In the last Delegate Assembly speech of the 2025-26 school year, UFT President Michael Mulgrew extolled union victories on Tier 6 reform, Foundation Aid funding gains and more, while warning members about a coming battle over federal tax credits for...

If a controversial topic is dominating the education debate today, it’s probably something that Al Shanker proposed decades ago

See the full memorandum of agreement for UFT-represented DOE employees for the proposed 2023 contract, along with appendices and additional guidance.

By accumulating college credits, paraprofessionals can significantly increase their pay. Whether your career path as a paraprofessional leads you to earn a bachelor’s degree or to earn a master’s degree and become a certified teacher, several UFT...

At the March Delegate Assembly. UFT President Michael Mulgrew said significant progress had been made toward passage of the RESPECT check bill during a report where he also provided updates on the impact of the state's increased funding for 3K and 2K...

Learn how much you are being charged in union dues and how they are calculated.

Find out about excused absences — occasions aside from personal illness — when UFT members (teachers, appointed pedagogues and other titles, such as paraprofessionals) are entitled to be absent from work but still get paid without using their CAR, or...

Department of Education and City Salary Schedules

Learn all the rules and know your rights with regard to "per-session" activities done outside regular classroom hours.

A. Sick Leave Employees will be granted one day’s sick leave with pay for each month of work during the regular school year. Unused sick leave shall be cumulative from month to month during the school year and from year to year up to a maximum of 145...

The UFT launched a television ad campaign calling on members of the New York City Council to pass legislation aimed at providing paraprofessionals an additional $10,000 annually.

United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew and New York City paraprofessionals joined City Council Education Committee Chair Rita Joseph and other council members as Joseph announced proposed legislation designed to reduce the income gap...

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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...

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

Pay for substitute paraprofessionals will increase annually under our 2023 contract. See the current pay rates » See more information about per diem roles and salary »

More than 1,600 members of the United Federation of Teachers rallied outside City Hall Wednesday, calling on the City Council to support legislation to provide paraprofessionals with an additional $10,000 annually.

Paraprofessionals, nurses, and occupational and physical therapists injured or made sick on the job should file for Workers’ Compensation. In certain circumstances such as chronic illness, lab specialists and vocational teachers may also file for...

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...

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...

The UFT represents many employees other than teachers, both in the school system and beyond. Paraprofessionals, school counselors, secretaries and others participate in their local school-based chapters, but they are also part of union-wide...

A. Salaries Employees in the bargaining unit who work the entire workyear (regular school year) as set forth in Article Four A (Workyear) and who are assigned to programs comprised of the regular hours of work as set forth in Article Four B (Hours of...

A. Retention Paraprofessionals shall be retained in their school or work site in accordance with their seniority. If excessing occurs because of lack of work, the least senior employee will be excessed from the school or site, except that he/she may...

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...

Teacher’s Choice, initiated by the UFT over 30 years ago, allows school staff members to exercise their professional judgment to purchase supplementary supplies and materials to improve the educational experience for their students. Here are answers...

More than 70 educators gathered at union headquarters for the union’s Middle Schools Conference, gaining professional development and key insights on meeting the challenge of supporting students at a uniquely challenging age.

In order to file a grievance properly, you must have as much information and documentation as possible.

Wherever the term “semester hours” is used in this Agreement, it shall mean college credits. Wherever the term “Board” is used in the Agreement, it shall mean the City Board, it being understood, nevertheless, that this contract is binding on all...

Effective school year 2005-2006, principals will advertise all vacancies. Interviews will be conducted by school-based human resources committees (made up of pedagogues and administration) with the final decision to be made by the principal...

A. Disability Benefits A leave of absence with pay and without charge to time allowance, for a period not to exceed one calendar year, shall be granted, subject to established administrative practices, upon the determination of the Chancellor that...

Memorandum of Agreement entered into this 29th day of June 2007, by and between the Board of Education of the City School District of the City of New York (hereinafter referred to as the “BOE”) and the United Federation of Teachers, Local 2, AFT, AFL...

A. School-Based Management/Shared Decision-Making (SBM/SDM) The Union and the Board agree that SBM/SDM is a process in which all members of the school community collaborate in identifying issues, defining goals, formulating policy and implementing...

The landmark City Council program, initiated by the UFT more than 25 years ago, reimburses educators — as determined by title — for the purchase of classroom and school supplies of their choice.