Pension and TRS membership for paraprofessionals

The UFT Welfare Fund Retiree Social Services' Nationwide Telephone Reassurance Program offers support for retirees that is just a phone call away. Retirees can chat for as long as they need about whatever issue they may wish to discuss or may be...

Union members in Minneapolis–St. Paul recently issued a call to show nationwide solidarity on Jan. 23 after a brutal ICE operation led to the killing of Renee Nicole Good and the targeting of students, educators and immigrant communities.

The Pre-K Center Handbook recommends that the school programmer stagger the teachers’ and paras’ lunches so that one of them can be present during lunch.

Topic/Theme/Duration Essential Question(s) Standards Key Students Learning Objectives Sequence of Key Learning Activities Text(s) and Materials to be Used Assessment(s)

This Agreement shall become effective as of October 13, 2007 and shall continue in full force and effect through October 31, 2009.

“What I love about the union - and I don’t have to tell you, a math teacher - there is power in numbers.”

The answer is NO! If the school wants you to accompany a teacher and a class on a school trip, then the school is responsible for your transportation, admission fees and expenses to be incurred as a result of the excursion.

A student’s teacher or related service provider may make a referral for a reevaluation. Additional information about reevaluations can be found in the Reevaluation section of the DOE’s Special Education Standard Operating Procedures Manual.

Any regularly appointed teacher may apply for a leave of absence. Leaves of absence with partial pay include military leaves and sabbatical leaves for study and for restoration of health.

For teachers and paraprofessionals, the first two workdays before students return are both 6 hours and 50 minutes long. For other titles, Tuesday follows regular work hours and Wednesday is six hours and 50 minutes.

Not necessarily. Charter schools each decide what retirement benefits they will offer. They do not automatically provide pension coverage through the New York City Teachers’ Retirement System. However, they may opt to do so.

A "C" rating stands for "Can't be evaluated." It's usually given when a teacher has been out on a leave for a long enough part of a school year so as to not be able to be fairly evaluated.

It depends. They cannot observe you until you have received the required Fall observations. This means that if there were more than the required number, but you have not yet received the results for the additional observations, they can observe you.

CTE teachers can now apply for salary differentials through the DOE's salary application system (DOE login required). Learn more about how to qualify for CTE differentials and areas of specialization. »

F-status salary is 1/200th of the gross annual salary up to step 4A, including differentials, that the member would make as a regularly appointed teacher. Health benefits are earned if the F-status worker is scheduled to work a minimum of 1/2 of...

Only administrators may conduct observations for evaluative purposes. No more than one evaluator and two school-based observers should be present during your observations. The superintendent and deputy superintendent are considered school-based for...

Measures of Student Learning (MOSL) is one of the two components of your rating (the other is your observations). MOSLs are based on assessments given in your class and/or throughout the school. MOSLs provide insight into student progress in a...

Professional activities are professional or administrative assignments that are part of a teacher’s program, in middle schools, high schools, and 8 period elementary schools. The activities are chosen from the contractual menu of professional...

RTC members can register for the Fall 2024/Intersession 2025 Si Beagle starting July 15.

Agreement made and entered into this 12th day of February 2009 by and between the Stanley S. Lamm Preschool of the Long Island College Hospital (herein “Employer”) and United Federation of Teachers, NYSUT, AFT, AFL-CIO (herein “Union”) acting on...

UFT President Michael Mulgrew emphasized in his Delegate Assembly report on May 22 that, besides 2024 being a presidential election year, New York State Congressional races might be just as important.


AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler joined the UFT’s HERstory event, an annual celebration of Women’s History Month, to discuss the history and future of women in the labor movement, telling about 100 UFT members at the March 4 online event that "women kept...

Whether it’s recording a live instrument, working with pre-recorded sounds, sound designing, DJing or remixing, music production is a great way to engage secondary school students in learning.

Retiree Ann Mackey founded the Coastal New Jersey Chapter of the LPGA Amateurs, the recreational amateur arm of the Ladies Professional Golf Association, fostering fellowship on the fairway and empowering women, one golf swing at a time.

Marian Thom, a dynamic force for Asian American causes and a founding member of the UFT Paraprofessionals Chapter, died on Sept. 4 after a nine-month battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 88.

Deborah Dolan, a retired literacy instructor, is a member of the Vital Volunteers of the Van Cortlandt Park Alliance, helping to create an awareness of the Bronx park among its users and to plant the seeds for nurturing the park well into the future.

As we measure our own behavior, we are apt to see patterns and motivations. We also see that the role of the human individual is intertwined with others. Sociologists call it group dynamics. In the labor movement, we call it solidarity.