Tools For Supporting ELLs Through Virtual Learning

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To better serve our region, we are switching mailing list providers on July 1, 2020. Even if you are already signed up for our current list, we ask that you please visit our website at www.hudsonvalleyrbern.org and fill out the new form on the home page or in the popup.

Signing up for our new mailing list will ensure that you continue to receive HV RBERN updates and news after July 1.

We sincerely hope you are staying safe and healthy during these ever-changing times. 

With many districts quickly transitioning to distance and virtual learning models, we at the Hudson Valley RBERN want you to know that we are dedicated to continuing to offer support for ELLs across our region. In the coming weeks, please be aware that the RBERN will be offering an increased number of virtual courses to our region.

The RBERN staff, in collaboration with various district staff, compiled a spreadsheet of helpful educational tools (many for no cost at all) that may provide assistance to teachers of ELLs in the virtual environment. As always, be sure to check with your district Technology Director to guarantee these technologies are allowed in your district under Ed Law 2D. Please note that there are multiple sheets you can access by clicking on the tabs at the bottom of the spreadsheet. We will continue to add to and update this spreadsheet over time. 

Click here to access the resource spreadsheet.

In addition to the above spreadsheet, we'd like to include our region in the conversation taking place with regard to making the HV RBERN a virtual CTLE provider. With that said, we ask that you please complete and share the following Google Form requesting your feedback.

Click here to participate in this feedback form.

Please stay tuned for additional HV RBERN updates as the situation evolves.

HV RBERN Update

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To better serve our region, we are switching mailing list providers on July 1, 2020. Even if you are already signed up for our current list, we ask that you please visit our website at www.hudsonvalleyrbern.org and fill out the new form on the home page or in the popup.

Signing up for our new mailing list will ensure that you continue to receive HV RBERN updates and news after July 1.

News and Events

43rd Annual NYSABE Conference
Fostering Collaborative Instructional Leadership in Bilingual Education: Equity in Action
March 19-21, 2020, Crowne Plaza White Plains, 66 Hale Avenue, White Plains, NY
To obtain additional information about conference registration, events, and speakers, please visit NYSABE's website.

Project THRIVE
Project THRIVE (Targeting Healthy Resiliency in Vested Educators) will work with – and fund the majority of tuition for – 26 master’s degree students in special education or school psychology and provide those students with the latest techniques and information for helping school-age children with high-intensity needs and their families. Applications for the Fall 2020 cohort are due on April 15, 2020. View program flyer here.

The Office of State Assessment has released a memo regarding the June 2020 Regents Exams. For the 2020 Regents Exams, translations will now be available in eight languages: Arabic, Bengali, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Haitian Creole, Korean, Russian, and Spanish.

Call for Proposals: NYSED-OBEWL NYC World Language Conference
June 4, 2020, Long Island City High School, 14-30 Broadway, Astoria, NY
Conference offered at no charge – includes breakfast refreshments, a full lunch and 6 hours of CTLE credit. For more information about the conference click here. If you have an idea for a workshop that you would like to present at this conference, please submit your proposal using the following online link. Proposals will be accepted on a rolling basis from 2/23/20 – 3/14/20. Please contact Candace Black (candace.black@nysed.gov; 585-356-0951) for more information.

The Senator José Peralta New York State DREAM Act gives undocumented and other students access to New York State‐administered grants and scholarships that support their higher education costs. For more information and to apply click here.

Career Development

LIU Hudson Online Advanced Certificate in Childhood Education for ESOL Teachers
7th Cohort begins in late June 2020. Here is a fact sheet about the program, an application and a brief checklist of items needed for admission.

Upcoming HV RBERN Workshops

To view all of HV RBERN's scheduled workshops click here.

HV RBERN Update

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News and Events

The New York State Education Department has released the 2018-19 New York State Seal of Biliteracy Report. This document summarizes facts and figures that demonstrate significant growth in this program in New York State over the last four years.

NYSABE invites college students and other interested parties to volunteer at their annual conference, March 19-21, 2020. This is a unique, firsthand opportunity to see the work NYSABE accomplishes on behalf of ELL students in New York State. The application can be found here. For more information about the conference, click here.

Ossining UFSD will be holding a Bilingual and Ethnically & Culturally Diverse Job Fair on March 21, 2020, 8:00 AM-2:00 PM. View event flyer here. 

Upcoming HV RBERN Workshops

To view all of HV RBERN's scheduled workshops click here.