LEAP to Teacher

The Murphy Institute’s LEAP to Teacher program provides United Federation of Teachers (UFT) members working for the New York City Department of Education (DOE) with a set of free, ongoing support services in pursuing their education and advancing their careers in any field of study, including education. This program is a collaboration between the UFT, Worker Education at SLU, and our participating City University of New York (CUNY) colleges, available at the following campuses: BMCC, Brooklyn College, College of Staten Island, the CUNY School of Labor & Urban Studies (non-teaching degrees), Lehman College and Queens College. Each campus offers its own LTT Coordinator who can assist you with your educational needs at the graduate or undergraduate level, and all LTT staff members are committed to helping you achieve your academic and professional goals. Additionally, most campuses offer flexibly scheduled, one-on-one tutoring support with writing and math specialists.

College Entrance Support

• Pre-college preparation classes
• Pre-admission advisement

College and Career Support

• Academic advisement from admission to graduation
• Tutoring, writing support, workshops
• Career advisement

Funding College

• Tuition assistance scholarships (semester scholarship funding to be announced)
• Assistance with financial aid and grant opportunities
• Information on DOE vouchers and reimbursement program

NY State Teacher Certification Exam Prep Workshops 

• Educating All Students (EAS)
• Combined Early Childhood and Childhood Multi-Subject (CST) grades K-6^th
• edTPA

LTT was created in the mid-nineties to meet the needs of UFT para-educators attending Queens College. It was housed under the umbrella of the Queens College Worker Education Labor Education and Advancement Project (LEAP), established in 1984 to create a space within CUNY dedicated to addressing labor issues from an academic perspective and preparing future labor leaders.

In 2006, The Queens College Worker Education program joined forces with the Murphy Institute for Worker Education and Labor Studies to better reach and serve union members throughout all of CUNY. In 2018, the Institute underwent an exciting expansion and became its own entity, now called the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies (SLU). Throughout all of these transitions, the LTT program has remained true to its original mandate of providing an adult-friendly environment catered to the specific needs of evening students and union members.

For more information, please attend one of our monthly open house events (button on the left), or contact one of our site coordinators to schedule an appointment at the college of your choice.