Guidance for the 2025-26 school year
Read the latest special education guidance, policies and protocols for the 2025-26 school year.
Town Hall & Other Training Resources
from the March 2026 Chapter Leader Training
from the March 2026 Special Education Town Hall
- Watch the Zoom webinar from March 26 to hear updates and presentations from the UFT Special Education Department. You must use a password to access the recording: h!3kb.yh
- View the slide deck on summative conferences
from the Oct. 2025 Special Education Town Hall
- Special Education Town Hall slide deck
- Slide deck on the Initial Planning Conference and APPR
- Staff professional development: focus on Danielson framework
- 35 ways to attack evaluation
- PD letter to administration
- Danielson post-observation and reflection tool
- UFT teacher evaluation resources
Principals Digest & Hub Items
Excerpts from DOE Principals Digest and Principals Hub communications pertaining to Special Education topics are posted below, which can also be accessed on the DOE InfoHub - login is required.
March 2026
- March 17 - TRAC Guidance for School-Based Support Team Clinicians
- March 3 - Review Guidance on 9th Session Opportunities for NYCPS Occupational and Physical Therapists (related guidance: OT/PT 9th Session Training Opportunities, 9th Session Pilot Informational Pamphlet)
- March 3 - Guidance for School-Based Allocation Activities for School-Based Psychologists and Social Workers(related guidance: Clustering Activities for Spring 2026, Selection of Deployment Advisory Committee)
- March 3 - Reminders for the New York State Alternate Assessment Administration
Feb. 2026
Jan. 2026
- Jan. 27 - Opportunity for Paraprofessionals to Apply for LTA and BLTA Positions
- Jan. 20 - Medicaid-in-Education Compliance Training
- Jan. 20 - Preschool Students with Disabilities Transitioning to Kindergarten
- Jan. 13 - Complete IEP Meetings for Extended School Year Recommendations (related guidance: Extended School Year Special Education Programs)
- Jan. 13 - Submit Low Score Appeals and/or Exemption Requests for January 2026 Graduates (related guidance: Appeal to Graduate with Low Score on Regents Exam, Superintendent’s Determination of Graduation with a Local Diploma)
- Jan. 13 - Opportunity to Support Siblings of Students with Disabilities (related guidance: Make a Difference for Siblings of Students with Disabilities at Your School flyer)
- Jan. 6 - Review Initial Register Projections for the 2026-27 School Year (related guidance: FY27 Register Projections Toolkit, MS & HS Admissions Targets)
- Jan. 6 - Review and Escalate Inaccurate Promotion Criteria in ATS for Students with IEPs and MLs or ELLs (related guidance: Promotion Implementation Guide, Promotion in Doubt Process)
- Jan. 6 - Share Beyond Access Series Information with 3-K and Pre-K Families