Events calendar

These 60-minute UFT Apple workshops are designed especially for New York City educators. Join your colleagues in exploring the ways that Apple devices can support learning in your classroom. In this hands-on workshop, we will explore the powerful learning and teaching features built into iPad to support all learners, including English language learners. You'll discover how to use gestures, work with text, enable accessibility tools and multitask with multiple apps, all of which can enhance instruction for diverse student needs. Be sure your iPad is updated to the latest iPadOS.

Please join us for a special virtual meeting about the UFT and UFT Welfare Fund programs that support you. We'll discuss the Supplemental Health Insurance Program (SHIP), retiree pension benefits, the Si Beagle Learning Centers, Retiree Social Services and more.

Educators working in elementary schools are invited to register for a documentary screening and discussion. The screening will be followed by a dialogue on how schools can prioritize children’s safety and implement equitable policies that are fair and just for all children. 

Register to attend the next meeting for the UFT African Heritage Committee. We'll finalize our plans for our committee's scholarship dinner on Friday, Feb. 7 and will also discuss our “love and kisses” bags for the domestic violence shelter. 

Please register for an upcoming meeting for paraprofessionals on Staten Island. Attendees will connect with colleagues, meet their union representative and learn more from guest speaker Nicole Puglia, who will present on timekeeping, leaves and salary.

If you're worried about how you will manage your loan payments, the Student Debt Relief program, exclusively for UFT members, is here to help. This webinar provides the tools and strategies to tackle your student debt. We'll cover the basics of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program and income-driven repayment plans, which are designed to make your loans more manageable with payments based on your income. You are a dedicated educator who has invested in our children’s futures, so please take this opportunity to invest in yours. Register today and discover the path to a debt-free life.

Please register for a Day at the University at the UFT's Florida Center. Florida Center's Day at the University is a series of lectures presented by different speakers. Each of the seven sessions offered in 2025 will feature a variety of special guests, who will provide educational, thought-provoking and entertaining lectures on art, history, music, ecology and more. Check out the catalog and sign up for the ones that interest you!

Are you preparing to welcome a new child into your life? The UFT is here to help. Register for one of our upcoming Pathways to Parenthood workshops and learn all you need to know about your parental leave benefits as a UFT member.

Register here for a monthly meeting of the Occupational and Physical Therapists Chapter. The chapter's leadership will provide updates, answer questions and address concerns.

At this online meeting for supervisors of nurses and therapists, we'll share chapter and union news. This is a great opportunity to have your questions answered and hear from other UFT members.

Register here for the monthly chapter meeting for School Nurses. Chapter Leader Cynthia Bennett will provide chapter and union updates as well as answer questions. 

All members of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Education Services Chapter are invited to attend our online meeting, where I'll share union and chapter updates. Alan Abrams, UFT pension special representative, will join us to discuss our pension benefits.

Join UFT District 7 Representative William J. Woodruff at a conference exclusively for District 7 chapter leaders, delegates and paraprofessional representatives. Come ready to engage in union work! All attendees will receive a District 7 UFT hooded sweatshirt to wear with pride. Snacks will be served. 

Are you a member working in District 11 and need assistance with navigating your TEACH page, learning how to earn CTLE credits, have questions regarding tenure or have certification issues weighing you down? Come to our Certification Cafe and get answers to those questions and more.