Hold the Date!

HOLD THE DATE! Mark your calendars!

The Hudson Valley RBERN is pleased to announce that we will be hosting a Bilingual Educators’ Conference on Tuesday, November 5, 2019, at the Crestview Conference Center in Rockland County.

We will be inviting Hudson Valley bilingual/dual language educators to submit proposals for breakout sessions to highlight the expertise happening in our classrooms and schools.

A call for proposals will be going out next week. Conference registration will be available later this summer.

The following HV RBERN workshops have been scheduled. Click on the links below to register.

At Rockland BOCES:

ELL Identification Process - 1/2 Day AM
8/26/19, 8:30 AM–11:30 AM

NYSITELL Training - 1/2 Day PM
8/26/19, 12:30 PM–3:30 PM

Pre-Referral Considerations for English Language Learners
9/9/19, 9:00 AM–3:00 PM

NYSITELL Administration - AM Session
9/13/19, 8:30 AM–11:30 AM

NYS Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Plan - What Educators of ELLs Need to Know - AM Session
9/20/19, 8:30 AM–11:30 AM

NYS Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Plan - What Educators of ELLs Need to Know - PM Session
9/20/19, 12:30 PM–3:30 PM

At Southern Westchester BOCES:

Using NYSESLAT Data to Plan for Instruction
9/11/19, 9:00 AM–3:00 PM

A Teacher's Guide to Migrant Students, Trauma & Social Emotional Learning
10/10/19, 9:00 AM–3:00 PM

To view all upcoming HV RBERN workshops please click here.

As a reminder, we kindly request that you take a moment to complete the 2019-2020 HV RBERN Professional Development Needs Assessment and Satisfaction Survey. Your responses will assist us in providing better services to meet your needs. Please feel free to forward this survey to other educators in your district. We appreciate your assistance!

Partner Events

NYS TESOL 49th Annual Conference—Early bird registration available through September 1, 2019.
November 14–16, 2019, White Plains, NY
To view more details about this event and to register please click here.

New HV RBERN Workshops Scheduled and Other Information

The following new HV RBERN workshops have been scheduled for the summer/fall. Please click on the links below to register:

At Orange-Ulster BOCES:

Toolkit for Engaging and Supporting ELLs in Science: Strategies (AM SESSION)
7/25/19, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM

Toolkit for Engaging and Supporting ELLs in Science: Learn and Apply (PM SESSION)
(*Participants must attend the AM "Strategies" workshop)
7/25/19, 12:30 PM–3:00 PM

At Southern Westchester BOCES:

ELL Identification Process (1/2 Day AM)
8/28/19, 8:30 AM–11:30 AM

NYSITELL Training (1/2 Day PM)
8/28/19, 12:30 PM–3:30 PM

Using NYSESLAT Data to Plan for Instruction
9/11/19, 9:00 AM–3:00 PM

To view all upcoming HV RBERN workshops please click here.

Partner Opportunities

From NYS TESOL:
Bilingual Basic & NYS TESOL's Idiom - Joint Call for Papers
Submission Deadline: August 1, 2019
Special Topic Issue: Innovative, Collaborative and Transformative Bilingualism/Multilingualism for All
For more details please read announcement here.

From NYSED:
The New York State Education Department (NYSED) invites you to provide feedback on the 2019 NYSESLAT. Input from educators who are working with Multilingual Learners/English Language Learners (MLLs/ELLs) provides an important contribution to the development of this assessment. Please take a few minutes to complete this brief survey by June 25, 2019. 

Other Professional Development

From Hudson Valley Writing Project (HVWP):
Teaching Writing to English Language Learners at SUNY New Paltz
Audience: Preschool-College Teachers 
July 22-26, 2019
9:00 AM–12:30 PM
CTLE In-Service Certificate: 18 hours 
Fee: $150 
Please register here. To view more information about HVWP please click here.

From Bank Street Graduate School of Education:
The 20th Annual Language Series
Reading, Writing and Talk: Inclusive Teaching for Diverse Learners
October 26, 2019
Visit www.bankstreet.edu/ls for details and registration.

Summer Professional Development Opportunities

Summer is almost here, and with that, we would like to offer new professional development opportunities. So far, the Hudson Valley RBERN has the following summer workshops scheduled. Please register at the links below:

At Orange-Ulster BOCES:
Part 1: Tech Toolkit for Supporting ELLs - AM "Learn" Session
7/2/19, 9:00 AM–12:00 PM

Part 2: Tech Toolkit for Supporting ELLs - PM "Apply" Session (*For AM "Learn" Workshop Participants Only*) - at Orange-Ulster BOCES
7/2/19, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM

Other Professional Development

From New York State Council for the Social Studies (NYSCSS):
2019 Summer Institute
7/8/19 through 7/10/19, The Desmond Hotel, Albany, NY
Offering a variety of sessions for Elementary, Middle, and Secondary teachers in addition to sessions that focus on ELL students, exceptional learners, media literacy, technology, and updates from NYSED on the new Regents Exam and the Civil Readiness Initiative. For more information and to register click here.

From NYS TESOL:

Apply for the 2019 Educator Grants and Awards:
Teacher Material Grants  
Three awards of $250 each (Deadline: 9/15/19 for project year 9/1/19 to 5/30/20)   
http://nystesol.org/teachermaterialsgrants.html  

Travel Grants  
Two awards of $250 (Deadline: 9/15/19)
http://nystesol.org/teachertravelgrants.html  

Member of the Month 
12 months of recognition, plus eligibility to enter into a raffle for complimentary registration to the NYS TESOL Annual Conference 
http://nystesol.org/memberofthemonth.html  

Award Nominations   
There are six categories. All winners will receive: Complimentary Conference Registration Hotel Accommodations, Lunch or Dinner at Awards Ceremony, $100 Cash prize (Outstanding Teacher Award) 
http://nystesol.org/awards.html  

Other News

Important NYSED memo: Immigrant student count date changed to June 10, 2019.

Please see the memo below for an important policy change regarding the collection of immigrant students for 2019-20 ESSA Title III Immigrant Allocations.

The date for immigrant counts will move to June 10, 2019, replacing earlier guidance for counting on October 3, “BEDS Day.” The full NYSED memo can be viewed here.

As a reminder, immigrant children and youth are defined as individuals who: are aged 3 through 21; have not been attending school in any one or more States for more than three (3) full academic years; and were not born in any state.