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Special Education Intervention Teacher (formerly known as IEP teacher)
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The Special Education Intervention Teacher is a centrally funded learning specialist. Learn more about this position and the role these educators play for students with disabilities.
How do eligible members receive their Teacher's Choice funds?
Members receive their Teacher’s Choice allotment as part of their regular paycheck, not as a supplemental check, usually in mid-to-late November each year. Since Teacher’s Choice is treated as a post-net payroll adjustment, the funds are nontaxable.
REJECTED: City begins denying medical accommodations for deserving teachers
The city’s Department of Education has suddenly begun a “get-tough” policy refusing medical accommodations for teachers with serious illnesses, including those recovering from cancer or from organ transplants, UFT President Michael Mulgrew announced...
Article Thirteen — Working Conditions of Per Diem Substitutes, Substitute Vocational Assistants and Teacher's Assistants
Per Diem Substitutes back to top Applicability back to top Per diem substitutes covered by this Agreement are: Full term substitutes: serving after the fifteenth day of the school term for the duration of that term in a full-time or regularly...
What is the process for the creating the professional activity menu and teacher selection?
The Chapter Leader and the Principal consult on the activities, number of positions, qualifications, and duties and responsibilities for each activity. Teachers should be given a preference sheet with all of that information listed, and they get to...
UFT Teacher Center Paraprofessional Professional Development — Literacy (Session 5)
UFT paraprofessionals are invited to register for the final session of a remote learning series from the UFT Teacher Center designed to explore meaningful strategies for literacy instruction.
Oversize classes down, thanks to new procedures in teachers' contract
A new procedure negotiated by the United Federation of Teachers has led to a dramatic decrease in the number of oversize classes in the schools.
Judge dismisses case challenging New York teacher tenure
A Manhattan judge has dismissed a long-pending case that attacked New York teacher tenure and layoff procedures.
Michael Mulgrew re-elected President of the United Federation of Teachers
UFT President Michael Mulgrew won his sixth term as the union’s president. Mulgrew and the Unity Caucus candidates received 54% of the vote.
Annual DOE teacher shortage areas for additional compensation
Annual DOE list of teacher license area shortages which may qualify members licensed in these areas for additional compensation.
Pension for regular subs and part-time adult ed teachers
All part-timers (and regular subs are considered part-timers) adult ed teachers who work fewer then 30 hours per week, and any other member who can't join the Teacher' Retirement System (TRS) have the option of joining the Board of Education...
NYSED Announcement of Public Hearings: Special Education Mandate Relief Options
The New York State Education Department (NYSED) P-12 Education, Office of Special Education, has scheduled three public hearings to seek public comment on special education mandate relief proposals.
DOE Labor Policy Guidance: workday and remote work for school-based titles
DOE Labor Policy Guidance on workday times, parent-teacher conference dates and contractual remote work for school-based titles.
Missing Student Protocol and Responding to Door Alarms - DOE
In order to ensure a safe learning environment, it is important that all staff members are familiar with the Missing Student Protocol and Responding to Door Alarms Document which provides guidance on the steps that must be taken when a student is...
Danielson Rubric for teacher evaluation
Danielson Rubric for teacher evaluation as adapted by the DOE for MOTP scoring
Teachers of Homebound MNI MOA Appendix D 2023
This Memorandum of Agreement (the "MOA"), entered into on June 14, 2023, by and between the Board of Education of the City School District of the City of New York (the 'Board") and the United Federation of Teachers, Local 2, AFT, AFL-CIO (the "Union"...
UFT statement on the death of Brooklyn teacher Sandra Santos-Vizcaino
UFT President Michael Mulgrew issued a statement in response to the news that Sandra Santos-Vizcaino, a third-grade teacher at PS 9 in Brooklyn, had died from complications of the coronavirus.
What is the address and what are the hours of the Teachers' Retirement System (TRS)?
