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Best Practices for Safety Planning in Mental Health Interventions

As a state-approved provider of Continuing Education hours for Licensed Master Social Workers (LMSW), Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW), Psychologists and Licensed Mental Health Counselors (LMHC), the LearnUFT program offers low-cost professional learning opportunities specifically designed to meet our members’ needs. This workshop will equip mental health professionals with the knowledge and tools to develop effective safety plans that can reduce risk and promote recovery when clients experience mental health crises.

Executive Function and Energy Management — Tools for Navigating Time, Focus and Energy When Demands Feel Overwhelming

As a state-approved provider of Continuing Education hours for Licensed Master Social Workers (LMSW), Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW), Psychologists and Licensed Mental Health Counselors (LMHC), the LearnUFT program offers low-cost professional learning opportunities specifically designed to meet our members’ needs. This workshop explores practical strategies for managing cognitive load, sustaining focus, and aligning personal energy with professional demands. Participants will examine the relationship between executive function, emotional regulation, and burnout prevention, gaining tools for sustainable productivity and self-trust.

Balancing Emotional Capacity in the Workplace

As a state-approved provider of Continuing Education hours for Licensed Master Social Workers (LMSW), Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW), Psychologists and Licensed Mental Health Counselors (LMHC), the LearnUFT program offers low-cost professional learning opportunities specifically designed to meet our members’ needs. This workshop will offer strategies for identifying countertransference, compassion fatigue, burnout and self-care planning. Participants will engage in reflective and experiential exercises to increase awareness of such stressors in their professional lives.

UFT Teacher Center: partner in pedagogy

UFT Vice President for Education Mary Vaccaro says there is a need for teachers to be work alongside coaches in their classrooms: standing hip-to-hip, modeling and instructing students. The UFT Teacher Center fulfills that role with quality...

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...

22nd Annual UFT School Counselors Conference

Please join your fellow school counselors, UFT representatives and our wonderful guest speakers at this year's annual School Counselors Conference. This year's theme is "School Counselors: Where Compassion Meets Action." 

Professional learning pursuits

No matter where you are in your career, the UFT is committed to helping you learn and grow. Learn about the hundreds of high-quality courses and workshops the union offers throughout the year.

UFT Teacher Center Paraprofessional Professional Development — Literacy (Session 5)

UFT paraprofessionals are invited to register for the final session of a remote learning series from the UFT Teacher Center designed to explore meaningful strategies for literacy instruction. 

Taking control of AI

Artificial intelligence is a rapidly evolving field that is affecting every aspect of our lives, including education. It is incumbent on us to add our voices to help shape and develop AI to ensure it is used to support teaching and learning, not to...

AI academy launches

This summer, the AFT and the UFT announced a $23 million partnership with Microsoft, Open AI and Anthropic to forge a first-of-its-kind teacher institute for artificial intelligence: the National Academy for AI Instruction.