Find resources to help ensure that children with disabilities receive the supports and services they need.

See sample SBO ballots for early elementary and elementary schools, including pre-K centers, K-5 and K-8 schools.

Posts from the July and August 2025 editions of Principal's Digest pertaining to students with disabilities.

The DOE requires that students receiving related services must be re-evaluated every three years to assess whether they still need those services. Here are answers to common questions about preparing these "triennial examinations" for students in...

Special classes offer different levels of staffing intensity depending upon the intensity of a student's academic and/or management needs.

SETSS special education, ICT special education and ICT general education positions are available as preferences for teachers to select and are not subject to posting. Learn more »

See sample SBO ballots for single and multi-session high schools, including 6-12 and 9-12 schools.

See New York State laws and regulations related to special education and students with disabilities.

Albany passed a law to reduce class sizes in all New York City classrooms by September of 2028. It won't be easy to get to 100% compliance with the new class size limits, but if we work together we can get it done.

School-based virtual learning gives schools and UFT members the ability to offer expanded educational opportunities to students, expand equity and access to all high schools, and provide additional opportunities for students to pursue accelerated...

See a wide range of specialized programs and services related to special education in New York City public schools.

See these additional DOE and NYSED resources regarding special education in New York City public schools.

The number of students with disabilities in an Integrated Co-Teaching class may not exceed 40 percent of the total class register with a maximum of 12 students with disabilities.

The goal of this section is to provide easy access to resources that educators and families frequently use to find information related to special education issues.

District 75 also provides SETSS in District 1 through 32 schools to students with significant disabilities as part of its Special Education Inclusive Services program. Learn more »

Educators have more autonomy to decide when and how to do their out-of-classroom work. Read more details.

Members and families seeking accurate and accessible information about the special education process and services for students with disabilities of all ages will find a wealth of information via the NYC Department of Education.

The special Education compliance complaint process is used to track trends and facilitate problem-solving around special education issues.

The UFT Course Program offers certificate programs from Brooklyn College, The College of Mount St. Vincent, New York Institute of Technology and St. Francis College. These programs will not lead to NYS initial certification. Before choosing a program...

The UFT works with dozens of parent and community organizations in its advocacy for New York City students and schools.

Important information for new members as they build their careers in education.

NYCDOE consultant Marilyn Friend identifies six team teaching models.

The irony is stunning. As the UFT prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary, the Department of Education has announced its plans to close the school where the first stirrings of teacher unionism began here almost a century ago.

From the earliest days of the UFT, presidents Charles Cogen and Al Shanker knew that educators could be a powerful tool for reform. Educators knew first-hand the problems that their students faced, and they encouraged educators to come up with...

The new world of special education teacher certification is complicated. Learn more about certification for special education positions.

Ever the agent provocateur, Al Shanker reminded the large UFT Teacher Union Day audience last fall that in the 1950s there was no shortage of naysayers who said teachers would never get their act together: “Can teachers ever be organized? Well, no...

Learn about the process for appealing a final rating.

Since students who are English language learners or multilingual learners (ELLs/MLLs) may be assigned to ICT classes, the question of who is qualified to provide Integrated English as a New Language services in an ICT setting often arises.

Per diem service refers to pedagogic personnel serving on a day to day basis in a school and/or any of its programs.

Additional compensation salary schedule (2022–27)

The UFT turns 36 this year [1996]. As unions go, that makes us a fairly new kid on the block. But the reality is that our labor roots stretch back to 1916 and that most of our founding mothers and fathers have either retired or passed on. Even those...