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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.
Article Ten — Union Activities, Privileges And Responsibilities
A. Restriction on Union Activities No teacher shall engage in Union activities during the time he/she is assigned to teaching or other duties, except that members of the Union's negotiating committee and its special consultants shall, upon proper...
On Staten Island, it’s game on
The return of in-person card games is one of the most eagerly anticipated fall activities for retirees at the UFT Staten Island borough office, which has reopened in a new barrier-free location on South Avenue that has larger rooms for classes than...
A pink tide
A pink wave crested over New York City school buildings on Oct. 16 as UFT members wore pink to work to raise awareness about breast cancer. The annual tradition is a way to celebrate survivors, pay tribute to lost loved ones and colleagues, and...
Nassau options expand with Zoom
Without dedicated office space, finding sites for Si Beagle classes and for activities for Nassau County retirees was challenging. Then came Zoom.
Resolution on the overassessment of elementary school students
The UFT will work with the New York City Department of Education to evaluate assessment practices for elementary school students.
Diane Fairben
Someone from the office came to the classroom door, and told me that the World Trade Center was on fire, and not to let the children look out the window. Knowing that my son Keith, a medic with New York Hospital would be there, I was concerned, but...
Black History Month
Black history is American history. We've compiled the following lesson plans, teaching ideas and online resources to help teachers celebrate Black History Month in February. See the materials below, organized by grade level.
Language, Culture and Learning for English Language Learners
Register for this graduate-level course designed for New York City Teachers. Participants can earn three A+ or P credits towards their salary differential and 45 CTLE hours in the education of English language learners. Each 15-session course can also be used to fulfill three semester hours of the "Methods of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages" requirement for state certification in English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL).
Assistant Secretary
Khiera Peña is the UFT’s assistant secretary as well as an arbitration advocate for the UFT Grievance Department. Khiera taught ENL for nearly a decade at PS 114 in the Bronx, where she was the UFT chapter leader for six years. After completing...
Celebrating new frontiers in CTE
From dental molds and catapults to barbering and cosmetology skills, career and technical education high school projects displayed a wealth of talent in the exhibit hall at this year’s UFT Spring Education Conference.
William Valentin, paraprofessional for hearing impaired students
As a one-on-one paraprofessional in a third and fourth grade DHHES classroom at PS 333 in the Bronx, William Valentin supports Deaf and hearing impaired students with their communication, educational and behavioral needs.
10 million strong!
Hundreds of public school educators and families at the Graphic Communication Arts Educational Campus in Manhattan on May 11 to choose from 50,000 free books for children of all ages. The special event, along with four other book giveaways the same...
Hochul state budget plan ‘best I’ve seen’
UFT President Michael Mulgrew lauded Gov. Kathy Hochul’s state budget proposal, telling the Delegate Assembly on Jan. 19 that “the starting place for the budget is the best I have ever seen since I’ve been president.”
Filling a void with novels about her heritage
Retired educator Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa has sought refuge in libraries and books her whole life, and now she is contributing her own works to libraries — historical novels that reflect the richness, complexity, beauty and brutality of her Afro-Puerto...
Early Childhood Conference
More than 300 educators in grades 3-K though 2 enjoyed a day of inspiration, camaraderie and professional development with an emphasis on how important a strong start is to a child’s educational achievement.
Planting seeds of learning
The 1st-graders from PS 166 in Astoria played in the dirt, squished the loamy soil through their fingers and grabbed handfuls of gravel as they set about creating individual terrariums. The fun was all part of a class trip to the Voelker Orth Museum...
Volunteer Opportunities
Learn about ways UFT retirees can become more active in our union and assist others with their experience and knowledge.
Dry-erase tables make collaboration easy
Math teacher makes innovative use of dry-erase tables inside her Brooklyn classroom.
UFT members, parents fight for classroom occupancy limits
Thousands of UFT members and parents came together this fall to press the City Council to pass groundbreaking legislation that would reduce class sizes in city public schools by a quarter to a third. The union gathered nearly 40,000 signatures in...
Visionaries
Teacher Tisha Gomez and the students in the vision technology program at the School for Cooperative Technical Education in Manhattan give the gift of sight, free of charge, to students and community members every day, producing eyeglasses in their...
People power: The UFT and political action
Lately the media have been overrun by charges that the teachers union is the 800-pound gorilla in the room whenever education policy is discussed in the halls of power — and it’s not meant as a compliment!
Members answer call for Mamdani
Hundreds of UFT members knocked on doors across the city and worked the phones to campaign for Zohran Mamdani and the union’s other endorsed candidates in the weeks leading up to the mayoral election.
Sabbaticals
Sabbaticals are available to teachers to enhance their teaching skills, restore their health, or achieve state certification in a shortage area.
UFT responds to Aetna lawsuit
A health insurance provider has filed a lawsuit against the City of New York challenging the process used to award the contract for the new NYC Medicare Advantage Plus Plan for New York City retirees who are eligible for Medicare.
UFT on New York City's Academic Recovery Plan
UFT President Michael Mulgrew's statements on New York City's Academic Recovery Plan, which was announced on July 8, 2021 by Mayor de Blasio.
Required minimum distributions
TRS notifies affected members each spring about the required distribution from their TDAs. This year, members will receive an email rather than a letter in the mail.
IRMAA 2023 reimbursements
Medicare B 2023 IRMAA reimbursements are scheduled to be issued by October 2024. Eligible retirees must submit the IRMAA 2023 application along with required supporting documents.
Food waste and pollution
Every day, hundreds of thousands of plastic-wrapped breakfasts are given out to New York City schoolchildren, many of whom eat breakfast at home. Teachers say, “You don’t have to eat it but take it anyway.” At the end of breakfast time, teachers tie...
Inside my classroom
Second-grade teacher Candace LeDoux has her students write a daily affirmation each morning. She believes this small investment in positive thinking can have a big impact on her students’ well-being.
Judge rules on GHI Senior Care copays
Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Lyle Frank on Jan. 11 issued a preliminary injunction against the city, EmblemHealth and GHI that temporarily bars them from charging any of the copayments in the GHI Senior Care plan that went into effect on Jan. 1...
About the ADAPT Community Network Chapter
ADAPT Network, formerly known as the UCP of NYC Chapter, represents teachers, teacher assistants, direct care workers, clinicians, and other support staff in UCP’s school, Article 16 clinic, adult day programs and residential sites in Brooklyn...
Exhibit L — 2003 Letter Agreement Weekend Subject To Call Scheduling Queens Mch/Peds
January 27, 2003 Lucille Swaim Coordinator of Negotiations United Federation of Teachers 260 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10010 RE: 2003-2005 Collective Bargaining Agreement between VNS Home Care and United Federation of Teachers Dear Ms. Swaim...
Jewish Heritage Committee Awards dinner
Tikkun olam — Hebrew for “repairing the world” — was the theme for the UFT Jewish Heritage Committee Awards dinner for a second straight year. The event, which was held at Russo’s on the Bay in Queens on Dec. 5, was “joyous and festive, with the...