The irony is stunning. As the UFT prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary, the Department of Education has announced its plans to close the school where the first stirrings of teacher unionism began here almost a century ago.

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A. School-Based Management/Shared Decision-Making (SBM/SDM) The Union and the Board agree that SBM/SDM is a process in which all members of the school community collaborate in identifying issues, defining goals, formulating policy and implementing...

A. Excessing Rules - Appointed Secretaries Before applying the Rules for involuntary excessing, the senior school secretary within license who volunteers will be excessed from the school to a vacancy within the same district or in the case of high...

A. Excessing Rules-Appointed Psychologists and Social Workers Before applying the Rules for involuntary excessing, the senior social worker or psychologist (as applicable) who volunteers will be excessed to a vacancy within the same superintendency...

Roger Parente still gets up early. Only these days it’s to get in a game of tennis before the stifling mid-day heat of the Southern California desert sets in. Approaching 70, Parente is surprised how well a decade of retirement has agreed with him...

United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew testified before the New York State Senate & Assembly Committees on Finance, Ways & Means and Education regarding the proposed FY23 Executive Budget.

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The UFT turns 36 this year [1996]. As unions go, that makes us a fairly new kid on the block. But the reality is that our labor roots stretch back to 1916 and that most of our founding mothers and fathers have either retired or passed on. Even those...

Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza issued guidance from the DOE to schools about March parent-teacher conferences.

Teacher Union Day offers an opportunity to celebrate our union's recent accomplishments while remembering the brave educators who put everything on the line in the 1960 strike that forged this union. Congratulations to this year's honorees!

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A. Retention of Regular Substitutes A regular substitute who, upon completion of one year of service in a school, has been notified in writing by the principal that he/she will be reassigned in that school for the following school year shall be...

A. Excessing Rules — Appointed Counselors Before applying the Rules for involuntary excessing, the senior counselor within license who volunteers will be excessed from the school or program to a vacancy within the same district or, in the case of...

This unit will describe a project undertaken by Rhonda Donn, when she was a high school senior at Townsend Harris High School in Queens, New York, in 1990. It deals with an attitudinal scale she developed concerning high school students' attitudes...

The New York State Department of Labor Public Employees Safety and Health Bureau (NYSDOL PESH) published an H1N1 enforcement directive to protect public sector employees, including those who work in the New York City public school system, from...

The activities in this unit will provide students with a basic understanding of the alternatives to the use of animals for dissection in biology and other science classes, the arguments for and against dissection and the environmental and social...

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.

In some cases, teachers under investigation or awaiting charges are removed from their teaching assignments and are temporarily reassigned to administrative duties in their schools or in a DOE administrative office until the investigations are...

8.1 Holidays. 8.1.1 Designation Regular Full-Time Employees will be entitled annually to the following holidays: New Year's Day (January 1) Independence Day (July 4) Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday Labor Day President's Day Thanksgiving Day...

A. School-Based Management/Shared Decision-Making (SBM/SDM) The Union and the Board agree that SBM/SDM is a process in which all members of the school community collaborate in identifying issues, defining goals, formulating policy and implementing...

Realization of what was happening took several minutes. Cognizance of the magnitude of the death and destruction took hours. Understanding? Who knows? Maybe never. But move on we must.

Testimony of educators and community members submitted in support of the "RESPECT check" bill for New York City paraprofessionals at the Nov. 13, 2025 City Council hearing.

These five UFT members — along with their fellow educators throughout New York City — grappled with fresh challenges as the omicron variant surged.

Countries around the world that do not report monkeypox (MPV), including the United States, have seen a rise in cases due to a worldwide outbreak of monkeypox. While you should not panic, it's important to stay informed about MPV and understand the...

Perhaps the most powerful and dynamic way of two-way communication with a chapter — and also one of the most difficult to perform — is through regularly scheduled chapter meetings. This guide offers you tips on how to run an effective chapter meeting...

A. Posting and Filling Assignments A copy of the current social worker and psychologist assignments will be posted in each superintendency. Open assignments occurring for Psychologists and Social Workers shall be filled in accordance with the Open...