Paraprofessional salary schedule (2022–27)

The UFT Provider Professional Education Program is dedicated to advancing the knowledge of family childcare workforce and all early childhood professionals.

Here you will find sample templates and plans for speech teachers. Please feel free to print and use these in your work.

Students with disabilities placed together for purposes of Special Education Teacher Support Services must be grouped by similarity of individual needs. Learn more »

As we wrap up another school year and begin also to plan for the upcoming one, school social workers across the nation, and certainly within New York State, cannot avoid addressing the recent developments in the nation’s "war on terrorism." The death...

Parents were running into the building, crying, demanding to get their children. We had to quickly organize ourselves, calm the parents, try not to alarm the children and release children to parents in an organized fashion.

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To help you fulfill New York State Education Department requirements for staff development and licensure, the UFT offers a variety of workshops and seminars especially for new teachers.

This September, a new ban on cellphones and other internet-enabled communication devices will be in place when we return to school. See our FAQ below to learn how the policy will be implemented on school grounds this fall.

Learn more about city health benefits for new members who are DOE employees by reading our FAQ.

I was a science teacher at the High School for Leadership and Public Service, located less than 500 yards from the South Tower. I was there on 9-11-01 and evacuated kids to Battery Park.

The TRS Retirement Board manages the overall direction, distribution and growth of employee benefits, including pensions, on behalf of TRS members, including those enrolled through UFT.

See answers to frequently asked questions about the Breakfast in the Classroom program.

The activities in this unit will acquaint students with the life of the squirrels living in their neighborhood and with their relationship to each other and to their environment. The underlying goal is to increase student respect and concern for, and...

Here are some resources compiled by the UFT Safety and Health Department related to laboratory safety and inspection, chemical waste management and chemical storage.

Whether you’re a teacher, school counselor, occupational or physical therapist, school secretary or any other school-based title, you work hard to provide your students with the best education. You deserve to be paid well for your efforts, as well as...

The duties of the Laboratory Specialist/Technician.

The School Safety unit also offers a number of workshops on safety planning, the discipline code, DASA and other topics.

The contract is only as good as its enforcement. At the school level you, the chapter leader, are the guardian of the contract.

A brief overview of the Block Institute Chapter.

I’m a New York City teacher working and living in Manhattan. On the morning of 9/11/01, I did ordinary things and had ordinary thoughts. I went to vote and remembered how worried I was that I was going to be late for a meeting I had to attend...

The UFT Disaster Relief Fund was established in the wake of 9/11 to help members who lost loved ones in that tragedy. Since then, the fund has helped members who have been personally affected by disasters such as Hurricane Sandy and has contributed...

As UFT members, you have rights on the job — rights to professional and fair treatment and to working conditions that help make a tough job more doable. These rights have been negotiated in a give-and-take process with management. It’s important to...

Contact information for UFT Family Child Care Providers.

UFT members are also members of the AFT, which offers benefits, discounts and promotions to its members through their AFT+ Member Benefits Program. These benefits can only be accessed by visiting the AFT+ Member Benefits page and logging in with your...

As a teacher of English as a second language, I listened as teenagers asked questions about the tragedy as it unfolded before them — and I struggled to provide them with answers. This is my story.

Provisions regarding special education in the proposed contract.

Here you will find information for paraprofessionals pertaining to certification.