Earn CTLE hours with LearnUFT
As a state-approved provider of Continuing Teacher and Leader Education (CTLE) hours, the UFT's LearnUFT program offers low-cost professional learning opportunities specifically designed to meet our members’ needs. State regulations now require all teachers who hold professional certificates and paraprofessionals who hold Level III teaching assistant certificates to collect and track 100 professional development hours (known as CTLE hours) by a state-approved provider in five-year cycles. See our current offerings and also check our UFT courses page.
Please note: CTLE credits will not be given for workshops that have been taken previously.
Upcoming Virtual Sessions
| 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Register for a professional development workshop for social workers and psychologists. As science advances, we learn more and more about the connection between the integrity of our digestive system on mood and mental health. These are important to understand as clinicians working with our students. The food we eat and how we feel has an effect on our minds and choices. Dr. Pina LoGiudice, ND, LAc, will discuss the digestive system, leaky gut and the microbiome and its impacts on our brain.
| 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
The UFT Speech Improvement Chapter offers a “Speech Survival Class” for new speech teachers, those who joined the Department of Education within the last three years or who are returning after a prolonged absence. The syllabus covers topics that will help registrants understand and manage their roles and responsibilities on the job.
| 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Register for a professional development workshop for social workers and psychologists. Let’s face it, eating in today’s world is not as easy as it used to be. There are more food preservatives and pesticides in our food than ever before that impacts our moods and thoughts. As educators, our busy schedules, makes harder to know what to eat, when and why. In this session presented by Dr. Pina LoGiudice, ND, LAc, participants will discuss the basic tenets of good nutrition, and simple ways to cook foods for optimal health.