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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.
Chief Nurses Article 1222 2023
An independent arbitrator found that NYU Langone-Brooklyn repeatedly violated contractual nurse staffing ratios and must pay the nurses who worked these shifts the average wage of the missing nurses, the United Federation of Teachers announced Friday...
DOE Memo, 1993: Related Service Providers and Class Coverages
Related service providers shall not be used to cover classes of absent teachers or be assigned to other duties in the school which would interfere with their ability to provide mandated related services except cases of emergencies. Even in...
Can you provide some examples of the certification requirements for general and special education teachers working in an Integrated Co-Teaching (ICT) environment?
Yes. These are some examples provided by the State Education Department.
A member/colleague has passed away and I would like to get an obituary in the UFT paper/New York Teacher. Who can I notify?
We don't publish obituaries in the UFT paper, but they are published on our UFT Honors web site at https://ufthonors.uft.org. Please fill out our online form to tell us about the life of a UFT member who has died.
Icing out ICE
What will the next four years under President Donald Trump mean for public education in New York City? UFT President Michael Mulgrew told the Delegate Assembly on Jan. 15 that many parents are fearful of the ramifications.
Therapeutic reunion
More than 30 years ago, Antoinette Messina, now retired, taught an immigrant boy to speak English. In a simple twist of fate, that boy, who grew up to be a physical therapist, today is teaching Messina to walk again.
Speaking up for students with disabilities
The city’s superintendents gathered at UFT headquarters in early October. UFT Vice President for Special Education MaryJo Ginese said the union made it clear to them at this introductory meeting that when special education compliance issues are...
Reduce Class Sizes
Albany passed a law to reduce class sizes in all New York City classrooms by September of 2028. It won't be easy to get to 100% compliance with the new class size limits, but if we work together we can get it done.
Testimony of Michael Mulgrew on the DOE's provision of special education services
UFT President Michael Mulgrew submitted testimony before the New York City Council Education Committee’s oversight hearing on the DOE's provision of special education services.
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...
Application for Retirement Leave of Absence (Terminal Leave)
Pedagogues and paraprofessionals use this form to apply for a retirement leave of absence. For every two days in the employee’s sick bank, one day of terminal leave is granted. The form must be filed 30 days in advance of the leave. The leave can...
Article Four — Rates of Pay
This Agreement reflects the commitment of the parties to provide competitive salaries for Bargaining Unit Members. A. Salary Schedules The salary schedules annexed hereto as Exhibit A shall apply to Bargaining Unit Members employed at the School on...
Kudos to Debbie Strack Cregan, PS 69, Queens
Thanks to the efforts of Chapter Leader Debbie Strack Cregan, the members of PS 69 in Jackson Heights found their voice and their collective power in their successful organizing effort to push back against a new and overbearing principal.
Specialized Programs & Services
See a wide range of specialized programs and services related to special education in New York City public schools.
Give us some room
Educators at Boerum Hill School for International Studies in Brooklyn have banded together with students, parents and PTA leaders to demand the city reallocate classroom space being underutilized by a Success Academy charter school.
Article Nine — Due Process And Review Procedures
A. Teacher Files Official teacher files in a school shall be maintained under the following circumstances: No material derogatory to a teacher's conduct, service, character or personality shall be placed in the files unless the teacher has had an...
Parent conferences
More than 500 parents, caregivers and community members poured into UFT borough offices this fall for the UFT's annual parent conferences in each borough.
Chancellor's Regulation A-750: Child Abuse Prevention
This regulation covers: procedures for reporting to the New York State Central Register for Child Abuse and Maltreatment, procedures for cooperating with the local Child Protective Services (CPS) investigations of suspected child abuse, legal issues...
‘Building their brains’
A social worker and an instructional coordinator from the city DOE's Division of Early Childhood Education provide crucial support to 3K and pre-K teachers at PS 7 in East Harlem.
Agreement on restart and transformation schools
This is the memorandum of agreement reached in July 2011 between the UFT and the DOE concerning "persistently lowest achieving" schools that have been assigned to the restart and transformation models established by the federal goverment.
Can students receive Integrated Co-Teaching (ICT) services for less than a full time basis?
Integrated Co-Teaching may be provided for all subjects or on an individual subject basis. When Integrated Co-Teaching is recommended for less than the full school day, the student’s IEP must indicate the specific subjects or instructional areas in...
DOE & NYSED Parent Resources
See these additional DOE and NYSED resources regarding special education in New York City public schools.
Chief Executives' Memorandum #80, 1998: Performance Review and Professional Development Plan for Teachers
A summary of the recommendations in "Teaching for the 21st Century."
No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Highly Qualified Teacher Information for Special Education Teachers
DOE Division of Human Resources, Oct. 28, 2009.
When students are recommended for special class or ICT for less than the full school day, how should they be programmed for the remaining periods?
For all subjects for which a student’s IEP does not recommend special education services, the student must receive instruction in a general education class with his/her peers who do not have disabilities. See more information: http://www.uft.org...
Need for ‘RESPECT’ is great
The chapter leader at PS/IS 384 in Brooklyn urges his fellow UFT members to fight to "Fix Tier 6" and improve retirement and pension benefits.