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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.
‘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.
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.
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.
Chief Executives' Memorandum #80, 1998: Performance Review and Professional Development Plan for Teachers
A summary of the recommendations in "Teaching for the 21st Century."
How should students with disabilities be programmed for classes in which they do not receive special education services?
For all subjects for which the student's IEP does not recommend special education services, the student must receive instruction in a general education class with their peers who do not have disabilities. The number of nondisabled students should be...
No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Highly Qualified Teacher Information for Special Education Teachers
DOE Division of Human Resources, Oct. 28, 2009.
ICT class ratios & variances
The number of students with disabilities in an Integrated Co-Teaching class may not exceed 40 percent of the total class register with a maximum of 12 students with disabilities.
Article Twenty-Three — Psychologist and Social Worker Workload
The parties recognize the importance of providing students with timely assessments of their eligibility and need for special education services. The parties further recognize the advantage of conducting these assessments during the students’ regular...
What is the timeline for completing initial evaluations for special education students, requested reevaluations and three‐year mandated reviews?
The DOE has 60 calendar days to evaluate a child after receiving parent consent and 60 school days from consent to evaluate to provide the placement recommended in the initial IEP. If the child is receiving special education services, the DOE must...
Ex-Bronx chapter leader gets justice
An administrative law judge has ruled that Bronx teacher Brenda Cartagena had been the victim of retaliation by her school’s principal for standing up for her members’ rights as school chapter leader.
Frequently Used Special Education Reference Materials
The goal of this section is to provide easy access to resources that educators and families frequently use to find information related to special education issues.
Professionalism: Assuring Teacher Quality
Given the attacks on public education, the widespread frustration with the seemingly slow pace of reform, the focus on teacher competence and the public perception that teacher unions, despite proof to the contrary, oppose reform, the UFT established...