Hudson Valley RBERN Update

HV RBERN Professional Learning Opportunities

Current HV RBERN Workshops

• 4/3/25 NYSESLAT Administration Training - at Orange-Ulster BOCES

• 4/4/25 NYSESLAT Administration Training - via Zoom

• 4/8/25 NYSESLAT Administration Training - at Rockland BOCES

• 5/1/25 Accelerating Academic Success for Long-Term English Learners - at Rockland BOCES

• 5/6/25 Integrated ENL Co-Teaching for School and District Leaders - at Southern Westchester BOCES

• 5/8/25 ENL, Immigration, and Graduation Pathways for High School Counselors and Directors of Guidance - at Orange-Ulster BOCES

• 5/21/25 Accelerating Academic Success for Long-Term English Learners - at Putnam Northern Westchester BOCES

• 6/3/25 Accelerating Academic Success for Long-Term English Learners - at Rockland BOCES

• 6/12/25 New York State ELL Identification Workshop - at Orange-Ulster BOCES

Now being held at the newly renovated Jane Bullowa Conference Center at Ulster BOCES:

• 4/4/25 Pre-Referral Considerations for ELLs

• 4/4/25 A Tale of Two Regulations: Special Education and English Language Learners (Part 200 meets Part 154)

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 - Asynchronous Course

• NYSITELL Administration Training

Resources

New York State Education Department

Option to Provide Virtual Instruction

The New York State Office of Bilingual Education and World Languages, Office of Standards and Instruction, Office of Special Education, and Office of Religious and Independent School Support have issued a memorandum addressing the option of providing virtual instruction to provide uninterrupted learning opportunities to individual students who may be averse or unable to attend school. This includes English Language Learners, immigrant, and migrant students as well as others who may be affected and reluctant to attend school in person due to concerns about their safety and security.

• Schools must ensure that all students participating in virtual instruction have access to an appropriate device and sufficient internet service to engage in learning fully.

• Instruction must be delivered by an appropriately certified teacher, align with applicable New York State Learning Standards, be provided in accordance with students’ Individualized Education Programs (IEPs), and include mechanisms for documenting student mastery of learning outcomes.

• Questions on the implementation of virtual learning can be directed to the Office of Educational Design and Technology at edtech@nysed.gov or (518) 474-5461.

• Questions on instruction for English Language Learners, immigrant, and newcomer students can be directed to the Office of Bilingual Education and World Languages at (518) 474-8755 or OBEWL@nysed.gov.

• Questions on instruction for students with disabilities can be directed to the Office of Special Education at (518) 473-2878 or speced@nysed.gov.

• Questions on instruction for religious and independent schools can be directed to the Office of Religious and Independent School Support (ORISS) at oriss@nysed.gov or (518) 473-8202.

Spanish Edition of Earth and Space Sciences Reference Table

• Minor updates have been made to the Spanish edition of the Earth and Space Sciences Reference Table based on feedback from bilingual science educators.

• Schools should ensure that students are provided with this updated version, dated March 2025, for instruction and the Regents Examination.

• Questions can be addressed to the Office of State Assessment at emscassessinfo@nysed.gov.

NYSESLAT School Administrator's Manual

2025 NYSESLAT School Administrator's Manual for general information regarding the administration and scoring of the NYSESLAT.

CUNY Initiative on Immigration and Education

New Guide: PK-12 Immigration Literature Guide

The PK-12 Immigration Literature Guide: Stories for Visibility, Understanding, and Transformation, is a carefully curated collection of 100 recently published books that highlight the transformative power of immigration-centered stories. This guide serves as an invaluable resource for educators aiming to foster culturally responsive curricula and promote empathy, understanding, and advocacy among students.

Other Professional Learning Opportunities

CUNY Initiative on Immigration and Education

Supporting Immigrant-Origin Students in PK-12 New York State Schools Webinar

April 7, 2025, 6:30 PM

Join CUNY-IIE for a rich discussion addressing ways to support immigrant-origin students in New York State PK-12 schools. 

Register

Long Island Regional Bilingual Education Resource Network

Introduction to the Academic & Linguistic Demands: Creating Equitable Access for ELLs (Cohort 6)

Starting April 8, 2025

This self-paced asynchronous course develops participants' familiarity with the layout, structure, and implementation of the Academic and Linguistic Demands of the NYS Next Generation Learning Standards for English Language Arts (ALDs). Participants will explore tools that help identify the words, phrases, and language structures embedded in the English Language Arts standards, to provide equitable access to standards-aligned, grade-level instruction to English Language Learners (ELLs).

Register

Binghamton University

TESOL CR-ITI Advanced Certificate Program

A New York State funded online program that is designed for certified teachers. Get an Advanced ESOL NYS K-12 Certificate in one year.

