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When can I start my paid parental leave?
If you physically gave birth to a child , you have the option to use your available CAR/sick day balance immediately after your child's birth, up to a maximum of six calendar weeks (eight weeks for a C-section) before taking paid parental leave. If...
How do I apply for a leave?
Most leaves are applied for on the DOE website through SOLAS, the Self-Service Online Leave Application System (https://apps.schools.nyc/solas). Absences of one day or more, but less than 10, and intermittent FMLA leaves are not applied for online...
Can my leave be denied?
A leave may be denied because of incomplete medical documentation, not meeting eligibility requirements, not providing timely notice of the need for a leave, the health condition is not sufficiently serious, or a leave is determined not to be...
What is considered bereavement leave?
You may take time following the death of a family member without loss of CAR days. If your parent, child, sibling, grandparent, grandchild, spouse or domestic partner, or parent of spouse or domestic partner or any other relative or step-relative of...
What is a grace period?
Appointed pedagogues are entitled to a “calendar month” grace period, which pays you for all weekends and holidays for the calendar month following the exhaustion of the days in your sick bank and/or your borrowed days. Work days are deducted from...
What is childcare leave?
If UFT represented DOE employees want to take additional time off following maternity or paid parental leave to care for their child, they may take an unpaid childcare leave until the September following the baby’s 4th birthday.
Am I eligible for a study sabbatical?
Most appointed pedagogues (lab specialists, school counselors, secretaries, social workers and psychologists and teachers) are eligible for a one year study sabbatical after 14 years of service. In addition, middle school, junior high or high school...
What are the potential consequences of being frequently late or absent?
If you are excessively absent or late, you may receive a letter for your official file. If you are tenured, the DOE has the right, with sufficient notice, to file disciplinary charges against you. There is a special, expedited procedure when the DOE...
What are Measures of Student Learning (MOSL)?
Measures of Student Learning (MOSL) is one of the two components of your rating (the other is your observations). MOSLs are based on assessments given in your class and/or throughout the school. MOSLs provide insight into student progress in a...
How does the school’s committee decide my MOSL?
The committee selects assessments from a citywide menu of options. There are two steps: Step One: The MOSL committee makes assessment selections from a menu for each grade and subject/course (not individual teachers). They also select how the results...