HV RBERN Update

We hope you have been enjoying your summer!

The 2019 NYSESLAT scores are available for districts to download from the NYSED L2RPT portal.

NYSESLAT scores are available to authorized users in the:

• SIRS-301 Tested/Not Tested Confirmation Report, and

• SIRS-302 Tested/Not Tested Confirmation All Assessments Reports.

Please share this information with your District Data Coordinator as appropriate.

NYSED OBE-WL has posted the 2019-2020 Comprehensive ELL Education Plan (CEEP) in the SED Business Portal for all districts to complete no later than October 15, 2019.

• This year’s CEEP is to be completed electronically through the SED Business Portal; Data and Information Reports are not being collected with this year's CEEP.

• 2019-2020 CEEP is assurance-focused; narratives are applicable where further explanations are needed. The updates section does have a few questions that may involve written responses.

• Questions can be directed to the the HV RBERN at rbern@swboces.org or to the Office of Bilingual Education and World Languages at OBEWL@NYSED.GOV.

Since our last newsletter, the Hudson Valley RBERN has added a considerable amount of workshops to our catalog. You'll notice we will be presenting at several BOCES locations to help serve all of our districts throughout the Hudson Valley Region. Please click on this link to view all of our workshops scheduled thus far. Check back with us, as we continue to add more workshops! We look forward to seeing you soon at a location near you.

More seats have been added to the following workshop:
Incorporating Vocabulary Routines for ELLs in Grades 3-12
10/22/19, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM, Southern Westchester BOCES

Educators with experience in bilingual/dual language programs or those who support bilingual students are invited to submit a proposal for a breakout session for our Sustaining Multilingualism in the Hudson Valley Conference scheduled for November 5, 2019. Breakout session proposals should be submitted no later than August 30, 2019. Please share this with those who may be interested. Conference registration information will be shared soon. Stay tuned!

Partner Events

From Manhattanville College:
The 9th Annual Manhattanville Early Childhood Professional Development Conference
10/19/19, 8:00 AM – 1:30 PM, Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY
For more information about this event and to register, please click here.

Summer Update

We're happy to share that there are still seats available at the workshop for An Educator's Guide to Migrant Students, Trauma & Social Emotional Learning at Orange-Ulster BOCES on 8/22/19. Please click here to register.

The following new HV RBERN workshops have been scheduled. Please click on the links below to register.

At Southern Westchester BOCES:

Teaching Reading to English Language Learners - What's Different?
9/19/19, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

Incorporating Vocabulary Routines for ELLs in Grades 3-12
10/22/19, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

Classrooms as CR-S Learning Communities
2/5/20, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

At Sullivan BOCES:

Using NYSESLAT Data to Plan for Instruction (AM SESSION)
9/27/19, 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM

NYS Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Plan - What Educators of ELLs Need to Know (PM SESSION)
9/27/19, 12:30 PM – 3:30 PM

At Rockland BOCES:

Incorporating Vocabulary Routines for ELLs in Grades 3-12
10/11/19, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

Classrooms as CR-S Learning Communities
12/13/19, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

Teaching Reading to English Language Learners - What's Different?
1/10/20, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

At Dutchess BOCES:

An Educator's Guide to Migrant Students, Trauma & Social Emotional Learning (AM Session)
11/7/19, 9:30 AM – 12:15 PM

An Educator's Guide to Migrant Students, Trauma & Social Emotional Learning (PM Session)
11/7/19, 12:45 PM – 3:30 PM

At Putnam Northern Westchester BOCES:

An Educator's Guide to Migrant Students, Trauma & Social Emotional Learning
11/25/19, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

Literacy for ELLs in Elementary Classrooms
2/24/20, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

An Educator's Guide to Migrant Students, Trauma & Social Emotional Learning
3/13/20, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

To view all upcoming RBERN workshops, please click here.

The HV RBERN team is busy planning for our Sustaining Multilingualism in the Hudson Valley Conference, scheduled for November 5, 2019. Our local educators working in bilingual programs and/or with bilingual students are encouraged to submit a proposal for a breakout session. See our website for more information.

Career Opportunities

For more information about the following career opportunities, please contact Eric Baird, Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources and Community Relations, 845-942-3018:

School Psychologist - Bilingual
American Sign Language Teacher
North Rockland CSD

Please visit pnwboces.org/olas for more information about the following opportunity:

Elementary Leave Replacement for Dual Language Program
Ossining UFSD

Student Registration Question

NYSED's Office of Bilingual Education and World Languages (OBE-WL) has asked us to inquire with the districts in our region about where student registration takes place in each district.

This information will help OBE-WL to better support districts with the Mulitlingual Literacy Screener (MLS), which is used with students who are suspected of being Students with Interrupted/Inconsistent Formal Education (SIFE).

Please take a moment, regardless of your role in your district, and complete this survey no later than Monday, July 29. We anticipate multiple responses from districts as we know that many of our list serve subscribers may not access their email within the next few days.

Thank you for your assistance with this!