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UFT Professional Provider Education Program CPR/AED/First Aid Summer Training

Take one of our classes to obtain certification in necessary lifesaving skills, including first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of automated external defibrillators, for child care providers. Each four-hour class is designed to meet the needs of licensed, registered and legally exempt (informal) providers. Participants who complete the class will receive a certificate of completion and a certification card indicating proficiency in these lifesaving skills. We offer classes in English and Spanish for each time slot.

UFT Professional Provider Education Program CPR/AED/First Aid Summer Training

Take one of our classes to obtain certification in necessary lifesaving skills, including first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of automated external defibrillators, for child care providers. Each four-hour class is designed to meet the needs of licensed, registered and legally exempt (informal) providers. Participants who complete the class will receive a certificate of completion and a certification card indicating proficiency in these lifesaving skills. We offer classes in English and Spanish for each time slot.

UFT Professional Provider Education Program CPR/AED/First Aid Summer Training

Take one of our classes to obtain certification in necessary lifesaving skills, including first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of automated external defibrillators, for child care providers. Each four-hour class is designed to meet the needs of licensed, registered and legally exempt (informal) providers. Participants who complete the class will receive a certificate of completion and a certification card indicating proficiency in these lifesaving skills. We offer classes in English and Spanish for each time slot.

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A stroke of genius

Follow along as the 2nd-grade students in Jacqueline Velten and Melissa Hamm’s integrated co-teaching class at PS 54 on Staten Island travel to the Staten Island Museum to experience “Art Now: Watercolor Fun,” one of 20 class trips the museum offers...

Time to lay it on the line with lawmakers

President Michael Mulgrew reminds members the UFT stays in the fight for the things that matter to educators, students, their families and our communities. As the budget process gets underway at the state and city level — the UFT is geared up to...

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At the Delegate Assembly on Jan. 14, UFT President Michael Mulgrew updated delegates on the union’s work to expand access to affordable child care and addressed a range of national, state and city issues affecting educators.


Provide for providers

The UFT welcomes New York mayoral and gubernatorial support for expanding 3-K and pre-K and launching a new 2Care program to care for the city's youngest children, but argues that the city's home-based, family child care providers must be fairly...

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Dual-language pre-K teacher Gema Campusano of the District 25 Pre-K Center in Queens has found that bilingual education not only supports students' language development but also builds their confidence and a strong sense of identity.


My classroom snack cart

Pre-K teacher Melysa Solomon of Manhattan's PS 343 has come up with an innovative way to provide students with their snacks throughout the day.