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All about the NYCE PPO plan
The NYC Employees PPO (NYCE PPO) health care plan will replace the GHI CBP plan for in-service city workers and pre-Medicare retirees on Jan. 1, 2026. The following are answers to members’ most common questions.
Injury Prevention - Workers' Compensation Quick Facts
Guide to Workers' Compensation from the UFT Safety & Health Department
Sandy Feldman: In Her Own Words
A memorial booklet produced by the UFT and AFT.
Supplemental benefits
Supplemental Benefits are benefits provided by the UFT Welfare Fund that add to specific City basic health plans.
Article Twenty-Five — Charter Schools
Conversion Charter Schools back to top Pursuant to Article 56 of the New York State Education Law (the "Charter Schools Law") an existing public school may be converted to a charter school. As modified below, teachers of a Conversion Charter School...
Expand gifted and talented education
We need to expand and not contract, much less eliminate, specialized programs for high-achieving youngsters.
Article Thirteen — Union Activities, Privileges, and Responsibilities
A. Restriction on Union Activities No attendance teacher shall engage in Union activities during the time he/she is assigned to duty. Members of the Chapter's negotiating committee and its special consultants shall, upon proper application, be...
Article Twenty-Three — Charter Schools
A. Conversion Charter Schools Pursuant to Article 56 of the New York State Education Law (the “Charter Schools Law”) an existing public school may be converted to a charter school. As modified below, guidance counselors of a Conversion Charter School...
The Fiscal Cliff
The RTC resolves to urge President Obama and the Senate and House of Representatives to stand firm on protecting the interests of the middle and working classes and Americans supported by the social safety net, including opposition to cuts in...
Salary differentials
Learn how to qualify and apply for salary differentials, which are granted for credits you earn beyond your bachelor’s degree.
Article Thirteen — Transfers and Staffing
A. General Transfers 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. Vacancies are...
Article Twenty-Three — Charter Schools
A. Conversion Charter Schools Pursuant to Article 56 of the New York State Education Law (the “Charter Schools Law”) an existing public school may be converted to a charter school. As modified below, secretaries of a Conversion Charter School shall...
Article Twelve — Transfers and Staffing
A. General Transfers 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. Vacancies are...
Article Twenty — Counselors Assigned
A. Benefits and Working Conditions Counselors assigned shall be covered by the provisions of this Agreement except that: A counselor assigned who has been granted additional compensation by Board resolution shall continue to receive such additional...
Article Twelve — Chapter 683 Program
Employees who elect to be employed in the Board's program which implements Chapter 683 of the Laws of 1986 ("Program") shall serve under the following terms and conditions of employment during July and August: The gross annual salary rate of each...
Building ‘calm and focus’
About 60 schools this year joined the UFT’s pilot partnership with MindUp, an evidence-based social-emotional learning program conceived by the Goldie Hawn Foundation to support educators' and students' mental health.
Dial-A-Teacher
The UFT sponsors a homework help program for students called Dial-A-Teacher. Classroom teachers answer homework questions at 212-777-3380, Monday through Thursday, from 4 to 7 p.m. during the school year.
Talking while walking
At PS 13 on Staten Island, UFT members and the principal began holding initial planning conferences "on the move." That seemingly minor change has delivered outsized benefits in teacher morale — and possibly even student achievement.
Article Six — Hours and Work Year
A. Schedule of Hours The daily schedule of hours for attendance teachers shall be from 8:30 a.m. to 3:40 p.m., including a lunch period of 30 minutes, except as otherwise provided in Article Seven A (Special Assignments). Effective February 2006...
Joint Intentions and Commitments
Enhanced student achievement based upon high standards and expectations must be the driving force behind every activity of New York City public schools. To accomplish this, we must reinvent schools so that decision making is shared by those closest...
Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Speech Teachers and Speech and Language Therapists
Information about extended days, testing time, wait listed students, evaluations, and more, for speech teachers and speech and language therapists.
Frequently Asked Questions - Teachers Assigned
Here are some frequently asked questions for Teachers Assigned.
Article Thirteen — Union Activities, Privileges and Responsibilities
A. Restriction on Union Activities No employee shall engage in Union activities during the time he/she is assigned to duty. Members of the Chapter’s negotiating committee and its special consultants shall, upon proper application, be excused without...
Head lice
Head lice are small insects with six legs usually the size of a sesame seed (the seeds on burger buns).
Union’s big tent
More than 5,500 UFT members are employed by organizations other than the Department of Education. They are members of the union’s private and nonprofit chapters. Meet the leaders of those chapters.
Virtual Learning
School-based virtual learning gives schools and UFT members the ability to offer expanded educational opportunities to students, expand equity and access to all high schools, and provide additional opportunities for students to pursue accelerated...
Paperwork and operational issues
The operational issues resolution process in the DOE-UFT contract gives UFT-represented educators more voice at the school level to tackle workplace issues.
Federation of Nurses/UFT’s Professional Issues Conference
Some 300 nurses gathered for workshops, a keynote address on neurology and a festive lunch at the Federation of Nurses/UFT's Professional Issues Conference at the New York Grand Central Hotel in Midtown Manhattan on Nov. 21.
Article Seventeen — Retention, Excessing and Layoff
Retention of Assignment — Regular Substitutes back to top A regular substitute who, upon completion of one year of service in a school, has been notified in writing by the principal that he/she will be reassigned in that school for the following...
Testimony regarding mayoral control of public schools in New York City
UFT President Michael Mulgrew testified before the New York State Senate and New York City Committees on Education and the New York State Assembly Committee on Education regarding mayoral control of New York City public schools.
Testimony on establishing an office of health care accountability and creating an independent commission to oversee hospital services pricing
Anne Goldman, the UFT vice president for non-DOE members and the head of the Federation of Nurses/UFT, testified before the New York City Council Committees on Hospitals and Health in support of Council Member Julie Menin's bill to create an Office...
The role, rights and responsibilities of a chapter leader
The role of the chapter leader can be summed up in one word — LEADERSHIP. Your colleagues elected you because they know you will provide leadership. Chapter members view you as the "union." They know you are the vital link that connects them to UFT's...
Joint Intentions and Commitments
Enhanced student achievement based upon high standards and expectations must be the driving force behind every activity of New York City public schools. To accomplish this, we must reinvent schools so that decision making is shared by those closest...