As a member of the UFT's Retired Teachers Chapter, you are eligible for a wide range of benefits and services designed expressly for retirees. See our list of Top 15 benefits below, with important ...

The New York City Council unanimously passed the "Respect Check" legislation (Intro 0692-A) which will provide each NYC public school paraprofessional a $10,000 payment outside of collective ...

Expecting parents in their last trimester are invited to attend a small group consultation with Queens leave specialists Greer Hansen and Anne Wine. Participants will have the opportunity to ask ...

“This is just a small token of what my members really deserve,” School Secretaries Chapter Leader Sheryl Pender said of the UFT’s 39th annual School Secretaries Awards Soiree on June 5. Secretaries ...

“If the lesson doesn’t work, do we give up?” asked UFT President Mulgrew of the more than 1,600 UFT members at the union’s Spring Education Conference at the New York Hilton Midtown on May 17. “No! We ...

As any seasoned teacher will tell you, it’s important to start the school year off on a good note. Along with essentials like reviewing classroom rules and units of study, icebreakers play a key role ...

When Chapter Leader Debbie Strack Cregan returned to work at PS 69 in Jackson Heights, Queens, in the spring of 2023 following medical leave for knee replacement surgery, she didn’t recognize her ...

Dayniah Manderson’s favorite genre to teach in her 8th-grade English classes at Mott Hall Community School is dystopian fiction. “I love that the hero challenges the status quo because it coincides ...

Lady Liberty centerpieces decorated the tables in Shanker Hall on May 15 as 300 guests, including members and loved ones, gathered for the UFT Academic High Schools Awards. The evening was framed by ...

“We’re the protectors of our students’ hopes and dreams,” UFT President Michael Mulgrew told the more than 1,100 members at the union’s Spring Education Conference at the New York Hilton Midtown on ...

Current per-session rates for different positions, as well as coverage and training rates, can be found here.

See summer payroll dates for pedagogues, paraprofessionals, substitute paraprofessionals and members working in the Chapter 683 special education summer program.