HV RBERN Update

HV RBERN Professional Development

• 4/15/21 Elementary ELL Connection Thursday- via Zoom

• 5/4/21 through 5/19/21 Rethinking Family Engagement in the Age of Remote Learning - ONLINE Course via MOODLE

• 5/6/21 Secondary ELL Connection Thursday - via Zoom

Office of Bilingual Education and World Languages

OBEWL released a memo stating that parents/guardians of provisionally identified ELLs receiving entirely remote instruction must be included in the outreach conducted by schools. The parent/guardians of provisionally identified ELLs are to be informed that their child has the right to participate in the NYSESLAT and be informed of the arrangements to have their child participate in-person in the school building in the NYSESLAT during the testing window.

Regional Information Centers (RICs) typically provide additional blank NYSESLAT score sheets; please communicate with your testing coordinator if you anticipate needing additional blank score sheets. Requests for additional blank score sheets should be made to MHRIC by 4/26 and LHRIC by 5/7.

Hunter School of Education

CLASS for ELLs - Offered in collaboration with the Hudson Valley RBERN

Virtual Information Session: Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at 5:00 PM via Zoom

Join an ELL-focused educational leadership (SBL/SDL) cohort in Westchester! Collaborative Leadership to Advance Student Success (CLASS) is an innovative, hands-on leadership development program. Candidates work collaboratively and learn by doing to improve outcomes for historically underserved students and to lead improvements in the systems and structures that have perpetuated inequality and unequal performance. This cohort will place a special focus on English learners. Application deadline has been extended to May 15th. To view the program flyer click here.

Clarkson University

Clarkson University’s online Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) programs are supported by the New York State Department of Education’s Clinically Rich Intensive Teacher Institute Grant (CR-ITI). This grant provides $4,500 scholarships for up to 20 students. For more information click here.

LIU Hudson

Get recommended for certification to teach Grades 1-6 through the NYSED-approved, 17-credit Online Advanced Certificate in Childhood Education program for ENL teachers at LIU Hudson.

You’ll receive a 45% tuition reduction when you join LIU Hudson’s 7th cohort, which starts in late June 2021 with two courses. Continue with two courses in the Fall term and finish in Spring 2022.

Classes will be online and asynchronous, but will offer participants many opportunities to engage with classmates and instructors.

Please note: Prospective students must be certified ESOL teachers who already hold a Master’s degree.

For more information or to apply, please contact Dr. Lea Rutmanowitz, Associate Dean for Program and Partnership Development, at lea.rutmanowitz@liu.edu or 914-831-2728. View Fact Sheet here.

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