UFT's New Teacher Handbook
- Your Success in the Classroom(PDF Version) Pages 3-10
- The First Days of School You’re Not Alone
- Mentoring Eligibility
- The First Days of School You’re Not Alone
- UFT Teacher Center: Professionalism Lives
- Sites Citywide
- Networking, Learning Opportunities
- Master’s Degrees and College Credits
- Other Key People at Your School
- Your UFT Chapter Leader
- Your School Secretaries
- Your UFT Delegate
- Safety and Discipline
- Rules
- Student Fights
- Meeting Parents
- Intruders
- Special Education Students
- Some Essential Things to Know
- Books and Supplies
- Class Size
- Dial-A-Teacher
- Observations by a Supervisor
- Official School File
- Teacher’s Choice
- Transfers and Excessing
- Work Day, Work Year, Calendar Single-Session Schools
- Multi-Session Schools
- District 75 and Some Special Education
- Professional Development
- Work Year
- Calendar and Holidays
- Certification Nuts and Bolts
- Your Money (PDF Version) Pages 11-16
- Your Salary How Much Will I Earn?
- Maximize Your Earnings
- Problems with Your Paycheck?
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Teachers of Tomorrow Grants
- Scholarship and Loan Forgiveness Program
- Conversion Program for Supplementary Certification
- Transit Benefit Program
- Union Benefits Affordable Housing Program
- Entertainment
- Financial Counseling Program
- Financial Services
- Insurance Plans
- Legal Services
- Mortgages
- Preferred Savings Plus™
- Theme Park Discounts
- Travel
- Other AFT Benefits
- Your Pension
- Steps to Take Now
- Learn More About Your Pension
- Your Health Care(PDF Version) Pages 17-18
- Enroll in a Health Plan
- Enroll in the UFT Welfare Fund
- Welfare Fund Benefits
- Your Professional Growth(PDF Version) Pages 19-20
- Meeting State and City Requirements
- Meeting Credit or Degree Requirements
- Professional Development Requirements
- UFT Professional Committees
- Your Union(PDF Version) Pages 20-25
- Help at Every Level At Your School: Your Chapter Leader
- At UFT Borough Offices
- At UFT Headquarters
- Getting Information
- The New York Teacher
- UFT Online
- Special Resources
- Members with Disabilities
- Health and Cancer HelpLine
- New Teacher Advisory Committee
- Political Action/COPE
- APPENDIX(PDF Version) Pages 27-49
- First Day of School
- Classroom Management in a Nutshell Arranging Your Classroom
- Establishing Effective Rules and Procedures
- Defining Consequences for Behavior
- Applying Appropriate Consequences
- Lesson Planning and Curriculum
- What’s a State Learning Standard?
- New York State Curriculum
- More about MarcoPoloNY
- Other Web Resources Warning
- Safety and Discipline
- Discipline Code
- School Safety Plan
- Violence Prevention Training
- What if I’m Injured?
- How Special Education Students Are Placed
- Certification Primer for New Teachers Check Your Credentials
- Initial Certificate
- Professional Certificate, Professional Development Requirement
- Special Situations Conditional Initial Certificate
- Extended Certificate
- Transitional A Certificate
- Transitional B Certificate
- Internship Certificate
- Am I Done Yet?
- Two Previous Certificates Provisional Certificate
- Permanent Certificate
- National Board Certification
- TeacherLine for Certification Questions
- Tuition Reimbursement Teachers of Tomorrow Grants
- Scholarship and Loan Forgiveness Program
- Your Money
- How to Read the Salary Schedule
- Salary Schedule for August & September 2006
- Salary Schedule Starting Oct. 1, 2006
- How to Read Your Pay Stub Common Deduction Codes
- Optional Deductions and Codes
- Your Union
- UFT Borough Offices
- UFT Headquarters
- UFT Professional Committees
- Where Do My Dues Go?
- UFT Officers
- Help@Hand (UFT Contacts)
- INDEX(PDF Version) Page 50