Call the UFT Course Program at 212-475-3737. This process is completed internally. If the location you desire is available, the Registrant Course Transfer will be initiated.

Course registration and credit card processing is completed immediately. The time it takes for the charge to show up on your credit card is generally 1-3 days, dependent on the policies of your credit card/merchant bank.

Each college has different procedures for tuition payment. The procedures will be sent directly to you from each collaborating college after you register.

The UFT Course Program notifies the computer system once the course is cancelled. This ensures the online content reflects the change and no longer accepts online registration.

Then, the UFT Course Program notifies registered members and offers course transfers if available. If no transfer can be made, refund requests will be generated.

UFT Accounting will issue refunds in checks only; credit card refunds are not available. The refund process may take up to six weeks.

UFT Course Programs and NYSUT/ELT registration procedures are separate. Unfortunately, you cannot exchange course registration from one program to the other.

Other content related to the differences between E and T courses is provided in the NYSUT Education and Learning Trust site.

The UFT Course Program will contact registrants if there are any changes.

You can take UFT courses if they are open to non-members, but in most cases, higher registration fees may be incurred. 

First, attend a UFT pension clinic. It's a mini-course on your retirement benefits. For upcoming clinics, see: https://www.uft.org/your-benefits/pension/pension-clinics.

Then, make an appointment for a preliminary pension consult. At this private consultation, you will receive an estimate of your retirement allowance and answers to your questions about retirement benefits. We advise that everyone have a minimum of one preliminary borough consultation before your final consultation. You may have more than one preliminary consultation during your career. Call a borough office to make an appointment: 

• Bronx: 718-379-6200
• Brooklyn: 718-852-4900
• Manhattan: 212-598-6800
• Queens: 718-275-4400
• Staten Island: 718-605-1400

As you near closer to retirement, book an appointment for final pension consultation. You are entitled to only one final consultation during your career, so most members complete them in the final months of work.

To make an appointment, call 212-331-6311 between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. Meetings are scheduled in the borough office most convenient to you. It is advisable that if you are married, your spouse accompany you. A single person may be accompanied by a trusted confidant. During the final pension consultation you will be able to: 

• Estimate your retirement allowance;
• Discuss using the Teachers' Retirement System or the Board of Education Retirement System as a means for protecting heirs and beneficiaries;
• Discuss removing contributions, where permissible, from the system at retirement;
• Aid you in completing the retirement application;
• Learn about health and welfare fund benefits;
• Answer all of your other retirement questions.

For more information about filing for retirement, see the UFT's step-by-step guide: https://www.uft.org/news/you-should-know/filing-retirement-step-step and a guide to pension benefits: https://www.uft.org/news/you-should-know/pension-benefits-nutshell. 

The Teachers' Retirement System (TRS) issues this individualized report each fall to in-service members and members on a leave of absence for up to seven school years. The statement summarizes the members' Total Service Credit and lists their designated beneficiaries. Benefit estimates and benefit projections are also provided to certain retirement-eligible members. This information is reported as of the previous June 30.

To see your statement, go to the TRS page at: https://www.trsnyc.org/.

The UFT's Political Action Department is active in a wide variety of political battles across the city in support of New York’s children and schools. Our Political Action Coordinators (PAC) are key players in this work. 

PACs handle

• Day to day borough activities
• City Council and state legislation
• Volunteer work
• Phone banking
• Canvassing
• School Budgets: Participatory budgeting through City Council/ Capitol Funding
• Lobby Day
• District lobbying for State and City legislatures goes through the PAC

At all times, UFT members and staff must notify their PAC that a politician is coming to their school building.

PACs can help with

• Graduation
• Speakers for school events
• Turkeys and other donations
• Giveaways
• Support for school fairs
• COPE and Voter Registration

Get more information about the UFT's Political Action Department and see the current borough PACs »

Any advertising questions should be directed to Jackie Gottlieb. She can be reached at 212-598-7735 or via email at NYT_advertising@uft.org.