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'In the eye of the storm'
Bevin Sullivan, a nurse at Staten Island University Hospital South, has battled the coronavirus up close and seen it firsthand.
Sign the petition to ensure safety and health in school buildings when we return
With lives in the balance, we believe that public school educators in New York City — and nationwide — should not return to school buildings unless there are protocols and procedures in place to ensure the safety and health of the staff and students.
School Secretaries: Information regarding license requirements during the COVID-19 crisis
The following email about remote era licensing requirements was sent on May 22, 2020, to school secretaries by the New York City Department of Education.
New DOE guidance on report cards and promotion policy
With the end of the year approaching, we reached out to the Department of Education to get more clarity on this year's final report cards and promotion policy.
Promotion guidance for remote learning and promotion portfolios
Below you will find clarification on the promotion process for students with standard promotion criteria for grades 3–8. The promotion portfolios are adapted for remote learning, with revised guidance for identifying and scoring student work samples.
Completing report card comments for summer school students
Utilizing digital curricular options, instruction in summer school will be individualized for students. This requires information from the current teacher about learning objectives that are in progress for individual students attending summer school.
School Nurses: Information regarding this summer and the transfer plan
The following email about the the remote-era student assessment process was sent on June 5, 2020, to all school nurses by UFT President Michael Mulgrew and UFT School Nurses Chapter Leader Cynthia Bennett.
School Psychologists: Information about how to conduct student assessments remotely
The following email about the the remote-era student assessment process was sent on June 7, 2020, to all school psychologists by UFT Social Workers and Psychologists Chapter Leader Raul Garcia
UFT helps win COVID-19 death benefit for public employees
After weeks of behind-the-scenes lobbying by the UFT and other public sector unions, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on May 30 signed into law a new accidental death benefit for public employees who have died since March 1 and were diagnosed with COVID-19 within...
Staff's special Mother's Day tribute
What can you do when students who attend your school lose their mother to the coronavirus three weeks before Mother’s Day? If you’re the staff at PS 253 in Far Rockaway, you have a drive-by car parade past the family’s home on the occasion to let...