Learn More

Career Opportunities

Public Schools of the Tarrytowns

• Bilingual Academic Intervention Teacher (Spanish Speaking)

• Dual Language Elementary Teacher (1)

• Dual Language Elementary Teacher (2)

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

Hudson Valley RBERN Update

HV RBERN Professional Learning Opportunities

Current HV RBERN Workshops

• 3/6/25, 4/1/25, 4/8/25 Integrated ENL Co-Teaching 3-Part Series - at Dutchess BOCES

• 3/10/25 Enhancing Reading Comprehension for ELLs through Knowledge Building - at Dutchess BOCES

• 3/10/25 Incorporating Vocabulary Routines for ELLs in Grades 3-12 - at Dutchess BOCES

• 3/11/25 Accelerating Academic Success for Long-Term English Learners - at Dutchess BOCES

• 3/11/25 Designing Accessible Instruction for ELLs: A UDL Approach to Inclusive Classroom Instruction - at Dutchess BOCES

• 3/12/25 NYSESLAT Administration Training - at Putnam Northern Westchester BOCES

• 3/20/25 Pre-Referral Considerations for ELLs - at Dutchess BOCES

• NEW! 3/21/25 NYSESLAT Administration Training - via Zoom

• NEW! 3/24/25 NYSESLAT Administration Training - via Zoom

• 4/3/25 NYSESLAT Administration Training - at Orange-Ulster BOCES

• NEW! 4/4/25 NYSESLAT Administration Training - via Zoom

• 4/8/25 NYSESLAT Administration Training - at Rockland BOCES

• 5/1/25 Accelerating Academic Success for Long-Term English Learners - at Rockland BOCES

• NEW! 5/6/25 Integrated ENL Co-Teaching for School and District Leaders - at Southern Westchester BOCES

• 5/8/25 ENL, Immigration, and Graduation Pathways for High School Counselors and Directors of Guidance - at Orange-Ulster BOCES

• 5/21/25 Accelerating Academic Success for Long-Term English Learners - at Putnam Northern Westchester BOCES

• 6/3/25 Accelerating Academic Success for Long-Term English Learners - at Rockland BOCES

• 6/12/25 New York State ELL Identification Workshop - at Orange-Ulster 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

• NEW! NYSESLAT Administration Training - Asynchronous Course

• NYSITELL Administration Training

Other Professional Learning Opportunities

CUNY Initiative on Immigration and Education

PK-12 Immigration Literature Conference: Storytelling for Visibility, Understanding and Transformation - Breakout Sessions Announced

Saturday, March 8, 2025 10:00-3:00 PM, The City College of New York - Great Hall at Shepard Hall, 160 Convent Avenue, New York, NY

This one-day conference is designed to inspire and empower educators to integrate immigration-focused literature into their classrooms by fostering a deeper understanding of the migration experience. Through a keynote presentation, interactive breakout sessions, and a panel with children and young adult literature authors, participants will experience the power of storytelling as a means to learn about oneself and one’s neighbors, and to take action to create a stronger and more interconnected society.

Register

Office of Bilingual Education and World Languages

OBEWL will be offering the following three webinars for world language educators this spring. Please consider registering. All webinars come with one (1) hour of CTLE or attendance credit. Webinars will be recorded and uploaded to their website for on-demand viewing within about a week of the original event.

Administering the Interpersonal and Presentational Assessment Tasks at Checkpoint A

Tuesday, March 11th, 2025, 4:00-5:00 PM via Zoom

In this webinar, participants will review the relevant sections of the Principles and Guidelines for Adopting or Creating Locally Developed Benchmark Assessments for Checkpoint A (Modern Languages) and sample scoring guides aligned to the NYS WL Master Rubrics. Participants will examine a variety of tasks and observe how to apply the scoring guides to assess student proficiency at the Checkpoint A level.  

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Presentational and Interpersonal Communication for Classical Languages - Part 1

Tuesday, March 25, 2025, 4:00-5:00 PM via Zoom

Building on the previous Classical Languages webinar on Standard 1, Interpretive Communication, you will dive into the two output standards: Standard 2 - Presentational Communication; and Standard 3 - Interpersonal Communication. Participants will explore ways to create engaging contexts for students to share their proficiency in the target language in Presentational Writing and Speaking and Interpersonal Speaking. You will consider various Presentational and Interpersonal Strategies integrated into the context of thematic lessons.

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Creating Meaningful Communicative Contexts

Tuesday, April 8, 2025, 4:00-5:00 PM via Zoom

In this webinar, you will look at ways to transform lessons in the 3 modes of communication into tasks that compel students to learn and communicate in the target language. You will examine ways to construct prompts and scenarios to engage learners and also simple changes that can be made to existing lessons to provide meaningful contexts that allow students to communicate in the target language.  

