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Retired Teachers Chapter Activities 2016-17

This album is a snapshot of the activities of RTC members across the country from September 2016 to August 2017.

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UFT on New York Daily News article about terminating tenured educators

Adam Ross, the UFT's general counsel, responded to a Daily News article criticizing the relatively low number of tenured teachers removed from the classroom.

Details about the DOE-UFT para agreement reached in May

A brief summary of changes regarding an agreement that the UFT and the Department of Education announced in May, which creates a new position that is the beginning of a professional career ladder for paraprofessionals in New York City public schools.

Testimony regarding proposed revisions to the Citywide Behavioral Expectations to Support Student Learning

UFT Vice President for Middle Schools Richard Mantell testified before the New York City Department of Education regarding roposed revisions to the Citywide Behavioral Expectations to Support Student Learning.

Teachers need the power to suspend: Chancellor Carmen Fariña's school discipline reforms go too far

Children in crisis who are disrupting classrooms are not going to be helped by the latest plan by the city’s Department of Education to ban suspensions outright in grades K-2, and neither will the thousands of other children who will lose instruction...

Stepping-up ceremony at Little Lions Early Learn Academy

UFT member Regina Carlton, who runs the Little Lions Early Learn Academy in East New York, Brooklyn, held a stepping-up ceremony on Aug. 5 for youngsters moving on to pre-K and then celebrated with a barbecue and block party, complete with a petting zoo and cartoon characters.

Educators learn skills at heart of Positive Learning Collaborative

When Russell White is confronted by hostile student behavior that threatens to disrupt the classroom, the last thing he wants to do is add fuel to the fire by responding in anger.

Public ed gets Hillary’s vote

“We’re stronger when every child has the chance to live up to his or her potential, and public education gives our kids that chance,’’ Hillary Clinton told the more than 3,000 delegates, including a UFT contingent, at the AFT convention in...

UFT partnership with Yoobi can stretch Teacher’s Choice

The new school year is just around the corner and many teachers are ready to stock up on supplies. This year, educators will have more Teacher’s Choice dollars to spend, and thanks to a new UFT partnership with Yoobi, those dollars can go further.