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Q&A on Excessing

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...

Appendix F — District 79 Reorganization

Memorandum of Agreement entered into this 29th day of June 2007, by and between the Board of Education of the City School District of the City of New York (hereinafter referred to as the “BOE”) and the United Federation of Teachers, Local 2, AFT, AFL...

Appendix F — District 79 Reorganization

Memorandum of Agreement entered into this 29th day of June 2007, by and between the Board of Education of the City School District of the City of New York (hereinafter referred to as the “BOE”) and the United Federation of Teachers, Local 2, AFT, AFL...

Appendix E — District 79 Reorganization

Memorandum of Agreement entered into this 29th day of June 2007, by and between the Board of Education of the City School District of the City of New York (hereinafter referred to as the “BOE”)and the United Federation of Teachers, Local 2, AFT, AFL...

Appendix F — District 79 Reorganization

Memorandum of Agreement entered into this 29th day of June 2007, by and between the Board of Education of the City School District of the City of New York (hereinafter referred to as the “BOE”) and the United Federation of Teachers, Local 2, AFT, AFL...

Article Thirteen — Working Conditions of Per Diem Substitutes, Substitute Vocational Assistants and Teacher's Assistants

Per Diem Substitutes back to top Applicability back to top 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...

Gun-control thesis ‘fallacious’

Retired Teacher Chapter Leader Tom Murphy argues in his column [“Stopping gun violence a priority,” May 2] that Congress must follow the lead set by the New York State Legislature and governor “to pass strong and effective gun-control legislation.”

Student goal-setting must be done during workday

Following a stipulation brokered by the state labor board, the Department of Education has reminded principals that teachers do not have to work on student goal-setting outside the school day. A notice to that effect was published in the June 6 issue...

April 3, 2015: Union wins paperwork ruling

The union defined standards for paperwork reduction in it's 2014 DOE-UFT contract, and when a principal at John Dewey HS in Brooklyn ignored those standards in 2015, the contract enabled the union to hold the principal accountable.

A failing exam

I am a licensed 8th-grade English language arts teacher and reading specialist. In April, I proctored the 8th-grade ELA exam and encountered several problems.

Article Twenty Two — Hours of Work

The regular workweek of full-time Employees shall consist of 40 hours per week scheduled from Monday through Friday. The regular workweek of part-time Employees shall not exceed five (5) days. The regular workday for full-time Employees covered by...