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Special Education Intervention Teacher (formerly known as IEP teacher)

The Special Education Intervention Teacher is a centrally funded learning specialist. Learn more about this position and the role these educators play for students with disabilities.

Janet Gaw-Adamski

Janet Gaw-Adamski was a talented teacher and loyal colleague who served as a third- and fourth-grade classroom teacher, third-grade teacher consultant and computer lab teacher at PS 58 in Brooklyn.

Myrna Friedlander

Myrna Friedlander began her career as a 2nd-grade teacher at PS 167 in Brooklyn before becoming a reading teacher.

Dorothy Lowery

Dorothy Lowery worked as a paraprofessional, a school secretary and a teacher.

Dorothy Kreiselman

Dorothy Kreiselman was a teacher and chapter leader in District 20 in Brooklyn.

Robert Rizzotti

Robert Rizzotti was a 5th-grade teacher at PS 276 in Brooklyn.

Anna Ext

Anna Ext was a teacher and former chapter leader at the HS of Music and Art.

Gerald Fitzgerald

Gerald Fitzgerald was a media teacher and a dean at MS 324 in Washington Heights.

Carolyn Grossman

Carolyn Grossman was a kindergarten teacher at PS 200 in Bath Beach, Brooklyn.

Beatrice Fierman

Beatrice Fierman was a social studies teacher at Frank D. Whalen MS 135, the Bronx.

Barbara Kubota

Barbara Kubota was an ESL teacher at PS 90 and Queens Vocational HS in Queens.

Ira Wells

Ira Wells was a social studies teacher for many years until his retirement in 1981.

Su Abrams Kwartowitz

Su Abrams Kwartowitz was a beloved teacher at PS 306 in East New York, Brooklyn.

Lila V. Goodman

Lila Goodman was an English teacher at John Dewey and South Shore high schools in Brooklyn.

Florence Washington

Florence Washington was a UFT member for 30 years, most recently as a teacher’s assistant at IS 52 in the Bronx.

Judith Rosenberg

Judith Rosenberg was a 1st-grade teacher at PS 207 in Howard Beach, Queens, for 22 years.

Francis Voyticky

Francis Voyticky was a UFT member for 40 years, most recently as a math teacher at Brooklyn Technical HS.

Tore Haugeto

Tore Haugeto was a teacher of social studies at New Dorp HS on Staten Island all his life.

Sheila Milner

Sheila Milner was a UFT member for 50 years, most recently as a teacher trainer in Manhattan elementary schools.

Benjamina Hillery

Benjamina Hillery was a UFT member for over 35 years, most recently as a teacher at PS 304 in Brooklyn.

Sylvia Schaum

Schaum was a 1st grade teacher in District 12 in the Bronx for 26 years before retiring in 1991.

Ruth Harwayne

Ruth Harwayne, a founding member of the UFT, was a business teacher and a SPARK coordinator at Washington Irving HS in Manhattan.

Mildred Lucille Gersh

Mildred Lucille Gersh was a teacher at PS 78 in the Bronx and subsequently a reading coordinator for District 11 in the Bronx.

Doreen Maniscalco

Doreen Maniscalco was a UFT member for over 30 years, working as a teacher in various elementary schools on Staten Island.

John Gillen

John Gillen worked for many years as a history teacher at New Dorp HS in Staten Island, retiring in 1977.

Marilyn Masierol

Marilyn Masierol was a dedicated teacher, UFT chapter leader and a published author with a career spanning over 30 years.

Thelma Ward

She was a counselor and teacher for more than 40 years at PS 61 in the Bronx before her retirement in 1982.

Selina Ahoklui

Selina Ahoklui, the 1998 New York State Teacher of the Year, died on May 22. She was 76 years old.

Josephine Mifsud

Josephine Mifsud was a dedicated teacher who spoke of her teaching years and her former students long after retirement.

Peter Lerner

Peter Lerner was a UFT member for 55 years, most recently as a social studies teacher at Harry Truman HS in the Bronx.

Alan Weber

Alan Weber was a UFT member for 54 years and a longtime 5th-grade teacher at PS 23 on Staten Island.

Leo Benardo

Leo Benardo began his career as a teacher of foreign languages in the New York City public school system in 1947.

Shirley Safran

Shirley Safran was an English teacher at Art & Design HS, where she directed school plays and coached the debate team.

Bruce Davidson

Bruce Samuel Davidson, a former high school teacher, passed away peacefully on April 1, 2016 in New York City.

Clint Winant

Clint Winant was an elementary school teacher at PS 121 in the Bronx, where he taught for 25 years and served as a UFT representative.

Paul Friedman

A former English teacher at New Utrecht HS in Brooklyn, Paul was a lover of jazz, literature and movies and believed in education through the arts.

Dr. Felix Carlos Bonilla

Dr. Felix Carlos Bonilla was a teacher at Newtown HS in Queens for more than 30 years before his retirement in 2010.