Reach out to the Partners in Progress: Peer Intervention Program (PIP) at the UFT. PIP allows you to receive confidential, non-evaluative one-on-one help from highly experienced, specially selected colleagues who will create individualized...

Tenured teachers who are having trouble because of supervisors’ evaluations, formal warnings, or Ineffective/U ratings should apply. PIP also works with teachers who have not been rated as Ineffective or U-rated who are seeking to take charge of...

You can apply by using our online form. PIP is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and is located at 50 Broadway, 15th Floor, NY, NY, 10004. Summer hours are from 9 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. Monday through Thursday. If you have any questions...

The UFT’s Partners in Progress: Peer Intervention Program (PIP) allows you to receive confidential one-on-one help from highly experienced, specially selected colleagues who will create individualized professional development plans with you to...

As a state-approved provider of continuing teacher and leader education (CTLE) hours, the UFT's LearnUFT program offers low-cost professional learning opportunities specifically designed to meet our members’ needs.

The DOE is obligated to provide educators in core subjects with a curriculum. Curriculum is defined as: 1) a list of content and topics; 2) scope and sequence; and 3) a list of what students are expected both to know and be able to do after studying...

The Department of Education and the United Federation of Teachers recognize that lesson plans are a professional responsibility.

The contract requires that each school form a staff development committee to collaboratively review, consider and develop the professional development that is offered during the new time set aside for professional development. This section of the...

The landmark City Council program, initiated by the UFT more than 25 years ago, reimburses educators — as determined by title — for the purchase of classroom and school supplies of their choice.

If you have a difference of professional judgment with your supervisor, Article 24 in the contract provides you with a mechanism for resolving it that is similar to nonbinding mediation. Often an entire staff or department uses this procedure to...