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3.25% rai$e on Sept. 14
UFT-represented employees covered by the DOE-UFT contract will see a pay raise of 3.5 percent on Sept. 15.
Article Thirty-Six — Minimum Educational Requirements
The Commissioner's regulations regarding minimum educational requirements are applicable to paraprofessionals covered by this Agreement.
Attrition Sneaks Upward as Teachers Show Signs of Restlessness: Dec. 2015
Attrition from New York City schools by teachers and other professional staff is on the rise again, after a slowdown following the Great Recession. Starting teachers left at higher rates over the 2014–15 school year. And resignations at all...
What should I do if my principal includes guidance in a staff/school handbook that contradicts our UFT contract?
Speak with your chapter leader or district representative. While a handbook may reiterate an existing provision of a collective bargaining agreement or Chancellor’s Regulation, a handbook cannot be contrary to or modify a provision of a collective...
Article Thirty— Restriction On Union Activities
No employee shall engage in Union activities during the time he/she is assigned to duty, except that members of the Union’s negotiating committee shall, upon proper application, be excused without loss of pay for working time spent in negotiations...
Article Twenty-Eight — Consulation With Union Committee
Appropriate representatives at Board headquarters level and representatives of the Union shall meet once a month during the school year to consult on matters of paraprofessional policy and questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement.
NYU-Washington Square News Nurses Article 0226 2025
Around 1,000 nurses at NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn announced they will go on strike Saturday if hospital administrators do not address concerns about short staffing and inadequate salaries by midnight Friday, claiming that patient care quality may...
DOE-UFT Safety Training
Article Fourteen — Transfers
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...
System-Wide Standards and Operational Issues Appendix B 2023
The Board of Education (DOE) agrees to provide teachers with either a year-long or semester-long Curriculum that is aligned with State Standards in all Core Subjects.
The grievance process
If you feel your contractual rights have been violated, it’s time to speak up and seek a fair resolution. If informal measures don’t fix your issue, your chapter leader can assist you in preparing and filing a grievance, which is the formal way that...
Extensive staff shortages leave thousands of special education students without services, despite city’s promises
Thousands of special education students in city public schools remain without the services they are legally entitled to because of massive shortages of school-related professionals.
Article Seventeen — Assault and Injury In Line of Duty
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...
Appendix E — False Accusations
December 17, 2007 Joel I. Klein Chancellor Department of Education 52 Chambers Street New York, NY 10007 Randi Weingarten President United Federation of Teachers 52 Broadway New York, NY 10002 Dear Ms. Weingarten: Notwithstanding any provision of the...
Article Twenty-Nine — Union Meetings
Upon request to the head of the school, members of the Union who are in the bargaining unit shall be permitted to meet within the school under circumstances which will not interfere with the paraprofessional program or other school activities. Such...
Article Nineteen — Leaves
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...
Article Eight — Per Session Work
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 seniority 9. If no bargaining unit employee in the district applies, the senior bargaining unit...
Filling a Leaky Bucket: A New Look at the Teacher Shortage: March 2004
New York City had to hire more than 9,000 new teachers for the 2003-04 school year alone, the equivalent of 11.5 percent of its 78,000-member teaching force. In fact, the city has hired almost that many new teachers every year since 1997.
Special education key links
On this page you'll find links to frequently requested information about special education.
Rate Increase Request Form for Providers NYC FS-023
This form is used to request a Market Rate increase if you serve both children receiving child care assistance and children who do not receive child care assistance (private pay).
Union fights outsourcing of therapy work in schools
The UFT is pushing back against the DOE's use of part-time therapists from private agencies rather than operationalizing the ninth session negotiated in the 2023 DOE-UFT contract to enable full-time therapists to do this work.
Albert Shanker: Prophetic reformer
If a controversial topic is dominating the education debate today, it’s probably something that Al Shanker proposed decades ago
Per session
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...
FAQ on the functional chapters of DOE school related professionals
School related professionals play an essential role in supporting the varied needs of students. Meet the chapter leaders of the UFT's functional chapters and learn more about their role.
Crain's Health Pulse New York Newsletter, Aug. 25, 2023
Nurses’ union files 30 staffing complaints to DOH against NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn
Chancellor's Regulation D-130 re political activities in school buildings
DOE Chancellor's Regulation D-130 re political activities in school buildings Use of school buildings by candidates, elected officials and political organizations, and conduct of school employees and officers with respect to political campaigns and...
3% rai$e on Jan. 18
The salaries of UFT-represented employees covered by the Department of Education-UFT contracts will increase by 3% on Jan. 18, 2025.
Chief Executives' Memorandum #80, 1998: Performance Review and Professional Development Plan for Teachers
A summary of the recommendations in "Teaching for the 21st Century."
Article Thirty-Four — Copy of Agreement
The parties will have available copies of this Agreement upon request.
Article Ten — Substitute Coverage
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...