Happy Holidays

Greetings!

We're pleased to offer the following new workshop:

Teaching Reading to English Language Learners: What's Different?
2/11/19, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm, Southern Westchester BOCES
3/12/19, 9:00 - 3:00 pm, Rockland BOCES
Participants will explore what is different about teaching the key components of reading (phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension) to English language learners, how to create opportunities to develop oral language, and strategies for before, during and after reading supports.

To view all of our current workshops, please click here. 

LIU Hudson announces a fully online course for the Spring Semester, 2019:TED 650-001: Second Language Acquisition, 3 graduate credits. This course would be an excellent choice for classroom teachers who have multilingual learners and would fulfill the CTLE Language Acquisition hours. Offered for reduced tuition. You can view the flyer here. 

We wish you a happy holiday season and best wishes for the new year!

HV RBERN Update

We're pleased to share that the following new workshops have been scheduled. Please click on the links below to view more information and to register:

Facilitating Questioning and Discussion Techniques with ELLs
1/11/19, 8:30 - 11:30 AM, Southern Westchester BOCES

In this workshop, participants will discuss the benefits and challenges of developing ELLs ability to ask and answer questions and understand research behind the benefits of classroom discourse.

Guided Reading Instruction for ELLs: Assessment, Design and Delivery
1/11/19, 12:30 - 3:30 PM, Southern Westchester BOCES
In this half-day workshop, we will discuss how Guided Reading instruction relates to the specific needs of ELLs. 

Administration of the NYSESLAT - Training & Review 
2/20/19, 8:30 - 11:30 AM, Orange-Ulster BOCES
This half-day training session is intended for those new to NYSESLAT administration, as well as for those who are already familiar with administration of the annual "NYS English as a Second Language Achievement Test" (NYSESLAT) and want a “refresher”.

Next Generation Standards, NYSESLAT Skills and ELL Instruction
2/20/19, 12:30 - 3:30 PM, Orange-Ulster BOCES
In this half-day workshop, participants will examine parts of the Next Generation Standards to understand how they relate to NYSESLAT Performance Level Descriptions, Targets of Measurement, and the New Language Arts Progressions.

SUNY New Paltz is gearing up for another year of their Clinically Rich-Intensive Teacher Institute (CR-ITI). This is a program that is sponsored by NYSED and allows teachers to become certified to teach English Language Learners within the public school classroom. You can view the program flyer here. Please visit their website here. They will begin accepting applications in January 2019.

Please contact us with any questions or concerns.

HV RBERN Update

The HV RBERN is pleased to announce NYSESLAT workshops scheduled for early 2019. Please click on the links below to register:

Administration of the NYSESLAT - Training & Review (1/2 DAY in AM)
2/12/19, 8:30 am - 11:30 am, Rockland BOCES

3/19/19, 8:30 am - 11:30 am, Southern Westchester BOCES

This HALF DAY training session is intended for those new to NYSESLAT administration, as well as for those who are already familiar with administration of the annual "NYS English as a Second Language Achievement Test" (NYSESLAT) and want a “refresher”.

There are still seats available in the following upcoming HV RBERN workshops:

Incorporating Vocabulary Routines for English Language Learners
12/11/18, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm, Rockland BOCES
This workshop combines direct and indirect instructional practices that have been identified in research as effective for building student vocabulary in any content area. 

Pre-Referral Considerations for English Language Learners
1/8/19, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm, Rockland BOCES
This workshop will invite participants to examine the behaviors associated with new language acquisition as well as clinical markers of a disability. We will identify factors that must be considered prior to referring an ELL student for an evaluation.

NYSED recently announced that there is a new testing accommodation for English Language Learners/Multilingual Learners (ELL/MLLs) taking Regents Examinations. Principals may now approve Next-Day Completion of a Regents Examination for an ELL/MLL or former ELL/MLL who has been granted the accommodation of extended time and is scheduled to take two Regents Examinations on the same day. This new accommodation, referred to as Next-Day Completion, will be available beginning with the January 2019 Regents Examination period. For information, please see the memo here. Questions may be directed to the Office of State Assessment at 518-474-8220, or can be sent to emscassessinfo@nysed.gov.

New York State's ESSA Plan for Growth in English Language Proficiency (ELP) Webinar is available here on NYSED's website. This webinar focuses on the New York State English as a second language achievement test (NYSESLAT) and provides an overview of the four steps to determine a school-level rating in ELP.

Save the Date: 
NYSABE 2019 Conference
March 21-23, 2019, Crowne Plaza Hotel, White Plains

• Proposal Application Submission Deadline — Friday, December 7, 2018

• Professional Award Nominations Submission Deadline — Friday, December 14, 2018

• NYSABE Student Statewide Essay Contest and Nivia Zavala Special Art Contest for ELLs/Bilingual Learners with Disabilities Deadline — January 21, 2019

To view more details about the conference, please click here. The NYSABE Region 3 December newsletter can be viewed here.

Please contact us with any questions or concerns.