips to help you feel better.

Day trippers’ paradise

More than 100 participants took a bus trip to the North Fork of Long Island on Saturday, Nov. 12 for the UFT's Just for Fun trip this year. The UFT has been running its popular Just for Fun trips for 28 years with eight excursions a year to different...

Our strength in challenging times

We have to hold fast to our core beliefs: that public education is critical to the future of this country; that all communities within our school communities deserve respect and dignity; and that workers have a right to unionize and be treated fairly...

Team High School Newsletter - November/December 2016

With the presidential election behind us and a new president preparing to take office, we don’t know what will change. What we do know is that the future of America does not depend only on the person who sleeps in the master bedroom in the White...