Whether you are preparing for tenure or applying for a transfer to a new school through the Open Market Transfer system, compiling a digital teaching portfolio can be a wise move. Digital portfolios ...

At the beginning of the year, I tape this chart to my students’ tables and teach them to use the hand signals whenever we’re in ‘discussion mode.’ Students who are more timid can contribute without ...

Forms of communication come and go, but public speaking has remained popular from ancient times through today. People tune into award shows primarily to watch the acceptance speeches. A speech can ...

After graduating from Queens Technical HS in 2015, UFT Career and Technical Education Award winner Mohammed Hossain spent two years in college pursuing his passion — electrical engineering. But rather ...

Diffit for Teachers is an AI-powered software that is making my classroom fundamentally more inclusive. Teachers can make a free account. Text in the curriculum has usually been written to reach the ...

With more than 300 unions in New York City, several of them are bound to be confronting problems at any given moment. At the same time, there are plenty of UFT retirees who have the time and the ...

Small UFT contingents led by paraprofessionals met with New York City Council members throughout March to lobby them to support the “RESPECT check” legislation. “We’re hoping to educate our elected ...

This March, UFT members expressed their growing concern with the Trump administration’s policies on the first national Day of Action organized by the American Federation of Teachers, the UFT’s ...

The UFT Delegate Assembly voted on March 19 to endorse UFT Treasurer Victoria Lee for reelection as a teacher-member of the New York City Teachers’ Retirement System board. “Victoria Lee is a ...

Having “a woman in the room” while she took technology classes in high school helped light the pathway to success for Karina Budhu, the winner of this year’s Edwin Espaillat Award at the 2025 CTE ...

When a fire captain stopped retiree David Ginsberg’s car to give him a friendly lecture on the dangers of balding tires, he spotted Chula, an outgoing golden retriever, in the backseat. Ginsberg told ...

UFT retirees who are enrolled in the union’s Supplemental Health Insurance Program (SHIP) will now enjoy improved dental benefits and some much-needed relief from health insurance plan copayments. “We ...