The following email was sent to members on Thursday, Jan. 16.

I would like to remind you of your rights and responsibilities regarding proctoring assignments ahead of exams season. Regents exams will be held from Tuesday, Jan. 21, to Friday, Jan. 24. In addition, the DOE will administer PSATs to sophomores and SATs to juniors during school hours in I would like to remind you of your rights and responsibilities regarding proctoring assignments ahead of exams season. Regents exams will be held from Tuesday, Jan. 21, to Friday, Jan. 24. In addition, the DOE will administer PSATs to sophomores and SATs to juniors during school hours in March and April. School administrators have started distributing assignments to staff for exam days.

Please review the following guidance the DOE issued to administrators in the Jan. 7 edition of Principal’s Digest. School administrators have started distributing assignments to staff for exam days.

Guidance for proctoring Regents and SAT exams

Paraprofessionals and school aides cannot serve as test-room proctors and should instead serve as hall monitors to ensure that students do not leave the test room, unescorted, until they have completed their exam and the uniform admission deadlines (i.e., deadlines by which all students must begin testing) have passed. Additionally, school counselors should not be placed on the schedule as test-room proctors or hall monitors unless in an emergency (i.e., other staff are unavailable).

Article 7B of our contract governs our rights when asked to perform assignments outside of our normal roles. I encourage you to familiarize yourself with this important part of our collective bargaining agreement.

Review Article 7B
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If you are assigned as an exam proctor or hall monitor, please email RThompson [at] uft [dot] org (RThompson[at]uft[dot]org) using your personal email address. Please also inform your school’s UFT chapter leader and mention these guidelines from Principal’s Digest.

If you have any other questions, don't hesitate to reach out.