United Community Schools members are invited to register for a welcome-back meeting with members of the UCS community, including UCS staff, administrators, educators, school staff and parents, to kick off the 2026-27 school year. Hear about this year's priorities, review professional learning opportunities and other events, give an overview of guidelines and protocols, and plan for a successful school year. 

Register to attend a free UCS professional learning session titled Word Nerds: Teaching Students to Love Vocabulary. A strong vocabulary is key to comprehension, communication and confident learning. Come learn to impart this powerful gift to your students. Together, we will explore techniques to explicitly teach what words mean and strategies to foster curiosity about language and to embed vocabulary instruction across all content areas. Educators will emerge ready to mold true "word nerds" who enjoy discovering and adopting new vocabulary.

Food pantries run by schools in the UFT’s United Community Schools network are lifelines for hundreds of needy families across New York City. The need was especially felt in late fall as a federal government shutdown delayed SNAP benefits for many and a surge in ICE detentions made immigrant populations wary.