HV RBERN Update

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HV RBERN Professional Learning Opportunities

Current HV RBERN Workshops

3/19/24 NYSESLAT Administration Training - via Zoom

4/4/24 NYSESLAT Administration Training - at SWBOCES

4/5/24 A Taste of Dynamic Duo: ENL Teachers & Schools Librarians - Virtual through Dutchess BOCES

4/9/24 NYSESLAT Administration Training - at OU BOCES

4/9/24 Introduction to the Multilingual Literacy SIFE (MLS) Screener - via Zoom

4/10/24 NYSITELL Administration Training - at Rockland BOCES

4/11/24 NYSESLAT Administration Training - at Rockland BOCES

4/17/24 NYSESLAT Administration Training - at PNW BOCES

4/25/24 Pre-Referral Considerations for ELLs - at PNW BOCES

4/26/24 Connecting With Our Diverse Students: Trauma and Culturally Responsive Education - at PNW BOCES

5/7/24 Teaching Reading and Vocabulary to ELLs: What's Different? - at OU BOCES

5/9/24 Raising Awareness: Immigration, Unaccompanied Minors & A Few Things You Need to Know - at Rockland BOCES

5/10/24 Integrated ENL Co-Teaching for School and District Leaders - at Dutchess BOCES

Self-Guided HV RBERN Workshops

Experience RBERN workshops at your own pace and earn CTLE certificates when it's convenient for you. Registration is not required.

ENL Co-Teaching Models

ENL Collaboration and Co-Teaching Foundations

Linguistically Diverse Learners and Advanced Literacy Instruction: Elevating the Instructional Core for All Students

NYSESLAT Administration Training

NYSITELL Administration Training

Other Learning Opportunities

Institute on Immigrant Integration Research & Policy at the Rockefeller Institute of Government, SUNY

Webinar: Credentialing and Licensing of Foreign-obtained Degree Holders & Workforce Development for Foreign-born New Yorkers
March 19, 2024, 10:00-11:30 AM

This webinar will examine the workforce development of immigrants as a primary driver of economic mobility, social integration, and civic incorporation in American society. 

Register

Office of Bilingual Education and World Languages

Important Update on Supplementary Certificate Pathways

In response to the influx of recently arrived and asylum-seeking students, and to promote the teaching of English Language Learners in NYS schools, the Board of Regents recently adopted an emergency rule to provide flexibilities for the Supplementary Certificate and Supplementary Bilingual Education Extension.

There are three options to expedite the process:

  1. Option 1 - You currently hold an English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Initial, Professional, or Permanent New York State teaching certification and you are seeking supplementary certification in a content area.

  2. Option Two - You currently hold a New York State teaching certification and you are seeking a supplementary Bilingual Education extension to your current certification.

  3. Option Three - You currently hold a valid Initial, Professional, or Permanent New York State teaching certification and you are seeking supplementary certification in English to Speakers of Other Languages.

Supplementary Certificate Pathways

Please contact the HV RBERN for support or with any questions you may have.

BY POPULAR DEMAND: NYSESLAT Administration Training - via Zoom

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BY POPULAR DEMAND:

NYSESLAT Administration Training - via Zoom

Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 12:00-3:00 PM

Participants will learn about the New York State English as a Second Language Achievement Test (NYSESLAT) structure and administration, and will practice scoring sample speaking and writing responses. Participants will also have the opportunity to ask questions about the NYSESLAT exam.

Register Here

Please contact the HV RBERN for support or with any questions you may have.

Hudson Valley RBERN Update

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HV RBERN Professional Learning Opportunities

Current HV RBERN Workshops

Self-Guided HV RBERN Workshops

Experience RBERN workshops at your own pace and earn CTLE certificates when it's convenient for you. Registration is not required.

The NYSED Office of Bilingual Education & World Languages and the Office of Special Education have issued a joint memo about the provision of Bilingual or ENL services to English Language Learners with Disabilities. 

Joint NYSED & OBEWL Memo

School districts are required to provide assurances that each ELL, including an ELL with a Disability, has access to appropriate instructional and support services. This may mean that the district's freestanding Bilingual or ENL program (Units of Study) be provided with Special Education supports, or it may mean that the Bilingual or ENL services be provided in the student's Special Education setting. It clarifies the role of the Committee on Special Education in determining how the student should participate in Part 154 services and who can provide the services. It indicates that the Units of Study cannot be terminated or replaced (modified) by the district or the CSE.

You can find a link to a PDF of slides created to unpack the new memo here.

If you have any questions about this memo, please contact HV RBERN Resource Specialist, Alison Provencher: AProvencher@swboces.org.

NYS Language Regional Bilingual Education Resource Network

Supporting World Language Learner Success 
A Primer for School Leaders (Online) | 2-Part Series

Part 1: March 21, 2024, 3:30-5:00 PM
Part 2: April 11, 2024, 3:30-5:00 PM

The Language RBERN is conducting this two-part series, which will provide middle and secondary principals, assistant principals, supervisors, and administrators with an overview of the Administrator Reference Guide to the revised New York State Learning Standards for World Languages (2021).

Program Flyer

CUNY-Initiative on Immigration and Education

New Video Release: Welcoming New Students: A Guide for Teachers, Created by Students

This is the third video in the series, “Not Too Young: Immigration in Elementary Schools”, highlighting the collaboration between CUNY-IIE and PS 212Q. 

Watch the video!

Career Opportunities

Ossining UFSD

Please contact the HV RBERN for support or with any questions you may have.