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Broadway Bridges is one program sponsored by the Broadway League in partnership with the UFT that offers $10 tickets to Broadway shows for high school sophomores and their chaperones. The hope is to provide an opportunity for every New York City public high school student to see a Broadway show before they graduate. To participate, first register on the Broadway Bridges website. Ticket requests are fulfilled on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information about the program, you can email bridges [at] broadway [dot] org (bridges[at]broadway[dot]org).
Pay for substitute paraprofessionals will increase annually under our 2023 contract. See the current pay rates »
The workday of a substitute para is based on a workday of 6 hours and 50 minutes, inclusive of lunch. The student day ends after 6 hours and 20 minutes. The school to which the para is assigned has the discretion to decide whether the substitute must remain past the end of the student day. If a principal chooses to release the substitute para at the end of the student day, the pay will be prorated based on a 6 hour, 20 minute workday.
If the school requires the substitute to remain beyond the end of the student day, the substitute should be assigned to duties such as working with a classroom teacher, reflecting on the day, or attending a professional development session.
The daily rate of pay for a substitute teacher, effective Feb. 1, 2019, is $188.75. Effective May 14, 2020,, it was$193.47; and effective May 14, 2021, it was $199.27. Effective Sept. 14, 2022, the pay rate is $205.25. The workday is fixed at 6 hours and 50 minutes per day, inclusive of lunch.
The workday of a substitute teacher is fixed at 6 hours and 50 minutes, inclusive of lunch, every day (Monday through Friday), regardless of a school's professional development or parent engagement schedule. Substitutes may not leave before they have completed a full 6 hours and 50 minute workday, even if students have been dismissed.
During the extra 30 minutes when students are not in attendance, the DOE's expectation is that you will attend 30 minutes of the professional development sessions, or on non-PD days, spend the time leaving an account for the teacher you covered, planning for the following day, reflecting on the day, returning and organizing class materials, reviewing records for accuracy, meeting with colleagues to obtain feedback, or carrying out other instructional/classroom administrative tasks which might be assigned.
Your employee reference number is the seven-digit employee identification number found on your DOE pay stub.
If your permit is lost, damaged or stolen, you may report it by using the DOE Parking Permit portal and choosing the option that reads, "Report & Replace Lost/Stolen/Damaged Permit." The portal can be found at: https://www.opt-osfns.org/DSF/Resources/DSF_ParkingPermit/Home.
Before a replacement can be issued, damaged permits must be returned to:
Division of School Facilities
ATTN: DOE Parking Permit Unit
44-36 Vernon Blvd., 5th floor
Long Island City, NY 11101
In addition, a police report must accompany any replacement request for a lost or stolen permit.
School staff members should apply using the following link: https://www.opt-osfns.org/DSF/resources/DSF_ParkingPermit/.
You must register in advance for all UFT Teacher Center credit-bearing courses. For course registration, visit https://www.uft.org/teaching/professional-development/courses-workshops.
See your school's chapter leader, who can bring this issue up with your principal. The DOE must provide teachers with a semester or year-long curriculum in all core subjects which are aligned with state standards. Curriculum means: (a) a list of content and topics; (b) a scope and sequence; and, (c) a list of what students are expected to know and be able to do after studying each topic.
Core subjects are: Math, Social Studies, English Language Arts, Science, Foreign Languages, and other subject areas named by the DOE and shared with the UFT. Core course curriculum should be supplied even in cases where the courses may be electives.
However, the sufficiency and the quality of the curriculum provided is not grievable.
Teachers may still voluntarily write their own curriculum, and if the DOE or a school administrator specifically requests a teacher to write a curriculum, there must be sufficient time given during the work day or paid time after school via per-session in order to do so.