As a professional, you deserve a safe working environment. Here are a few things you can do to protect yourself, your students and your school.

The UFT offers many programs and services to help teachers hone their skills and meet certification and licensing requirements. Teachers can turn to the union with questions about certification, state and city requirements, coaching courses for state...

Where the Board is legally required to provide coverage for mandated paraprofessional services to children in special education programs, paraprofessionals employed to provide such coverage shall serve under the following conditions: No fewer than...

Summer and other per session work which is available in the district shall be given to applicants in the bargaining unit in the district in order of their seniority9. If no bargaining unit employee in the district applies, the senior bargaining unit...

UFT-represented employees who elect to be employed in the Board’s program which implements Chapter 683 of the Laws of 1986 (“Program’‘) shall serve under the following terms and conditions of employment during July and August: The gross annual salary...

It is the joint purpose of the parties that employees in the bargaining unit be afforded an opportunity to qualify for advancement to professional positions including positions other than classroom teacher, with the Board of Education through...

Whether you’re a teacher, nurse, guidance counselor, school secretary or any other title, you work hard to provide your students with the best education. You deserve to be paid well for your efforts, as well as to have suitable benefits and good...

The Board and the Union shall establish a joint committee to review and consider appropriate staff development programs for new and experienced paraprofessionals. Reduction of Paperwork Central Paperwork Committee (the “Central Committee”) will...