Hudson Valley RBERN Update

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HV RBERN Professional Learning Opportunities

Current HV RBERN Workshops

Seats are still available! 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

5/3/24 Integrated ENL Co-Planning Focus Group - via Zoom

5/7/24 Integrated ENL Co-Planning Focus Group - via Zoom

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

5/20/24 Integrated ENL Co-Planning Focus Group - via Zoom

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

NYSITELL Administration Training

Southern Westchester BOCES

The SW BOCES Center for Professional Learning and Curriculum Support will be hosting its 5th Annual Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Summer Institute. As the planning committee prepares, they are seeking feedback from our region. Please consider completing this survey.

Share Your Needs & Feedback about our Conversational Spanish for Educators Course

We kindly invite those who are interested in learning essential Spanish communication skills for interacting with Spanish-speaking students, parents, and school personnel to complete our needs assessment linked below. We are currently planning future virtual courses for the Fall of 2024 and Spring of 2025 to help educators bridge the language gap and effectively communicate within their school communities.

Take our brief survey and share your needs and preferences to help us continue to deliver an impactful and valuable course. Your feedback is crucial in shaping the course details and ensuring it meets your goals.

Link to Survey

Resources

Office of Bilingual Education and World Languages

English Language Learner (ELL) and Immigrant Student Counts for 2024–25 ESSA Title III Allocations

  • The New York State Education Department (NYSED) is preparing to calculate the 2024-25 ESSA Title III allocations to Local Education Agencies (LEAs) for English Language Learners (ELL) and immigrant students that are based on the number of ELL and immigrant students in each LEA in the 2023-24 school year.

  • NYSED must have accurate counts of ELL and immigrant students for this determination.

  • A verification report is available in the L2RPT reporting environment to allow LEAs to verify counts of ELL and immigrant students enrolled at public LEAs. Counts of ELL and immigrant students attending nonpublic schools will be verified through the IDEx reporting tool.

  • The timeline for LEAs’ review and verification of student counts, data extraction, and posting of the Title III ELL and immigrant student counts is specified in the attached memo.

  • LEAs should work with nonpublic schools to ensure that inaccurate data are corrected. The corrected Fall 2023 BEDS Report of Nonpublic Schools forms should be emailed to the Office of Information and Reporting Services (IRS) at datasupport@nysed.gov. 

  • Questions concerning nonpublic ELL and immigrant corrections may be directed to datasupport@nysed.gov.

  • If you have any questions regarding these procedures, please contact the Office of Bilingual Education and World Languages at obewl@nysed.gov or (518) 474-8775.

Memo

Other Professional Learning Opportunities

CUNY-Initiative on Immigration and Education

Immigration in Secondary Schools

  • Thursday, May 2, 4:30-5:30 PM (Virtual)

  • Thursday, May 9, 9:00-3:30 PM (In person at Erie 1 BOCES, 355 Harlem Road, West Seneca, NY 14224)

  • Thursday, May 23, 4:30-5:30 PM (Virtual)

This hybrid module will help educators explore and identify what advocacy can look like in our schools and classrooms, learn how to support immigrant-origin students with college and career access and understand how to support immigrant-origin youth empowerment in and out of schools. Educators will earn a total of fifteen (15) CTLE credits upon successful completion of the module.

Register Here

Refugees and Immigrants in Schools

  • Wednesday, May 8, 6:00-8:30 PM (Virtual)

  • Wednesday, May 15, 6:00-8:30 PM (Virtual)

  • Wednesday, May 22, 6:00-8:30 PM (Virtual)

This module will help participants understand the realities of refugees and other forced migrant groups in order to facilitate student learning in new educational, cultural, and social settings. The activities and experiences will raise awareness, understanding, empathy, and competence among educators and comprise a step in the journey to better supporting refugee communities. Educators will earn a total of fifteen (15) CTLE credits upon successful completion of the module.

Register Here

Career Opportunities

Peekskill City School District

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