Hudson Valley RBERN Update

HV RBERN Professional Learning Opportunities

Current HV RBERN Workshops

• 3/13/24 A Taste of a Dynamic Duo: ENL Teachers & School Librarians- At Dutchess BOCES

• 3/14/24 Instructional Strategies for Educators of ELLs/MLs (K-12) - at Rockland BOCES

• 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

• NYSITELL Administration Training

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

• ENL Leave Replacement - Roosevelt School

• ENL Teacher - Ossining High School

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