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Meet the President: District 27 and 28

Paperwork, SESIS compliance, testing and more testing — all the things that take time away from instruction — were a prevalent theme at the Meet the President event for members from Districts 27 and 28, held at the UFT’s Queens borough office on Dec...

Testimony on DOE's special ed reform

UFT Vice President for Special Education Carmen Alvarez testified before the New York City Council Education Committee about the DOE's special education reform.

Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Speech Teachers and Speech and Language Therapists

Information about extended days, testing time, wait listed students, evaluations, and more, for speech teachers and speech and language therapists.

Amending the IEP Without a Meeting

Amendments to an IEP after the annual review may be made by the IEP team at an IEP team meeting, or by amending the IEP without an IEP team meeting.

Copies of IEPs

In order for students to achieve the full benefit of the IEP planning process, school personnel with responsibility for implementing the IEPs of students with disabilities must understand their responsibilities and have students’ IEPs readily...

Key arbitration awards

These precedent-setting arbitration decisions can help you determine what grievances to file and which contract articles to cite.

Individualized Education Programs (IEPs)

The Individualized Education Program (IEP) is the cornerstone of the special education process for each individual student. As described in the State Education Department’s Guide to Quality Individualized Education Program (IEP) Development and...

Special classes

A special class is a class consisting of students with disabilities who have been grouped together because of similar individual needs so that they can receive specially designed instruction .