UFT volunteers transformed Shanker Hall at union headquarters into a wonderland of candy-cane balloons, games and crafts for ...

The UFT is holding elections for president and other officers, executive board members and convention delegates in 2025.

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 ...

After the other daily tasks — checking water, testing pH level and adding nutrients — were finished in the hydroponics lab at P141 @ IS 71 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, teacher Philip Gagnon invited a ...

For social worker Chanisse Wade, creating a “culture of celebration” is critical to bolstering students’ social and emotional well-being. Highlighting the small wins — like noticing when a student ...

When you send out a survey and 81% of all schools in the city respond, it is a strong indication that it is a topic that people feel passionately about. That is what happened when we asked our chapter ...

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 ...

For the new classroom teacher, the sheer volume of related service providers in a school can be a little bewildering. But it’s important to get to know these colleagues and the services they provide ...

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 ...

Educators know that collaboration among colleagues is vital to support and serve our students. We each bring our own experiences, teaching styles and strategies to the table. Incorporating strategies ...