Types of SBOs and sample ballots
The following are some examples of the SBO modifications that you and your colleagues can make to the collective-bargaining agreement or Department of Education regulations.
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Save the dates of Jan. 10 and May 16 in 2015 for important chapter events
Please save these dates in the 2014-15 school year!
Clarification of DOE email on civil service for therapist supervisors
You will soon be receiving a letter from the Department of Education relating to your appointment from the recently established civil service list. This information should clarify several issues that you may be concerned about when you receive this...
DOE to hire 120 art teachers, provide funding for art supplies
The Department of Education will hire 120 new arts teachers to work in under-served middle and high schools with the help of an additional $23 million earmarked for arts education funding in the 2014-2015 school year budget, Mayor Bill de Blasio...
Pride March of 2014
Hundreds of UFT members joined the Pride March up Fifth Avenue on June 29. Some were on foot, some carried the UFT banner and others rode on a float bearing the union logo.
86-year-old vet attends high school graduation at last
The music played as the graduates from Long Island City HS stepped up to the stage to receive their diplomas. Among the many excited graduates at the beginning of their journey into adulthood was one new graduate with a far more poignant story to...
NYC Coaches Association/UFT end-of-year celebration 2014
The New York City Coaches Association/UFT celebrated the end of the school year and gave out awards to exemplary coaches on June 13 at the Clearview Golf Club in Bayside.
School Secretaries Newsletter - Spring 2014
Another school year gone, and what a year! We have a new mayor and chancellor who respect us and are working with us to strengthen our school system and develop our profession. We have a new contract that gives us a greater voice in the schools, in...
Guidance Counselors Newsletter - Spring 2014
It has been a great year for us guidance counselors! We started out the school year with lots of question marks, uncertainty and hope for electing an administration willing to work with us. Our education chancellor, Carmen Fariña, has proven herself...
Teachers won’t face consequences for state test results in eval deal
Teachers rated Ineffective or Developing based on state Common Core tests this year or next will not face negative consequences, according to changes to the evaluation system agreed to by state Legislature and Gov. Andrew Cuomo on June 19 in the...