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Workers’ compensation

NY Teacher Article You Should Know
Workers’ compensation is insurance paid for by the employer. It covers medical costs associated with an on-the-job injury or illness, and it pays a portion of lost salary if you miss work. Full- or part-time paraprofessionals, occupational and...

School Nurses Appreciation Dinner

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Save the date for the for the School Nurses Appreciation Dinner. Registration will be available shortly. 

School Nurses Chapter meeting

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Register here for the monthly chapter meeting for School Nurses. Chapter Leader Cynthia Bennett will provide chapter and union updates as well as answer questions. 

School Nurses Chapter meeting

Event

Register here for the monthly chapter meeting for School Nurses. Chapter Leader Cynthia Bennett will provide chapter and union updates as well as answer questions. 

School Nurses Chapter meeting

Event

Register here for the monthly chapter meeting for School Nurses. Chapter Leader Cynthia Bennett will provide chapter and union updates as well as answer questions. 

School Nurses Chapter meeting

Event

Register here for the monthly chapter meeting for School Nurses. Chapter Leader Cynthia Bennett will provide chapter and union updates as well as answer questions. 

Lorraine Dolengo-Santiago, diabetes nurse educator

NY Teacher Article Member Spotlight
In her role as a diabetes nurse educator, school nurse Lorraine Dolengo-Santiago teaches fellow school nurses, students, parents and educators in the Bronx how to manage diabetes in school.

Pension choice

NY Teacher Article Opinion
The roughly 5,500 UFT members who belong to the smaller New York City Board of Education Retirement System want the opportunity to switch to the TRS — and there is a bill in Albany that would give them that choice.


School Nurses Appreciation Dinner

NY Teacher Article Around the UFT
The UFT School Nurses Chapter celebrated the "hidden figures" of the city's schools with its annual School Nurses Appreciation Dinner. Held on May 8, which was also National School Nurse Day, the event was a time to "go all out," Chapter Leader...

Nation facing school nurse shortage

NY Teacher Article News Stories
More than one-third of schools across the country do not have a full-time on-site nurse as students face higher rates of chronic illness, an unprecedented youth mental health crisis and the waning COVID-19 epidemic amid a national nursing shortage.