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Q&A on Excessing
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Excessing is the process of reducing staff in a particular school or office when the number of available positions in a title or license area in that school is lower than the number of people in the school who require an assignment in that title or...
Toxic Substances and Trash in Our Environment
This unit will provide information concerning toxic substances and trash in our environment. Students will learn about the effects of pesticides, acid rain, PCBs and trash on wildlife and people.
Tenure
Under New York State law, appointed educators achieve tenure after completing a probationary period.
Randi Weingarten
Realization of what was happening took several minutes. Cognizance of the magnitude of the death and destruction took hours. Understanding? Who knows? Maybe never. But move on we must.
Special Education Teacher Support Services (SETSS)
To enhance flexibility in providing special education services, the NYC Department of Education (DOE) requested an innovative waiver from the State Education Department to combine Consultant Teacher services and Resource Room into a single hybrid...
Scheduled Benefit Plan
This plan provides benefits for covered services under a reimbursement schedule, called the “Schedule of Covered Dental Expenses" which lists most covered services and the maximum reimbursement amounts.
Legislative wins
See the outstanding results of our 16 years of legislation & lobbying activity.
Spring break arbitration
FAQ on the spring break 2020 arbitration ruling regarding member vacation days.
Absences
Learn about policies around absences, sick time and additional attendance policies.
Class struggles: The UFT story, part 3
The Big Bang theory may be right about the origin of the universe, but it isn’t much help when it comes to explaining the making of a union. Like other unions, the UFT didn’t just explode onto the scene in 1960.
Class struggles: The UFT story, part 8
Not far from the UFT’s Park Avenue South headquarters, Al Shanker sits stiffly in the study of his apartment. Physically, he’s not himself.