Events calendar
Featured Events
- Conference | 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
| The Westin New York Grand Central
Register for the annual Federation of Nurses/UFT Professional Issues Conference! This year's theme is "Exploring Today's Health Care Challenges." Don't miss this excellent opportunity to advance your professional development and to network with colleagues and fellow UFT members! The deadline to register is Friday, Nov. 14.
- Other | 8:30 am
| UFT Headquarters
Donate new coats, hats, scarves, mittens and other winter accessories to support NYC public school students living in temporary housing. We cannot accept used clothing. Let's make sure students in need have new apparel to stay warm this winter.
- Other | 1:30 pm - 6:00 pm
| Staten Island borough office
In partnership with the New York Blood Center (NYBC), the UFT's Staten Island borough office is organizing a blood drive to help replenish our city's blood supply. As a thank-you, everyone who donates a pint of blood will receive a pint of ice cream! Please consider donating, especially if your blood type is O negative or B negative. Just one pint of blood can save up to three lives.
- Workshop | 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Explore the frog life cycle through simple shapes, lines and watercolor magic inspired by “Little Frog.” Participants will leave with ready‑to‑use drawing guides, printable templates and creative extensions to spark science, literacy and art connections in the classroom.
- Workshop | 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Online
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.
- Workshop | 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm | Online
Earn two hours of CTLE credit with the UFT Teacher Center. Join us to learn about the five P's of fluency: pace, performance, phrasing, punctuation and perfection. In this session for teachers, we will explore how to strengthen these five components, helping your students in kindergarten through 5th grade become more fluent, confident readers. The cost to attend this workshop is $20.
- Other | 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm | UFT Queens Borough Office
Register here to enjoy some friendly competition with the UFT. Play games, share laughs, enjoy snacks and win prizes at this afternoon event for Queens retirees.
- Workshop | 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Despite unprecedented digital connectivity, many young men report increasing loneliness, social anxiety, insecurity about their physical appearance, disconnection from the opposite sex, and difficulty forming meaningful romantic and interpersonal relationships.
- Workshop | 9:00 am - 11:00 am | UFT Headquarters
Register for a free, new UFT Teacher Center course, Social-Emotional Learning: A Foundation for Our Youngest Learners. Are you looking for meaningful ways to support and manage big feelings in your 3-K or pre-K classroom? This session will help you harness the power of social-emotional learning to create a calm, supportive environment where students grow and thrive. You’ll leave with picture books, lesson plans and an optional digital course to further support social-emotional learning in your classroom. Earn two hours of CTLE credit by completing this workshop.
- Workshop | 9:30 am - 11:00 am | Online
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.
- Workshop | 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm | UFT Headquarters
Register for a free, new UFT Teacher Center course, Social-Emotional Learning: A Foundation for Our Youngest Learners. Are you looking for meaningful ways to support and manage big feelings in your 3-K or pre-K classroom? This session will help you harness the power of social-emotional learning to create a calm, supportive environment where students grow and thrive. You’ll leave with picture books, lesson plans and an optional digital course to further support social-emotional learning in your classroom. Earn two hours of CTLE credit by completing this workshop.
- Workshop | 10:00 am - 5:00 pm | Online
All new teachers and school-related professionals applying for New York State certification must take this state mandated workshop.
- Workshop | 9:00 am - 11:00 am | UFT Headquarters
Register for a free, new UFT Teacher Center course, Social-Emotional Learning: A Foundation for Our Youngest Learners. Are you looking for meaningful ways to support and manage big feelings in your 3-K or pre-K classroom? This session will help you harness the power of social-emotional learning to create a calm, supportive environment where students grow and thrive. You’ll leave with picture books, lesson plans and an optional digital course to further support social-emotional learning in your classroom. Earn two hours of CTLE credit by completing this workshop.
- Workshop | 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm | UFT Headquarters
Register for a free, new UFT Teacher Center course, Social-Emotional Learning: A Foundation for Our Youngest Learners. Are you looking for meaningful ways to support and manage big feelings in your 3-K or pre-K classroom? This session will help you harness the power of social-emotional learning to create a calm, supportive environment where students grow and thrive. You’ll leave with picture books, lesson plans and an optional digital course to further support social-emotional learning in your classroom. Earn two hours of CTLE credit by completing this workshop.
- Workshop | 2:45 pm - 4:30 pm | Online
Please register for a workshop for all District 18 educators seeking tenure. District 18 Superintendent Celeste Terry and UFT education liaisons Thomas Pascarella and Miriam Quiles will guide members through the next steps in their professional growth. Attendees will gain an understanding of the tenure process as well as its requirements and timeline.
- Workshop | 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Rose Hill Pre-K Center
In this workshop for paraprofessionals (EAs) working at Rose Hill Early Childhood Academies, Bronx Health and Safety Representative Corrine Barros will join us to talk about attendees about health and safety rights.
- Other | 3:45 pm - 4:45 pm
Occupational and physical therapists are invited to virtual office hours with Chapter Leader Thomas Ayrovainen and other chapter representatives. Members should drop in to raise issues, ask questions or just say hi.
- Workshop | 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
This training explores how substance use and substance use disorders can develop across adolescence and adulthood, with attention to the biological, psychological, social, and environmental factors that may increase risk.