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Districts 24, 25 and 27 Paraprofessionals Meeting
Register to attend a meeting for paraprofessionals working in Districts 24, 25 and 27. Get important updates and have your questions answered.
District 29 Paraprofessionals Meeting
Register to attend a meeting for District 29 paraprofessionals. Get important updates and have your questions answered.
District 28 Paraprofessionals Meeting
Register to attend a meeting for District 28 paraprofessionals. Get important updates and have your questions answered.
Paraprofessional Festival and Awards Luncheon
Save the date for the 2025 Paraprofessional Festival and Awards Luncheon. Registration will be available shortly.
Marian Thom, founding member of the Paraprofessionals Chapter, dies
Marian Thom, a dynamic force for Asian American causes and a founding member of the UFT Paraprofessionals Chapter, died on Sept. 4 after a nine-month battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 88.
Para-lyzing process
New York City schools, particularly in District 75, are in dire need of paraprofessionals, who provide essential support services for children with disabilities. The shortage won’t get resolved until the city Department of Education streamlines its...
Introducing UFT Childcare Connection
This summer, the union launched Childcare Connection, a benefit to help UFT members find out if they qualify for free or reduced-cost child care as well as to find home-based child care providers near their home or work.
Paraprofessionals attend "Suffs" on Broadway
Several hundred paraprofessionals who contribute to COPE, the union’s political action fund, attended a performance of Suffs, the Broadway musical about women’s battle for the right to vote, as an expression of thanks from the UFT.
The building blocks of success
The benefits of 3-K are solid, with the youngest students gaining the foundation they need to succeed in pre-K and beyond as educators engage them in hands-on activities and play-based learning crucial to developing their young minds.
Celebrating 10 years of DASA training
Ten years ago, the UFT saved the jobs of 10,000 members by providing training on combating discrimination, bullying and harassment in schools The six hours of training was required by the then-new state law, the Dignity for All Students Act (DASA)...