Register

Siena College

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages - Graduate Program Virtual Info Session

Tuesday, March 11, 2025, 3:30-4:30 PM

Join Doreen Morris, Assistant Director of Graduate Admissions, and Dr. Gretchen Oliver, Assistant Professor of Education, for this virtual information session.

Register

Resources

Office of Bilingual Education and World Languages

February OBEWL Newsletter Released

The OBEWL February newsletter is now available. Previous newsletters can be accessed on their newsletter archive page.

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

Hudson Valley RBERN Update

HV RBERN Professional Learning Opportunities

Current HV RBERN Workshops

• 3/6/25, 4/1/25, 4/8/25 Integrated ENL Co-Teaching 3-Part Series - at Dutchess BOCES

• 3/10/25 Enhancing Reading Comprehension for ELLs through Knowledge Building - at Dutchess BOCES

• 3/10/25 Incorporating Vocabulary Routines for ELLs in Grades 3-12 - at Dutchess BOCES

• 3/11/25 Accelerating Academic Success for Long-Term English Learners - at Dutchess BOCES

• 3/11/25 Designing Accessible Instruction for ELLs: A UDL Approach to Inclusive Classroom Instruction - at Dutchess BOCES

• 3/12/25 NYSESLAT Administration Training - at Putnam Northern Westchester BOCES

• 3/20/25 Pre-Referral Considerations for ELLs - at Dutchess BOCES

• 4/3/25 NYSESLAT Administration Training - at Orange-Ulster BOCES

• 4/8/25 NYSESLAT Administration Training - at Rockland BOCES

• 5/1/25 Accelerating Academic Success for Long-Term English Learners - at Rockland BOCES

• 5/8/25 ENL, Immigration, and Graduation Pathways for High School Counselors and Directors of Guidance - at Orange-Ulster BOCES

• 5/21/25 Accelerating Academic Success for Long-Term English Learners - at Putnam Northern Westchester BOCES

• 6/3/25 Accelerating Academic Success for Long-Term English Learners - at Rockland BOCES

• 6/12/25 New York State ELL Identification Workshop - at Orange-Ulster 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

• NYSITELL Administration Training

Other Professional Learning Opportunities

CUNY-Initiative on Immigration and Education

Refugees and Immigrants in Schools

Monday, March 10, 6:00-8:30 PM (via Zoom)
Monday, March 17, 6:00-8:30 PM (via Zoom)
Monday, March 24, 6:00-8:30 PM (via Zoom)

This course explores the experiences of refugees and other forcibly displaced migrant groups, equipping educators to enhance student learning in diverse educational, cultural, and social settings.

Educators will earn a total of fifteen (15) CTLE credits upon successful completion of the module.

The course includes an additional 6.5 hours of asynchronous group and independent work. The deadline for registration is Sunday, February 23rd, 11:59 PM. Email confirmations will be sent on Wednesday, February 26th.

Translanguaging Strategies for Supporting Immigrant Students

Monday, March 10, 6:00-8:30 PM (via Zoom)
Monday, March 17, 6:00-8:30 PM (via Zoom)
Monday, March 24, 6:00-8:30 PM (via Zoom)

Through this course, educators will understand the significance of translanguaging in the education of immigrant-origin multilingual students. The course also presents actionable methods to seamlessly integrate translanguaging pedagogy into the teaching practices of educators across grade levels and content areas.

Educators will earn a total of fifteen (15) CTLE credits upon successful completion of the module.

The course includes an additional 6.5 hours of asynchronous group and independent work. The deadline for registration is Sunday, February 23rd, 11:59 PM. Email confirmations will be sent on Wednesday, February 26th.

Register

Resources

Joint Office of the Governor and Office of the New York State Attorney General

This guidance document is intended to provide information to private and nonprofit entities like social services agencies and providers (including homeless shelters, domestic violence shelters, and other residential facilities as well as nonresidential and drop-in sites for social services); houses of worship such as churches, synagogues, mosques, and temples; medical and healthcare facilities; and other entities that provide community services and spaces, in evaluating how to respond to requests from federal immigration authorities while protecting the rights of their residents, clients, patients, members, and staff.

New York State Education Department

Safeguarding the Rights of New York State Immigrant Students

This informational flyer is available via the NYSED website in 12 languages.

Events

CUNY-Initiative on Immigration and Education

PK-12 Immigration Literature Conference

Saturday, March 8, 2025, 10:00-3:00 PM, The City College of New York, Great Hall at Shepard Hall, 160 Convent Avenue, New York, NY 10031

This is a one-day event designed to inspire educators to incorporate immigration-themed literature into their classrooms, fostering deeper understanding of the migration experience.

Register

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