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Q&A on Excessing

Excessing is the process of reducing staff in a particular school or office when the number of available positions in a title or license area in that school is lower than the number of people in the school who require an assignment in that title or...

New Member Handbook

With topics ranging from your salary to your professional growth to where to go for help, this handbook will provide answers to many of your questions, information about enhancing your professional and economical status, and help in making sense of...

Toxic Substances and Trash in Our Environment

This unit will provide information concerning toxic substances and trash in our environment. Students will learn about the effects of pesticides, acid rain, PCBs and trash on wildlife and people.

Tenure

Under New York State law, appointed educators achieve tenure after completing a probationary period.

Article Three — Salaries And Benefits

A. Salaries and Differentials The salaries and differentials of employees serving in non-extended time schools covered by this agreement, and the eligibility requirements therefor, shall be as follows: All regularly appointed school secretaries will...

Testimony on early childhood programs in New York City

The UFT submitted testimony to the City Council Committee on Education's oversight hearing on early childhood programs in New York City.

Article Thirteen — Education Reform

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...

Randi Weingarten

Realization of what was happening took several minutes. Cognizance of the magnitude of the death and destruction took hours. Understanding? Who knows? Maybe never. But move on we must.

Resource Guide for Guidance Counselors

Guide for students, professionals and families listing support services in the New York metropolitan area. Compiled in the fall of 2009 by the following students of the school counseling graduate program at Queens College: Yahaira Bello, Crystal...