Welcome to the Team High School pages on the UFT website. Our goal, for this section of the UFT website, is to provide our high school members with easy access to helpful resources and information.

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UFT members are also members of the AFT, which offers benefits, discounts and promotions to its members through their AFT+ Member Benefits Program. These benefits can only be accessed by visiting the AFT+ Member Benefits page and logging in with your...

Whereas, fiscal negotiations between Democrats and Republicans has now begun as a result of the conclusion of the budget crisis; therefore be it Resolved, we reject any cut in “entitlements” which are in fact earned benefits. Seniors have worked long...

Whereas budget talks have once again raised the specter of a “Grand Bargain” in exchange for cuts in Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid benefits; and Whereas such billionaires as the Koch brothers, Pete Peterson, Stanley Druckenmillers, and many...

Resources for social workers and psychologists.

Use this complaint form to ask your principal for assistance in resolving an issue with the implementation of the teacher evaluation system. You must file this form within five school days of knowledge of the act or occurrence that led to this...

Using the same bargaining power the union devotes to negotiate strong contracts for its members, the UFT has negotiated special member-only discounts for apparel, gifts, travel and more through our UFT-Mobile app.

WHEREAS President Obama and the Democratic majority of the U.S. Senate have refused to consider extortional proposals to defund the Affordable Care Act in order to fund the government and to raise the debt ceiling limit, RESOLVED that the UFT urge...

Michael Mulgrew, president of the United Federation of Teachers, has led the union’s efforts to transform education in New York City and to secure the rights to jobs, justice and freedom for all New Yorkers.

Having tenure means you may not be disciplined or terminated without due process. As a tenured teacher, you have the right to a hearing before an independent arbitrator regarding any charges brought against you. These due process rights protect you...

The process for determining whether or not you will get tenure is rigorous, and tenure is not automatic at the end of the probationary period. You must: 1) be recommended for tenure by your principal; 2) be granted tenure by your superintendent; 3)...

With some exceptions, K–12 teachers are covered by Advance.

Here are some important steps to take before Thanksgiving.

As UFT members, you have rights on the job — rights to professional and fair treatment and to working conditions that help make a tough job more doable. These rights have been negotiated in a give-and-take process with management. It’s important to...

A. Assistance in Assault Cases The principal shall report as soon as possible but within 24 hours to the Office of Legal Services, to the Chief Executive of School Safety and Planning and to the Victim Support Program that an assault upon a school...

A. Cumulative Absence Reserves and Sick Leaves Regular school secretaries reinstated after retirement will be credited with the cumulative reserves remaining to their credit upon retirement and such reserves as they accumulated as regular substitutes...

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. General Transfers Principals will advertise all vacancies. Interviews will be conducted by school-based human resources committees (made up of pedagogues and administration) with the final decision to be made by the principal. Vacancies are...

A. Restriction on Union Activities No school secretary shall engage in Union activities during the time he/she is assigned to his/her regular duties, except that members of the Chapter’s negotiating committee and its special consultants shall, upon...

A. School Secretary Files Official school secretary files in a school shall be maintained under the following circumstances: No material derogatory to a school secretary's conduct, service, character or personality shall be placed in the files unless...

It is the declared objective of the parties to encourage the prompt and informal resolution of special complaints not covered by the grievance procedure and to dispose of such complaints as they arise and to provide recourse to orderly procedures for...

A. Rates of Pay and Frequency of Payment During the term of this Agreement the pay rates per day applicable to day-to-day secretaries shall be: Effective Date Rate May 19, 2008 $115.61 May 1, 2013 $116.77 May 1, 2014 $117.94 May 1, 2015 $121.50 May 1...

A. Conversion Charter Schools Pursuant to Article 56 of the New York State Education Law (the “Charter Schools Law”) an existing public school may be converted to a charter school. As modified below, secretaries of a Conversion Charter School shall...

A. If any provision of this Agreement is or shall at any time be contrary to law, then such provision shall not be applicable or performed or enforced, except to the extent permitted by law and any substitute action shall be subject to appropriate...

The Board recognizes the Union as the exclusive bargaining representative of occasional per diem substitute teachers who have received the reasonable assurance of continuing employment referred to in Civil Service Law §201.7(d). Employees in the unit...

Enhanced student achievement based upon high standards and expectations must be the driving force behind every activity of New York City public schools. To accomplish this, we must reinvent schools so that decision making is shared by those closest...

The Board recognizes the Union as the exclusive bargaining representative of employees in the titles head nurse, staff nurse, registered nurse (BOE), head nurse (BOE), occupational therapist, senior occupational therapist, physical therapist, senior...

The Union agrees to maintain its eligibility to represent all employees by continuing to admit persons to membership without discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, handicapping...

Joel I Klein Chancellor Department of Education 52 Chambers Street New York, NY 10007 December 17, 2007 Randi Weingarten President United Federation of Teachers 52 Broadway New York, NY 10002 Dear Ms Weingarten, Notwithstanding any provision of the...

The Board recognizes the Union as the exclusive bargaining representative of all those employed by the Board in the titles of School Psychologist, School Social Worker, School Psychologist-in-Training and School Social Worker-in-Training, including...