Hudson Valley RBE-RN Summer Events

Happy Summer! If you're interested in professional development over the summer break, we'd like to share the following HV RBE-RN workshops:

ELL Identification Process and Screening Interview
Rockland BOCES, 7/9/18
Orange-Ulster BOCES, 7/12/18
Southern Westchester BOCES, 7/26/18
Please visit the HV RBE-RN website calendar here to view more details or to register in MLP. This workshop was well-received this spring. We will offer this in the fall if there is interest; please let us know.

Coming Soon:
Special Education Considerations for ELLs (5 hours)
Incorporating Vocabulary Routines for ELLs (5 hours)
Dates to be determined at Southern Westchester BOCES and Orange-Ulster BOCES
Please check the HV RBE-RN website calendar often for these new workshops.

From our partners at UCLA Center X:
Become An Effective Educator of English Learners
ExcEL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
8/20/18 - 8/21/18
8:30 - 3:30 each day
Edith Macy Conference Center, Briarcliff Manor, NY
Designed to be an interactive and engaging event, any educator working with English Learners will have the opportunity to network and learn from experienced peers, alongside regional and national experts. This program is FREE for NYS teams. Please view the flyer with more details here.

As a reminder, we kindly request that you take a moment to complete the NYS Hudson Valley Regional Bilingual Education Resource Network (HV RBE-RN) Needs Assessment/ Satisfaction Survey in order to better serve our region. You can access the survey via the following link:

https://goo.gl/forms/996x3ZWLZqNYRb8v1

Our intent is to gauge your professional development needs as they relate to supporting English Language Learners (ELLs) in our region. Your responses will assist us in providing better services to meet your needs. Please feel free to forward this survey to other educators in your district.

We appreciate your assistance!

Click here to request HV RBE-RN technical assistance/professional development! 

Hudson Valley RBE-RN Summer Workshops Interest Survey And More...

The Hudson Valley RBE-RN Team is seeking your assistance on workshop topics and locations you would like to see offered during the summer of 2018 between July 9th - August 10th. If you would like to provide your input, we ask that you please complete the following survey here. Your input is valuable to us and we appreciate your feedback.

In addition, on behalf of our partners at Bank Street College of Education, we'd like to share the following information:
2018 Language Series
Multiple Pathways to Learning in the Age of Accountability
Saturday, 10/27/18
The 19th Annual Language Series will feature keynote speaker, Dr. Nancy Cloud followed by two rounds of workshops. For more information click here.

Summer Workshops And More . . .

Summer is almost here! Come learn with us and register for the following summer workshops:

*NEW WORKSHOPS*
Classrooms as Culturally Responsive Learning Communities
Participants will examine strategies and inclusive practices that foster cultural openness and provide students with healthy experiences of sociocultural integration.The activities included allow students to capitalize on their knowledge and heritage as they engage in the learning process and become members of classroom communities.
Thursday, 6/14/18 at Southern Westchester BOCES
Friday, 6/15/18 at Orange-Ulster BOCES
Tuesday, 6/19/18 at Rockland BOCES

ELL Identification Process and Screening Interview - PARTS 1 and 2
This workshop is for district teams regarding the English Language Learner identification process from registration, to screenings (including the Language Proficiency Team and SIFE identification), through NYSITELL Administration, and student placement. Districts are encouraged to send teams to this workshop. PART 1 will focus on registration regulations related to the HLQ; registrar staff should attend this portion of the workshop. The remainder of the district teams should plan to attend the whole day, including the registration component, in order to ensure a clearly articulated district ELL identification process. During PART 2 of this workshop, district teams will work together to assemble screening interview kits appropriate to the various grade bands.
Monday, 7/9/18 at Rockland BOCES
Thursday, 7/12/18 at Orange-Ulster BOCES
Thursday, 7/26/18 at Southern Westchester BOCES

Please view our website calendar for links to register for all of these workshops.

In addition, we would like to share information that came to us just yesterday from our partners at Hastings-on-Hudson UFSD:

Multicultural Book Fair
5/30/18 - 6/2/18
Hastings-on-Hudson High School Library
27 Farragut Avenue, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY

There will be a number of authors and illustrators visiting to speak with attendees. Please view schedule here.