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Certification during COVID-19
Due to the many disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the New York State Education Department has introduced measures to provide emergency certification and alternative testing options and has extended some deadlines for educators.
Prior service worth money in your future
Were you employed by New York City or New York State before joining the Teachers' Retirement System or the Board of Education Retirement System?
‘The best first experience’
Paulo Chalco, a kindergarten teacher at PS 108 in Brooklyn, has a 5-year-old son who often serves as his sounding board. “If I prepare a lesson, I put it on his table and see what he does. If he gets into the material, then I have an idea it might be...
Your financial well-being
Because you are a UFT member, you are well on your way to long-term financial well-being. That’s because when you retire, you will have a defined-benefit pension, as rare today as it is valuable.
Finding ‘inspiration to fight on’
UFT members in all five boroughs and on Long Island participated in this year’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walks on two separate Sundays in October. “We’re here to honor the survivors in our building and to call attention to this disease...
Nadhilis Rojas, bilingual school psychologist
As the psychologist at Gotham Collaborative HS in the Bronx, Nadhilis Rojas assesses students’ needs, refers them for services and tracks their progress. As a fluent English and Spanish speaker, she can more effectively serve her diverse school...
Article Four — Pension and Retirement Program
Annuity Fund back to top The Board shall contribute at the rate of $400 per year to the Teachers’ Retirement System to be credited monthly to the annuity account of each teacher who is at the maximum step of his/her salary schedule. The Board will...
Article Four — Pension and Retirement Program
A. Annuity Fund The Board shall contribute at the rate of $400 per year to the Teachers' Retirement System to be credited monthly to the annuity account of each counselor who is at the maximum step of his/her salary schedule. The Board will seek such...
Article Twenty-Two — Working Conditions of Per Diem Substitutes
A. Applicability Per diem substitutes covered by this Agreement are: Full term substitutes: serving after the fifteenth day of the school term for the duration of that term in a full-time or regularly scheduled part-time position. Other-than...
Article Four — Pension And Retirement Program
A. Annuity Fund Beginning Oct. 1, 1970, the Board shall contribute at the rate of $400 per year to the Teachers’ Retirement System to be credited monthly to the annuity account of each secretary who is at the maximum step of his or her salary...