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Transfer opportunities
The decision to transfer to a new school is personal and may be based on a variety of reasons. If you wish to transfer, there are more opportunities available to you now than ever before.
DOE Checklist for Organizing Resources - CORe
The Checklist for Organizing Resources (CORe) helps school leaders and the School Implementation Team (SIT) to analyze the structure and effectiveness of their overall instructional and programming, evaluate current resources (e.g., budget, staff...
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...
Community partners
The UFT works with dozens of parent and community organizations in its advocacy for New York City students and schools.
Joint Guidance on the Application of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) And the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) To Student Health Records
The purpose of this guidance is to explain the relationship between the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule, and to address apparent confusion on...
Arbitrator rules in union’s favor on medical accommodations
An independent arbitrator has upheld the union's position and ruled that the city must offer work outside school buildings to immunocompromised members who — even vaccinated — are at high risk of contracting serious illness from a COVID-19 infection...
Overview of NYC employee/retiree health care
In the last 20 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, national hospital costs have tripled, and other medical charges have more than doubled, far outpacing increases in average family income.
Student Debt Relief Program
Everything you need to know about the UFT's Student Debt Relief Program and the status of federal student-debt forgiveness.
Reaping what they sew
A unique new elective at Eleanor Roosevelt HS on Manhattan's Upper East Side designed by computer science teacher Susan Ettenheim and known as Patterns of the World, allows students to apply computer science principles to the visual arts.
About the Federation Of Nurses/UFT
Representing approximately 5,000 nurses, the Federation of Nurses/ UFT is among New York City’s leading unions of healthcare professionals.
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Carpal tunnel syndrome is a disorder of the hand (caused by swollen tendons in the wrist) resulting from repetitious, forceful motion of the hands and wrists.
Article Seven — School-Wide Bonus
The Board and the UFT jointly support, and pledge to work together to implement on a pilot basis, a school-wide based bonus program pursuant to which educators will be awarded substantial cash bonuses for student achievement gains. The program will...
Article Thirty-Nine — School-Wide Bonus Program
As set forth in Article 15 of the 2003-07 collective bargaining agreement covering paraprofessionals, the New York City Department of Education and the United Federation of Teachers jointly support, and pledge to work together to implement on a pilot...
Article Fifteen — Excessing, Layoff and Recall
A. Excessing Where there is a reduction in positions at a work location, the junior employee in the affected title shall be excessed. In the event of reduction in part-time positions at a work location, the junior part-time employee in the title is...
Find your tribe
UFT members have an opportunity to connect with like-minded colleagues on a deeper level, thanks to a unionwide invigoration of UFT professional committees and a new enrollment process that makes it much easier to participate.
Certification for new teachers and paraprofessionals
Over the past decade, state certification requirements have changed several times and will continue to change as new state regulations are put in place. To help members find their way, the union has a team of UFT consultants and educational liaisons.
Class struggles: The UFT story, part 3
The Big Bang theory may be right about the origin of the universe, but it isn’t much help when it comes to explaining the making of a union. Like other unions, the UFT didn’t just explode onto the scene in 1960.
Provider Health & Wellness FAQs
The UFT has compiled the following questions and answers to assist family child care providers with details on our unique Provider Wellness program.
Lesson Study Guide
Lesson Study is a standards-based collaborative process used to improve instruction. One of the goals of this instructional planning model is to identify academic achievement gaps and students’ challenges. Teachers will then examine and refine...
Contract 2023: Time, the workday and remote work
Educators have more autonomy to decide when and how to do their out-of-classroom work. Read more details.
Nurses charge NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn puts patients at risk by ignoring mandated staff/patient ratios
On hundreds of occasions in the last 18 months, patients at NYU Langone Hospital - Brooklyn have been put at risk by the understaffing of nurses and aides, including in the hospital’s Intensive and Critical Care units. The Federation of Nurses/UFT...
The rules regarding teacher evaluations
The following Q&A answers some of the most frequently asked questions about the teacher evaluation system for the 2024-25 school year.
Strategies to help new immigrant students
The influx of students from new-immigrant families these past few years has presented many challenges for New York City public school educators. Here are some proven strategies to support them.
Health & Safety for the Paraprofessional
A useful guide to help paraprofessionals in the New York City public school system keep themselves healthy and safe.
Heads of Bureau Circular #11, 1973-1974: Maternity and Child Care Leaves
Regulations governing leaves of absence for maternity and/or child care for administrative (non-pedagogical) staff. Page 1 of this document is Heads of Bureau Circular #15, 1975-1976, which amends a section of Circular #11.
How educators are helping
School communities have pulled together to care for and educate tens of thousands of newcomer students, many of whom have arrived in New York City with little more than the clothes on their backs. The UFT hosted a listening session on Oct. 25 to...
Net-zero energy
Students learn how to combat climate change at eco-friendly, solar energy-powered school on Staten Island that has become a model for the Carbon Free and Healthy Schools campaign.
Lead
Lead hazards in paint and water.
Obtaining required CTLE credits
The New York State Board of Regents requires certain teachers and paraprofessionals to collect and track professional learning credits called CTLE hours to maintain their state certifications. The following Q&A will help you learn more about these...