HV 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!

Other Learning Opportunities

SUNY Buffalo

English as a New Language Additional Cert
5 Courses, 15 Credits, 1/2 Tuition
Application deadline: August 20, 2023

For more information, view flyer here.

Bilingual Education Additional Cert
5 Courses, 15 Credits, 1/2 Tuition
Application deadline: August 20, 2023

For more information, view flyer here.

New York State Education Department

NYSESLAT

The 2023 NYSESLAT Scores are now available in Level 2 Reporting. Available scores can be used for planning and programming purposes. Follow this link to view the 2023 Memo, NYSESLAT—Determining an English Language Learner’s (ELL) English Language Proficiency Level. 

If you have any questions regarding NYSESLAT Data, please contact your Regional Information Center or Big 5 Scanning Center. You may also contact us at rbern@swboces.org.

English Language Learner (ELL) Identification and Placement for Recently Arrived Children and Youth

This memorandum announces an available flexibility in the ELL identification and placement timeline for Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) that have been impacted by the influx of asylum seekers and other recently arrived students. This flexibility will extend the timeline (i.e., the deadline for administering the NYSITELL) from 10 school days to 30 school days. 

In order to claim this flexibility, LEAs must submit a form affirming the arrival of these students in their communities and providing information about these students and their previous ELL population. Once submitted the district may begin to use the flexibility; there will not be a review period required for approval. Superintendents and charter school leaders can access this form through the SED Business Portal.  

Further questions regarding LEA eligibility or any other aspect of the ELL identification timeline waiver can contact the Office of Bilingual Education and World Languages at obewl@nysed.gov.

Career Opportunities

Pine Bush CSD

Circleville Middle School is seeking applicants for 1 FTE ESOL/ENL Teacher

Appropriate NYS certification required

Salary per contract 

Starting Date: August 30, 2023

All interested applicants please send a cover letter and resume to Angela Wise-Landman, Executive Director of HR, Data and School Counseling, angela.wise@pinebushschools.org and the building principal, Lisa Hankinson, lisa.hankinson@pinebushschools.org.

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