Events calendar
Featured Events
- Conference | 8:30 am - 3:00 pm
| UFT Headquarters
Register to attend the 2026 UFT Early Childhood Conference. Attend a day of creativity, growth, discovery and collaboration as we shape the future of education for our youngest learners. Welcoming educators serving 3-K, pre-K, K, 1st grade and 2nd grade, this event offers an opportunity to earn four CTLE hours from relevant workshops, hear from an inspiring keynote speaker and meet with colleagues from across the city.
- Conference | 7:30 am - 2:45 pm
| New York Hilton Midtown
Join us for the union’s premier event of the year, the Spring Education Conference, a day of camaraderie, professional development and inspiration at the New York Hilton Midtown.
- Other | 8:00 am - 1:00 pm
| Maimonides Park Coney Island
Bring your colleagues, family and friends and join us for the UFT's annual 5K Family Run/Walk! Compete in the men's, women's and children's categories, or join us for a Saturday stroll on the Coney Island boardwalk. Whichever way you choose to participate, you're supporting the UFT's Disaster Relief Fund. The fund aids UFT members and assists other charities when disaster strikes
- Workshop | 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Bronx borough office
Come to a workshop on how to safely diaper children and maintain a safe and sanitary environment while providing this service in a school setting. UFT health and safety expert Jennifer Long will teach us everything we need to know.
- Holiday
Schools will reopen on Monday, April 13.
- Workshop | 9:00 am - 12:00 pm | UFT Bronx Borough Office
Don't miss out on the UFT Professional Provider Education Program's upcoming professional development courses. This five week course is designed to fulfill a provider's 30-hour professional development requirement for license renewal. This course can be applied to OCFS training topics 1, 3, 4, 6, 8 and 9.
- Workshop | 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm | UFT Bronx Borough Office
Don't miss out on the UFT Professional Provider Education Program's upcoming professional development courses. This five week course is designed to fulfill a provider's 30-hour professional development requirement for license renewal. This course can be applied to OCFS training topics 1 and 3.
- Other | 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Occupational and physical therapists are invited to drop in for digital "office hours" with Thomas Ayrovainen, the OT/PT chapter leader, and other chapter representatives. This is a chance to raise concerns and get answers to your questions.
- Workshop | 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Each of us mourns the death of a loved one differently. Many find comfort in sharing the pain, anger, depression, and other emotions they feel following a loss.
- Workshop | 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm | Online
Queens chapter leaders and delegates are invited to an online workshop where participants will learn the differences between the Department of Education's School Construction Authority (SCA) and Division of School Facilities (DSF). Learn where to seek assistance when there are environmental concerns and how to address these issues within your school.
- Meeting | 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Online
Register to attend the monthly UFT Attendance Teachers Chapter meeting. Come hear from fellow members and your union representatives.
- Workshop | 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Bronx borough office
Come to a workshop on how to safely diaper children and maintain a safe and sanitary environment while providing this service in a school setting. UFT health and safety expert Jennifer Long will teach us everything we need to know.
- 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.
- Meeting | 4:15 pm - 5:30 pm
School counselors are invited to a presentation about the Fix Tier 6 campaign with UFT Treasurer Victoria Lee.
- Workshop | 4:15 pm - 5:15 pm | Online
At this workshop, the UFT Pension Department will share information about Medicare enrollment and turning 65 with UFT members. This clinic is especially useful for members nearing age 65 in the next 12 months.
- Workshop | 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Anger doesn’t just live in our thoughts — it also lives in the body. This group centers on the physiological experience of anger and how to notice, understand, and care for what your body is holding.
- Conference | 8:00 am - 2:50 pm | UFT Headquarters
Register to attend a joint UFT and Department of Education speech symposium titled “Bilingualism is a Superpower: Using a Metalinguistic Framework.” Participants will explore how the intentional use of two languages enhances articulation, phonological awareness, vocabulary, morphology, syntax and pragmatics — particularly for multilingual learners with IEPs.
- Workshop | 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Online
Register for a free UCS professional learning session titled Uniquely Human. Autism is not an illness, it’s a different way of being human. Autistic children progress through developmental stages just as other children do. Students on the spectrum don’t need to be “fixed,” but rather, understood. You will walk away from this workshop with tools and strategies to better address your students’ needs.