The following email was sent on Sunday, Sept. 13, to social workers and psychologists from Chapter Leader Raul Garcia.

In such an uncertain time, the UFT is fighting for common-sense working conditions for all titles in our membership. To that end, the union has reached agreement with the Department of Education on itinerant employees during the blended learning period.

School social workers and psychologists who are itinerant employees will not have to report to multiple worksites. If you have a payroll school, but you are split among two or more schools, you will only report to your payroll school for your regularly assigned work hours. If you don’t have a payroll school, you will be assigned to only one school, as designated by your supervisor, and any work that is not done at that school will be done remotely.

School-based IEP team school psychologists and social workers should continue to provide services to all schools in their cluster remotely from home for the 2020-21 school year as per the finalized Pattern of Services. School psychologists in training will continue to work remotely through Oct. 1. With reasonable advance notice, employees in these roles may be directed to report to a school in person.