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UFT Welfare Fund Summary of Benefits and Coverage
The Affordable Care Act requires group health plans to provide a Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC) to plan participants so they may better understand their coverage. In compliance with this law, the UFT Welfare Fund has completed an SBC...
Reforming Mayoral Control: March 2013
The following recommendations for reforms, to be submitted to the state Legislature, are the product of deliberations of the UFT School Governance Committee, a multi‐partisan committee made up of a diverse cross‐section of members representing all...
Article Thirty-Seven — Definitions
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...
Memorandum of Agreement
See the full memorandum of agreement for UFT-represented DOE employees for the proposed 2023 contract, along with appendices and additional guidance.
NYU-Washington Square News Nurses Article 0912 2023
Understaffing at NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn is putting intensive care patients at risk and violating state law, according to the hospital's nursing union. The union, the Federation of Nurses, said that nurses filed more than 2,000 short-staffing...
Can I join the UFT if I am a day-to-day substitute teacher, a substitute paraprofessional or part-timer?
Yes, you can. You can join the union by filling out our online enrollment form. If you have any questions or run into difficulty with the online union enrollment process, please call the UFT at 212-331-6311.
Individualized Education Programs (IEPs)
This Q&A answers many common questions regarding IEP planning and meetings, including updates from the 2023 DOE-UFT contract.
Per-session activities
Learn all the rules and know your rights with regard to "per-session" activities done outside regular classroom hours.
Not for teachers only
Despite its name, the United Federation of Teachers is a union of 200,000 working people who are committed to improving the lives of New Yorkers in many different ways. Most, but not all, provide education, child care or health services for adults...
Fireside chat with Norman and Velma Murphy Hill
UFT members had the rare opportunity to hear a first-hand account of the creation of the Paraprofessionals Chapter more than 50 years ago from Velma Murphy Hill, the chapter’s founder and first chair, and her husband Norman Hill.
The DOE fails students with special needs
The DOE’s failure to adequately staff our schools is unacceptable. We have long known that our related service providers were stretched thin, but the numbers from the survey show how untenable the DOE has let the situation become.
Join the Union!
Enroll online to become a member of the UFT and tap into powerful support and benefits.
Student Intervention and Discipline Code and Bill of Student Rights and Responsibilities - Grades 6-12
Included in this document is the Student Bill of Rights and Responsibilities which promotes responsible student behavior and an atmosphere of dignity and respect by establishing guidelines to help students as they strive to become productive citizens...
DOE and City Salary Schedules
Department of Education and City Salary Schedules
Provider Wellness Vision Plan (English)
With Your EmblemHealth Vision Benefits, You... Have access to one of the nation’s largest networks of independent eye doctors and national retail and regional retail providers. Can use glasses.com and contactsdirect.com as in-network providers to...