HV RBERN Update

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To better serve our region, we are switching mailing list providers on July 1, 2020. Even if you are already signed up for our current list, we ask that you please visit our website at www.hudsonvalleyrbern.org and fill out the new form on the home page or in the popup.

Signing up for our new mailing list will ensure that you continue to receive HV RBERN updates and news after July 1.

News and Events

43rd Annual NYSABE Conference
Fostering Collaborative Instructional Leadership in Bilingual Education: Equity in Action
March 19-21, 2020, Crowne Plaza White Plains, 66 Hale Avenue, White Plains, NY
To obtain additional information about conference registration, events, and speakers, please visit NYSABE's website.

Project THRIVE
Project THRIVE (Targeting Healthy Resiliency in Vested Educators) will work with – and fund the majority of tuition for – 26 master’s degree students in special education or school psychology and provide those students with the latest techniques and information for helping school-age children with high-intensity needs and their families. Applications for the Fall 2020 cohort are due on April 15, 2020. View program flyer here.

The Office of State Assessment has released a memo regarding the June 2020 Regents Exams. For the 2020 Regents Exams, translations will now be available in eight languages: Arabic, Bengali, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Haitian Creole, Korean, Russian, and Spanish.

Call for Proposals: NYSED-OBEWL NYC World Language Conference
June 4, 2020, Long Island City High School, 14-30 Broadway, Astoria, NY
Conference offered at no charge – includes breakfast refreshments, a full lunch and 6 hours of CTLE credit. For more information about the conference click here. If you have an idea for a workshop that you would like to present at this conference, please submit your proposal using the following online link. Proposals will be accepted on a rolling basis from 2/23/20 – 3/14/20. Please contact Candace Black (candace.black@nysed.gov; 585-356-0951) for more information.

The Senator José Peralta New York State DREAM Act gives undocumented and other students access to New York State‐administered grants and scholarships that support their higher education costs. For more information and to apply click here.

Career Development

LIU Hudson Online Advanced Certificate in Childhood Education for ESOL Teachers
7th Cohort begins in late June 2020. Here is a fact sheet about the program, an application and a brief checklist of items needed for admission.

Upcoming HV RBERN Workshops

To view all of HV RBERN's scheduled workshops click here.

HV RBERN Update

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News and Events

The New York State Education Department has released the 2018-19 New York State Seal of Biliteracy Report. This document summarizes facts and figures that demonstrate significant growth in this program in New York State over the last four years.

NYSABE invites college students and other interested parties to volunteer at their annual conference, March 19-21, 2020. This is a unique, firsthand opportunity to see the work NYSABE accomplishes on behalf of ELL students in New York State. The application can be found here. For more information about the conference, click here.

Ossining UFSD will be holding a Bilingual and Ethnically & Culturally Diverse Job Fair on March 21, 2020, 8:00 AM-2:00 PM. View event flyer here. 

Upcoming HV RBERN Workshops

To view all of HV RBERN's scheduled workshops click here.

HV RBERN Update

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We are very excited to share with you that an article recently published in Chalkbeat was written by our very own HV RBERN Resource Specialist, David Mumper. The article is titled: "I asked my students to tackle a problem. Their solution taught me a lot about culturally responsive teaching" and is available on the Chalkbeat website.

In the way of other good news, the City University of New York (CUNY) has produced and published a video series and resource guide designed to support immigrant students in our schools. The creation of both resources was made possible through funding provided by the New York State Education Department. The four-part video series provides information and illustrates successful practices in order to support educators in creating safe and welcoming environments for immigrant students and families. Resources can be accessed through the following links: 


Partner Events and Information

NYSABE 43rd Annual Conference
Fostering Collaborative Instructional Leadership in Bilingual Education: Equity in Action
Crowne Plaza White Plains, 66 Hale Avenue, White Plains, NY 10601
March 19-21, 2020
View press release here.

Changing Suburbs Institute (CSI) 15th Annual Education Forum
Keynote Speaker Dr. Nancy Cloud: Advancing English Learners’ Language and Literacy Development using Culturally-Responsive Children’s Books
Manhattanville College, 2900 Purchase Street, Purchase, NY 10577
April 2, 2020
8:30 AM - 2:45 PM
To register click here.

Huda Essa: From Me to We: Building Achievement and Community Through Culturally Responsive Practices
Dutchess BOCES, 5 BOCES Road, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
May 6, 2020
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM

Huda will share her engaging and thought-provoking learning strategies to assist educators in successfully meeting their diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. She will help participants to understand the impact of unintentional, unconscious bias towards English Language Learners. To view more details about the Finding the Brilliance series, view program flyer here. To register click here.

The Dutchess BOCES Student with Inconsistent/Interrupted Formal Education (SIFE) program provides intense, small group instruction, individualized attention with an emphasis on English language and literacy skills to students who are learning English as a New Language (ENL). To be eligible, students must have been in the country for less than a year and test at two or more years below grade level in literacy in their home language. For more information, contact Erin Piquet at 845-486-4840 ext. 3047 or Denise Dzikowski, Director of Special and Alternative Programs at 845-486-8004 ext. 3222.

Upcoming HV RBERN Workshops

The following new workshops have been scheduled:

Other upcoming HV RBERN workshops:

To view all HV RBERN's scheduled workshops click here.

Career Opportunities

ESL Teacher
Southern Westchester BOCES
View job posting here.