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
• 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

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