Special education key links
Special Education Policies & Procedures
- (Public Version)
- UFT-DOE FAQ on special education
Individualized Education Programs & Teams
- Chapter 408 overview
- Amending an IEP after the annual review
- IEP team and meetings:Ìý
Programs & Services
- DOE Continuum of Special Education servicesÌý- (Also Ìý-Ìýlogin required)Ìý
- ICT and issues with Providing mandated services and absence coverage
- SETSS
- Special (self-contained) classes
- Variances
Paraprofessional Support Services (1:1 & group)
- Guidance on initiation or continuation of IEP-assigned paras
- (SOPM)
- Language support (alternate placement paraprofessional)Ìý(see footnote, p. 20)
- Diapering & Toileting
Multilingual/English language learners
Resolving Compliance & Contractual Issues
Compliance
Contract Requirements & Issues
- Time for SESIS
- Reorganization grievances for ICT & ENL teachers assignedÌýunreasonable number ofÌýcourses or rooms
- Program preference
- Special Education Intervention Teacher (formerly IEP teacher)
MaryJo Ginese
UFT Vice President for Special Education
- Phone: 212-598-7706
- Email: mginese [at] uft [dot] org (mginese[at]uft[dot]org)
UFT Liaisons to the DOE's Division of Specialized Instruction and Student Support:
Brooklyn & District 75:
Steven Mintzer
- Phone:Ìý212-701-9698
- Email: smintzer [at] uft [dot] org (smintzer[at]uft[dot]org)
Bronx & Queens:Ìý
Elizabeth McGovern
- Phone: 212-510-6335
- Email: emcgovern [at] uft [dot] org (emcgovern[at]uft[dot]org)
Manhattan & Staten Island:
Raphael Tomkin
- Phone: 212-598-7727
- Email: rtomkin [at] uft [dot] org (rtomkin[at]uft[dot]org)