The offices of the Teachers' Retirement System (TRS) are located at: 55 Water Street New York, NY 10041 (888) 869-2877 Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30am - 5pm Directions: 2/3 to Wall Street, 4/5 to Bowling Green Station, J to Broad Street or R/W to...
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.
Chancellor’s Regulation A-710: Section 504 Policy and Procedures for Students
This regulation sets forth the policies and procedures of the New York City Department of Education (DOE) for students attending DOE schools and programs who are qualified individuals with disabilities as defined in §504 of the Rehabilitation Act of...
Article Fourteen — Rates of Pay and Working Conditions of Adult Education Teachers
Statement of Principles back to top The parties agree that their mutual objectives are to support the continuation and expansion of the Board's adult education programs and to regularize and stabilize the conditions of employment of employees in...
RTC 2024 certified election results
See the AAA-certified results of the Retired Teachers Chapter election, 2024
Teachers mount statewide bus tour for increased school aid
As New York State faces tough budget challenges, the New York State United Teachers will bring its “Fund Our Future” statewide bus tour to two stops in New York City on Friday, Jan. 24.
Resolution endorsing Victoria Lee for election to the NYC Teachers’ Retirement Board
The United Federation of Teachers endorsed Victoria Lee for election as a Teacher-Member of the Teachers’ Retirement Board of the City of New York for the remainder of Debra Penny’s term.
Resolution to endorse Victoria Lee for election to the NYC Teachers’ Retirement Board
The United Federation of Teachers endorses Victoria Lee for election as a Teacher-Member of the Teachers’ Retirement Board of the City of New York for a three-year term beginning in 2025.
When paraprofessionals choose
Paraprofessionals across the city have embraced the opportunity to participate at long last in Teacher’s Choice.
After years of advocacy by the union, paraprofessionals were included in the program beginning in the 2023-24 school year. Learn how...
Resolution endorsing Christina McGrath for election to the NYC Teachers' Retirement Board
The United Federation of Teachers endorses Christina McGrath for election as a Teacher-Member of the Teachers’ Retirement Board of the City of New York.
Mulgrew letter for Tom Brown 02 2026
I am writing to ask you to help us collect signatures on the nominating petition for Tom Brown, a current teacher-member of the New York City Teachers’ Retirement System Board.
Superintendent letter clarifying lesson plans
This letter from Superintendent Richard Carranza clarifies that lesson plans are by and for the use of teachers and may not be collected by administrators in a routinized manner, among other policies.
Which school staff members receive funding from Teacher’s Choice?
Classroom teachers, paraprofessionals, school counselors, social workers and psychologists, occupational and physical therapists, school nurses, school secretaries, lab specialists, reading coaches and single shepherds all receive funds through...
Resolution on ending the disproportionate impact of discontinuance for high school probationary teachers
The UFT will start a multifaceted campaign to convince the DOE and the city to limit the scope of discontinuance or denial of tenure of probationary high school teachers to the geographic district in which they teach.
Resolution for UFT demonstration for Renee Nicole Good, and in solidarity with Minneapolis teachers
The UFT will call for an emergency demonstration and day of action here in New York, in solidarity with our fellow unionists and with students, faculty, staff, and immigrant communities in Minnesota on Friday, January 23rd.
Measures of Student Learning (MOSL) Guide
A DOE guide to Measures of Student Learning (MOSL) in the teacher evaluation system.
I am a pre-K/3K teacher. What will happen to me regarding excessing?
There could be an excessing condition at a given 3-K/pre-K site. In such a case, excessing would be done in reverse seniority order. Early childhood-licensed teachers are grouped with common branch teachers, so the least senior teachers with those...
Announcement for the Reelection of Thomas M. Brown to the TRS Board
We are pleased to announce that Thomas M. Brown will be a candidate for reelection to the Teachers’ Retirement Board. We proudly nominate Thomas M. Brown for reelection to the Teachers’ Retirement Board, recognizing his decades of dedicated service...