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The Centrally Funded Intervention Teacher is a centrally funded learning specialist. Learn more about this position and the role these educators play for students with disabilities.
RTC 2024 certified election results
See the AAA-certified results of the Retired Teachers Chapter election, 2024
ICT and ENL teachers can grieve unreasonable number of different courses or room assignments
Co-teachers in integrated co-teaching classes and English as a new language teachers who provide standalone and/or integrated instruction have the right to file reorganization grievances if they are programmed to have an unreasonable number of class...
Can teachers take time off for religious observance for important holidays in their faith?
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...
Does New York State offer loan forgiveness programs for new teachers?
Newly hired teachers and school clinicians in certain shortage areas in select districts may be eligible for the Department of Education Loan Forgiveness Program for their student loans. Your DOE hire date must be between Sept. 3 and Nov. 15 of the...
Good Riddance to NYC’s Absent Teacher Reserve Pool. It Was a Bad Idea from the Start.
The Absent Teacher Reserve pool — an initiative that wasted both teacher talent and taxpayer funds — is coming to an end. Its demise is long overdue.
I have an idea for a story for the UFT paper/New York Teacher. Who can I share this with?
Please send an email to Suzanne Popadin, Editor of New York Teacher at New_York_Teacher [at] uft [dot] org (New_York_Teacher[at]uft[dot]org). Please include the best phone number where we will be able to reach you.
Article Five — Licensure, Assignments and Appointment
Substitute Teacher Position back to top It is the policy of the Board to provide for the gradual elimination of the position of substitute teacher in the following manner: No examination for substitute teacher of common branches will be conducted at...
NYC Association of Foreign Language Teachers/UFT conference 2024
The NYC Association of Foreign Language Teachers/UFT held its annual spring professional development conference — titled “Our New World Language Standards: Supporting All Learners’ Language Skills and Cultural Competency in a Can-Do World” — on April 13 at UFT headquarters in Manhattan.
NYC Association of Foreign Language Teachers/UFT Conference 2019
The NYC Association of Foreign Language Teachers/UFT held its 22nd annual conference on Nov. 16 at UFT headquarters in Manhattan, where more than 200 participants chose from among 20 workshops during a day of professional development and camaraderie.
Do you have to be a member of the UFT Retired Teachers Chapter to qualify for SHIP benefits?
Yes. The UFT's Supplemental Health Insurance Program (SHIP) is a unique package of benefits developed by the UFT's Retired Teachers Chapter exclusively for its members. See more about SHIP benefits for RTC members »
Arbitrator orders city to pay teachers half of deferred wages now, half later
An independent arbitrator overturned New York City’s attempt to avoid paying deferred wages to teachers, ordering the city to pay half the amount owed now and half in the next fiscal year.
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.
UFT’s carbon dioxide monitors give teachers independent check on classroom air quality
UFT President Michael Mulgrew, greeting teachers today on the first day back to school for DOE employees, announced that the UFT had purchased 70 classroom carbon dioxide (CO2) monitors, giving UFT staffers the ability to independently check the...
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.
Special Education Frequently Asked Questions
See frequently-asked questions regarding special education.
What is the primary responsibility of the general education teacher in an Integrated Co-Teaching (ICT) class?
The general education or content area teacher has primary responsibility for delivery of content area instruction in an ICT class.
Governance 101
A comparison of the 2002 and 2009 school governance laws.
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"...
Does the UFT offer any help for teachers who wish to pursue National Board Certification?
Teachers who have completed three years of teaching and are striving to further their growth may want to consider working toward National Board Certification — a designation that not only would bring them to the city’s second salary differential, but...
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.
Integrated co-teaching classes
Students in Integrated Co-Teaching classes are intentionally grouped together based on similarity of need to receive specially designed instruction. Specific protocols have been established to ensure this model is successful for all participants...
How do I go about having a school event listed in the New York Teacher paper?
Please send your information about the event to New_York_Teacher [at] uft [dot] org (New_York_Teacher[at]uft[dot]org) as early in advance of the event as possible. Please be sure to include the contact information where you can be reached.
Once I retire, can I send my Retired Teachers Chapter and SHIP application at the same time?
Yes, you can send both enrollment applications for the RTC and SHIP together in the envelope included in the retirement packet you were given at your final pension consultation. However, to avoid a delay in processing, you also have the option of...
ICT classes
The theory behind integrated co-teaching classrooms, in which one special education teacher and one general education teacher work as partners, is simple: Children with disabilities are supported with specially designed instruction and services that...
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.