HV RBERN Update

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

• 3/10/20 Pre-Referral Considerations for ELLs at Orange-Ulster BOCES

• 3/16/20 Culturally Responsive and Critical Literacy in Secondary Classrooms (7-12) at Putnam Northern Westchester BOCES

• 3/16/20 Questioning and Discussion Techniques for ELLs (and All Students) (AM SESSION) at Rockland BOCES

• 3/16/20 Strategies for Building ELLs' Background Knowledge (PM SESSION) at Rockland BOCES

• 3/24/20 Administration of the NYSESLAT - Training & Review (1/2 DAY in AM) at Rockland BOCES

• 3/25/20 HVRBERN Administration of the NYSESLAT - Training & Review (1/2 DAY in AM) at Ulster BOCES

• 3/25/20 Integrated Co-Teaching for English Language Learners at Putnam Northern Westchester BOCES

• 3/30/20 and 5/21/20 Program Quality Review (PQR) Continuum Implementation Training for District and/or School Teams - 2-Day Training at Southern Westchester BOCES

• 3/31/20 The Language Proficiency Team: Overview plus Q&A Session at Southern Westchester BOCES

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