A. Cumulative Absence Reserves and Sick Leaves Regular school secretaries reinstated after retirement will be credited with the cumulative reserves remaining to their credit upon retirement and such reserves as they accumulated as regular substitutes...

Paraprofessionals make the case to outgoing Council Speaker Adrienne Adams to allow the RESPECT check bill to get a vote.

PS 896 in Sunset Park had no chapter leader, delegate or paraprofessional representative, and an administration that placed excessive demands on the staff. The turnaround was stark after Anna Willis, a second-year, untenured teacher, took on the...

The UFT calls on the DOE to recruit, hire and retain special education teachers, counselors, nurses, OT/PT, speech, social workers, paraprofessionals, hearing services and all titles that deal with special education to create a supportive learning...

Members of the UFT Member Action Committee and the Retired Teachers Chapter Labor Solidarity Project marched alongside thousands of other New York City union members and community groups in one of the city’s largest May Day protests in recent years.

SESIS arbitration decision info sent to principals

Let’s take a look at what has been going on with our RESPECT check legislation in 2026, and see where we need to go next.

In special education, compliance means adhering to the federal, state, and local laws, regulations, and policies that govern the education of students with disabilities.

Per diem salary schedule (2022–27)

Chapter 408 refers to state law and corresponding regulations requiring that: each provider responsible for implementing a student’s IEP (including general and special education teachers, related service providers, and other service providers), be...

The DOE school year payroll calendar lists pay periods for different payroll banks. Different job titles are paid through different banks: H-bank: Full-time school nurses, therapists, audiologists, sign language interpreters, education analysts...

In‑service UFT Welfare Fund‑eligible members employed by the DOE have the protection of a short-term disability benefit that provides valuable income when personal illness renders them temporarily unable to work and they are on an approved leave...

Yes. You may use your three personal business days for religious observance. These will be deducted from your CAR (sick bank) or you may take a pay deduction for each day that you do not report to work. The deducted amount will equal the amount that...

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A Queens paraprofessional demands that members of her title be compensated well enough "to live, not just survive," and argues that the RESPECT check payment should become permanent and pensionable.

UFT Assistant Secretary Michael Sill delivered testimony before the New York City Council Education Committee on the implementation of the New York State class size law in city schools.

While most New York City school educators are not at risk, if you are exposed to blood or body fluids in an accident, playground scrape, bloody nose, fight, athletic injury or violent incident, treat any such incident as if the fluids are infected...

A pink wave crested over New York City school buildings on Oct. 16 as UFT members wore pink to work to raise awareness about breast cancer. The annual tradition is a way to celebrate survivors, pay tribute to lost loved ones and colleagues, and...

You can use three of your 10 days for personal business, provided that the days are approved by your principal. Personal business is officially defined as something that cannot be done at any time other than a school day, during school hours...

Hundreds of early childhood educators gathered at UFT Headquarters to address a serious topic: the power of play. The UFT’s 18th annual Early Childhood Conference integrated the theme “learning through play” throughout the joyous events of the day —...

The DOE is required to develop an Exposure Control Plan that: identifies at-risk workers; outlines methods to prevent or eliminate exposure, including universal precautions and the use of safe needle devices; outlines adequate personal protective...

UFT President Michael Mulgrew's statements on New York City's Academic Recovery Plan, which was announced on July 8, 2021 by Mayor de Blasio.

Retired teacher Pamela Thompson Lopez calls paraprofessionals "gifts from God" as she recounts how indispensable they were to her in her classroom. Thompson Lopez says paraprofessionals deserve a livable wage.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew submitted testimony before the New York City Council Committee on Education's hearing on the New York City preliminary budget for fiscal year 2027.

A. Mission To achieve success and outstanding results through a truly collaborative environment for all schools at all levels among the key stakeholders responsible for educating New York City’s schoolchildren – teachers and other school-based staff...

Yes. Measles, mumps and chicken pox are childhood diseases that are not deductible from your sick time. Ask your school secretary or UFT chapter leader for an OP 198 application to submit to your principal. Form: http://www.uft.org/files/attachments...

Congress has consistently failed to pass legislation on background checks, bans on assault weapons and large magazines and other measures to keep weapons of mass killing out of the hands of people like the shooters in Uvalde and Buffalo. We must take...

UFT members and staff handed out books, backpacks, school supplies and other goodies to students and their families at the Harlem Week Children’s Festival at Howard Bennett Playground on Aug. 20.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew delivered testimony before the New York City Council Committee on Education on the city's preliminary budget for fiscal year 2026.

UFT members across the city were proud to wear pink on “Pink Day,” Oct. 12, the second Wednesday in October, to raise awareness about breast cancer, celebrate survivors and remember colleagues lost to the disease.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew says reducing class size and paperwork are the keys to moving the public schools forward.