About 125 participants were offered a wide range of workshops at the Spring New York City Association of Foreign Language Professional Development Workshops.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew didn’t pull his punches in his remarks about Mayor Bloomberg and the Department of Education at a Meet the President event with educators from Brooklyn’s Districts 13, 14, 17 and 23 at the Regal Theater in downtown Brooklyn on May 2. “We’ve been battling the mayor for the last 11.5 years, and the last three-and-a-half have been intense,” Mulgrew said. But, he said, the “corporate model of education” ends when the mayor leaves office on Dec. 31 and the question then will be, “Where do we go?”

UFT President Michael Mulgrew addressed the challenge facing teachers trying to prepare students for more difficult tests based on the new Common Core Learning Standards without a curriculum during a Meet the President gathering for District 15...

UFT President Michael Mulgrew had a wide-ranging discussion with high school educators from Brooklyn and the Brooklyn and Staten Island HS district (BASIS) at a gathering at Brooklyn Tech HS on April 16. Among the topics discussed were the upcoming...

While UFT President Michael Mulgrew brought the capacity crowd from Districts 16 and 23 at the Meet the President gathering on April 23 up to date on scores of current issues, he put the focus on the future, what he called “the bigger discussion —...

Dozens of UFT members from the School Secretaries and the Teachers Assigned chapters attended a Meet the President event at UFT headquarters on April 18.

Retirees packed Shanker Hall for the RTC general membership meeting on April 9, where the focus of discussion was the union's strategy for the upcoming mayoral race.

High school paraprofessionals had an opportunity to meet union leaders, including UFT President Michael Mulgrew, at a meet-and-greet gathering at union headquarters on April 30. The paras received answers to their questions about certification and licensing, Welfare Fund benefits, health and safety, and the Dial-A-Teacher homework helpline and the chance to network among themselves.

School secretaries from around the city were recognized by their colleagues at the UFT’s 27th Annual School Secretaries of the Year Awards Luncheon, held at UFT headquarters on April 27.

Chapter leaders, teachers, paras, secretaries, a principal and a parent were among those honored at the 12th annual District 24 Scholarship Dinner Dance, where 450 people gathered to celebrate in Queens.a