NYSUT has a mortgage program which UFT members are eligible to use. For more information, visit the NYSUT website.
Gov. Kathy Hochul signed into law a bill that will allow UFT members who are enrolled in the Board of Education Retirement ...
Do the short winter days leave you feeling down? Join Dr. Gail Brightwell, a licensed school psychologist with the Positive Learning Collaborative, to learn about the impact of seasonal affective ...
Shanker Hall was decked in holiday style on Dec. 7, as the UFT welcomed children from six city shelters to the union’s annual holiday party organized in partnership with the Coalition for the Homeless ...
Shortly after Michael Mulgrew became president of the UFT in the summer of 2009, the new Retired Teachers Chapter leader, Tom Murphy, reached out to him with a proposal. “Tom said the retiree chapter ...
A 5th-grade class at PS 682 in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn is learning about earthquakes. They start by watching a video, with captions on, about an earthquake in Japan. One student walks to the front of ...
As the Dec. 20 deadline approached, several hundred New York City public schools were working on their applications for funding to reduce class size next school year. In late October, principals were ...
There are excellent online audio and visual resources that speech improvement teachers and classroom teachers alike can use to help students develop their listening and speaking skills. These ...
“Beautiful! Keep going!” Lance Schatzman told a 5-year-old painting a pinwheel at the UFT’s Thanksgiving Luncheon for children living in temporary housing on Nov. 23. Schatzman, a 3-K teacher at PS ...
If you are moving outside the New York metropolitan areas, it is essential that you update your personal information (mailing address, phone number and email address) with the UFT Membership ...
OT/PTs are permitted to take three days of virtual professional development (live webinars) remotely per school year. A fourth virtual professional development day (live webinar) can be taken remotely ...