Teachers, paraprofessionals, and school social workers and psychologists can apply for these “per-session” activities that are done either before or after school, on the weekend or holidays, or during the summer. This Know Your Rights column details...

On this page you'll find links to frequently requested information about special education.

The salaries of UFT-represented employees covered by ratified Department of Education-UFT contracts will increase by 2 percent on Feb. 14.

A. Work Year The work year for employees in the bargaining unit will begin on the Tuesday following Labor Day and will end at the conclusion of the regular school year in June. Employees assigned to programs which start at the beginning of the school...

Learn more about the tentative DOE-UFT contract.

UFT members have ratified a new contract by a margin of 74.6%. The more than 95,000 votes cast was the largest in UFT history.

Learn about policies around absences, sick time and additional attendance policies.

Throughout the school year, teachers apply for “per-session” activities that are done either before or after school, on the weekend or holidays, or during the summer. If you apply for and are accepted for such an activity, you are paid at the per...

Tens of thousands of UFT-represented employees will receive in October the fourth of five lump-sum payments associated with the 2014 DOE-UFT contract. Because UFT members have a union that fights for them, eligible UFT-represented employees are...

At the first Delegate Assembly of the school year on Oct. 11, UFT President Michael Mulgrew stressed the importance of making sure all parts of the new DOE-UFT contract get implemented.