Summer Update

We're happy to share that there are still seats available at the workshop for An Educator's Guide to Migrant Students, Trauma & Social Emotional Learning at Orange-Ulster BOCES on 8/22/19. Please click here to register.

The following new HV RBERN workshops have been scheduled. Please click on the links below to register.

At Southern Westchester BOCES:

Teaching Reading to English Language Learners - What's Different?
9/19/19, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM


Incorporating Vocabulary Routines for ELLs in Grades 3-12
10/22/19, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM


Classrooms as CR-S Learning Communities
2/5/20, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

At Sullivan BOCES:

Using NYSESLAT Data to Plan for Instruction (AM SESSION)
9/27/19, 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM


NYS Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Plan - What Educators of ELLs Need to Know (PM SESSION)
9/27/19, 12:30 PM – 3:30 PM

At Rockland BOCES:

Incorporating Vocabulary Routines for ELLs in Grades 3-12
10/11/19, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM


Classrooms as CR-S Learning Communities
12/13/19, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM


Teaching Reading to English Language Learners - What's Different?
1/10/20, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

At Dutchess BOCES:

An Educator's Guide to Migrant Students, Trauma & Social Emotional Learning (AM Session)
11/7/19, 9:30 AM – 12:15 PM


An Educator's Guide to Migrant Students, Trauma & Social Emotional Learning (PM Session)
11/7/19, 12:45 PM – 3:30 PM

At Putnam Northern Westchester BOCES:

An Educator's Guide to Migrant Students, Trauma & Social Emotional Learning
11/25/19, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM


Literacy for ELLs in Elementary Classrooms
2/24/20, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM


An Educator's Guide to Migrant Students, Trauma & Social Emotional Learning
3/13/20, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

To view all upcoming RBERN workshops, please click here.

The HV RBERN team is busy planning for our Sustaining Multilingualism in the Hudson Valley Conference, scheduled for November 5, 2019. Our local educators working in bilingual programs and/or with bilingual students are encouraged to submit a proposal for a breakout session. See our website for more information.

Career Opportunities

For more information about the following career opportunities, please contact Eric Baird, Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources and Community Relations, 845-942-3018:

School Psychologist - Bilingual
American Sign Language Teacher

North Rockland CSD

Please visit pnwboces.org/olas for more information about the following opportunity:

Elementary Leave Replacement for Dual Language Program
Ossining UFSD

Student Registration Question

NYSED's Office of Bilingual Education and World Languages (OBE-WL) has asked us to inquire with the districts in our region about where student registration takes place in each district.

This information will help OBE-WL to better support districts with the Mulitlingual Literacy Screener (MLS), which is used with students who are suspected of being Students with Interrupted/Inconsistent Formal Education (SIFE).

Please take a moment, regardless of your role in your district, and complete this survey no later than Monday, July 29. We anticipate multiple responses from districts as we know that many of our list serve subscribers may not access their email within the next few days.

Thank you for your assistance with this!

There's Still Time to Register

NYSED has released 2019-2020 Title III Allocations, Allowable Expenditures, and Carry Over Limits. You may access that information here. Title III Immigrant Allocations should be released within the week.

There are still a few seats left for our Toolkit for Engaging and Supporting ELLs in Science workshops to be held this Thursday, July 25th at Orange-Ulster BOCES. Please share this information with your colleagues who teach science:

Toolkit for Engaging and Supporting ELLs in Science: Strategies (AM Session)
7/25/19, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM


Toolkit for Engaging and Supporting ELLs in Science: Learn and Apply (PM Session)
7/25/19, 12:30 PM–3:00 PM


The following new workshops have been scheduled. Please register at the links below:

Demystifying Our Diverse Students: Culturally Responsive Sustaining Education For ALL
10/17/19, 9:00 AM–3:00 PM, Orange-Ulster BOCES


Pre-Referral Considerations for ELLs
11/12/19, 9:00 AM–3:00 PM, Southern Westchester BOCES

You can view all upcoming HV RBERN workshops in MLP here.