A. Conversion Charter Schools Pursuant to Article 56 of the New York State Education Law (the "Charter Schools Law") an existing public school may be converted to a charter school. As modified below, employees of a Conversion Charter School shall be...

Basketball stars Drew Gooden of the Milwaukee Bucks and Iman Shumpert of the New York Knicks came to UFT headquarters on July 30 to share their stories about how to be wise about money with 3rd to 6th graders from East Harlem’s PS 30, one of the UFT’s community learning schools, and the UFT charter school in East New York who were participating in a three-day financial literacy program run by volunteers from PricewaterhouseCoopers. Another workshop was held at PS 18 in the Bronx. The grand finale was a visit to the New York Stock Exchange.

We recommend you first contact your UFT borough office and speak with a UFT representative before you resign. You must give 30 calendar days notice in order to resign. If you are considering resignation, you must know that by resigning you forfeit...

You can apply for COBRA and pay a monthly fee to maintain your Department of Education health insurance and UFT Welfare Fund health benefits for up to 36 months. You can also be covered under another individual’s plan without waiting for an...

According to the Department of Education, employees who resign without providing notice will be given a problem code in their personnel file that will flag them for review should they wish to return to teaching. If you are considering resignation...

Resignation A resignation letter should be written at least 30 days prior to the effective date of resignation. Resignation can simply state: “I (name and file number) am resigning my position from the DOE effective (at least 30 days from the date...

You must return to teaching within five years of the effective date of resignation and must apply to withdraw the resignation using the Application for Withdrawal of Resignation form on the Department of Education website. The application must be...

If you fail to submit the form or return after five years, you must serve a four year probationary period, which can be reduced up to two years for prior satisfactory service in the same license.

If you are not tenured prior to your resignation, you must serve a four-year probationary period when you return. This period can be reduced up to 2 years for prior satisfactory service in the same license. This is called Jarema Credit.

Classroom teachers, administrative and supervisory personnel, paraprofessionals and pupil personnel service professionals are required to hold a certificate issued by New York State in order to be employed in the state's public schools. Certificates...