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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...
Article Twelve — Paid Leaves
A. Employees who have completed thirty days of employment shall be entitled to paid leave as follows: 1. Bereavement Leave An Employee shall be paid at his/her regular pay for three (3) working days' absence in the event of the death of his/her...
Article Eleven — Rates of Pay and Working Conditions of Teachers Assigned, Education Administrators, Education Analysts, Education Officers and Professional Development Assignments and Positions
I. Teachers Assigned back to top A. Benefits and Working Conditions back to top Teachers assigned shall be covered by the provisions of this Agreement except that: Only Part I of this Article Eleven shall apply. Only the following provisions of...
Chancellor’s Regulation C-205: General Licensing Provisions
This regulation is directed to applicants, appointees and administrative staff. It sets forth the general requirements for licensure and provisions relative to the termination and restoration of licenses.
Testimony regarding high hospital costs and the impact on healthcare access
Geofrey Sorkin, UFT Welfare Fund Executive Director, testified before the New York City Council Committee on Education regarding high hospital costs and the impact on healthcare access.
UFT-DOE agreement on social-emotional screening
We were able to negotiate time during your regular workday for you to complete the DESSA SEL screener — and your ability to do this work off school grounds at your discretion.
Making educators’ work visible
As part of their fight for a fair contract, educators across the city on March 30 set out to make their heavy workload visible to their school communities and to the city during a citywide grade-in.
Your union is here for you
UFT Vice President for Elementary Schools Karen Alford writes that we are excited to return to our classrooms to do what we do best after recharging over the summer. And we won’t let budget cuts or layoffs stop us from providing our public school...
Article Seven — Programs, Assignments and Teaching Conditions in Schools and Programs
High Schools back to top Program Preference No later than 60 days before the end of the term, program preference sheets should be distributed to all teachers. Where advisable and feasible, preferences with respect to sub-paragraphs a through g below...
Article Twenty-Five — Charter Schools
Conversion Charter Schools back to top Pursuant to Article 56 of the New York State Education Law (the "Charter Schools Law") an existing public school may be converted to a charter school. As modified below, teachers of a Conversion Charter School...