Mindfulness and Compassion with Kristin Westbrook, the founder of Calm City Meditation and certified meditation teacher. Kristin outlines three meditation techniques that can help educators relieve stress and maintain a sense of calm throughout the day: a body scan, a mindfulness meditation and a loving kindness meditation. For more information about Calm City Meditation Station visit www.calmcitynyc.com.

The UFT will increase awareness of domestic violence by providing materials and professional development so that members in schools are aware of the signs of domestic violence and how to respond.

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Those of us who have worked as per diem hearing officers prior to February 2007, when the UFT filed the petition for union recognition on our behalf, can tell you what it was like to be working without the protection of a union.

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The UFT represents many employees other than teachers, both in the school system and beyond. Paraprofessionals, school counselors, secretaries and others participate in their local school-based chapters, but they are also part of union-wide...

School Counselor salary schedule (2022–27)

Hearing Officer per session salary schedule (2022–27)

Education Analyst/Officer salary schedule (2022–27)

Supervisor of School Security salary schedule (2022–27)

School Medical Inspector salary schedule (2022–27)

Director & Assistant Director of Alcohol & Substance Abuse salary schedule (2022–27)

UFT Professional Committees organize social gatherings, conferences, workshops and other activities for members who share the same personal or academic interests.

The UFT Professional Committees seek to actively engage members in professional growth through activities such as conferences, seminars, workshops, educational trips, newsletters and professional recognition.

The UFT Professional Committees seek to actively engage members in professional growth through activities such as conferences, seminars, workshops, educational trips, newsletters and professional recognition.

The UFT Professional Committees seek to actively engage members in professional growth through activities such as conferences, seminars, workshops, educational trips, newsletters and professional recognition.

Listed vertically down the left-hand side of the schedule are salary steps. An employee will move one step for each semester of satisfactory service. Listed horizontally across the top of each salary schedule are the salary differentials. An employee...

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Optional rider claim forms for retirees - NYC based and non-NYC plans

Under the Agreement and Declaration of Trust, contributions to the Welfare Fund are used to provide benefits for covered members and their families and to finance the cost of administration.

The UFT is a family of educators, and we are here to support you as you grow throughout your career. We welcome our new members by providing the resources you need.

The UFT Member Assistance Program's bereavement and counseling group can support you as you adjust to the loss of a family member, significant other, friend or colleague.

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Profiles of prominent union leaders and members

The UFT Welfare Fund’s Health and Cancer Helpline is available in your time of need through our free and confidential telehealth services for UFT Welfare Fund members and their dependents who may be diagnosed with a major medical or mental illness...

Each year at the beginning of March, eligible retired members receive a partial reimbursement from the UFT Welfare Fund for the cost of an optional drug rider that provides prescription coverage from their insurance carrier.

The UFT Welfare Fund Legal Plan with its Elder Law Supplement helps and protects all retired members and their spouses or domestic partners.

Guide to Medicare Part D

Supplemental benefits are benefits provided by the UFT Welfare Fund that add to specific city basic health plans.