HV RBERN Update

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HV RBERN Professional Learning Opportunities

Current HV RBERN Workshops

9/12/23 Using NYSESLAT Data to Plan for Instruction - at SWBOCES

9/13/23 Using NYSESLAT Data to Plan for Instruction - at PNW BOCES

9/14/23 New York State ELL Identification Workshop - via Zoom

9/29/23 Integrated ENL Co-Teaching for School and District Leaders - at Dutchess BOCES

10/10/23 Pre-Referral Considerations for ELLs - at Orange-Ulster BOCES

10/18/23 Pre-Referral Considerations for ELLs - at PNW BOCES

10/24/23, 1/30/24, 3/19/24 A Dynamic Duo: ENL Teachers & School Librarians - Series of 3 Sessions - at SWBOCES

11/15/23 Engagement Strategies Inclusive of ELLs in Grades 7-12 - at PNW BOCES

11/16/23 Raising Awareness: Immigration and Unaccompanied Minors - Some Things You Need to Know - at SWBOCES

12/20/23 An Educator's Informational Guide to Migrant Students & Trauma - at PNW BOCES

1/17/24 Teaching Reading and Vocabulary to ELLs: What's Different? - at PNW BOCES

2/14/24 Engaging ELLs (and ALL Students) with the Question-Formulation Technique - at PNW BOCES

4/4/24 NYSESLAT Administration Training - at Southern Westchester BOCES

4/9/24 NYSESLAT Administration Training - at Orange-Ulster BOCES

4/17/24 Using NYSESLAT Data to Plan for Instruction - at PNW BOCES

5/7/24 Teaching Reading and Vocabulary to ELLs: What's Different? - at Orange-Ulster BOCES

Self-Guided HV RBERN Workshops

Experience RBERN workshops at your own pace and earn CTLE certificates when it's convenient for you!

Linguistically Diverse Learners and Advanced Literacy Instruction: Elevating the Instructional Core for All Students - Asynchronous Workshop via Choice Board (REGISTRATION NOT REQUIRED)

NYSITELL Administration Training - Asynchronous Online Course (REGISTRATION NOT REQUIRED)

Hudson Valley Puerto Rican Hispanic Youth Leadership Institute (PR/HYLI)

The Hudson Valley RBERN is thrilled to extend an invitation to 11th and 12th graders in the Hudson Valley Region to apply for the Hudson Valley Angelo Del Toro Puerto Rican/Hispanic Youth Leadership Institute (PR/HYLI)!

This free 30-hour leadership program, available to Hispanic students in New York State, is a unique and exciting opportunity for students who are passionate about leadership, community, advocacy, and making a difference. If selected, scholars will have the chance to attend specialized training sessions right here in the Hudson Valley Region.

Application Deadline: Friday, September 22, 2023.

Hudson Valley Puerto Rican Hispanic Youth Leadership Institute (PRHYLI) Application Link

View program flyers here: English, Spanish

Federal and State Resources

NYSED Statement on Rights of Newly Arrived Immigrants

English Language Learner (ELL) Identification and Placement for Recently Arrived Children and Youth

Know Your Rights: Attorney General James and NYSED Commissioner Rosa Affirm Every New York Student Has the Right to a Free Public Education

Ensuring Meaningful Participation in Advanced Coursework and Specialized Programs for Students Who Are English Learners

U.S. Secretary of Education Letter September 6, 2023

U.S. DOE Newcomer Toolkit

Best Practices Clearinghouse - Lessons from the Field - Supporting Newcomer Students

Other Learning Opportunities

CUNY IIE

Save the Date: Video Series Launch - Not Too Young: Immigration in Elementary Schools
December 5, 2023, 5:00-7:00 PM

This series will showcase the school-wide projects produced by three elementary schools in New York City and Western New York. These projects illustrate the ways that schools can be responsive to their immigrant communities and prioritize immigrant students and families at their schools. For more information, visit their webpage.

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

HV RBERN Update

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HV RBERN Professional Learning Opportunities

Current HV RBERN Workshops

Self-Guided HV RBERN Workshops

Experience RBERN workshops at your own pace and earn CTLE certificates when it's convenient for you!

Hudson Valley Puerto Rican Hispanic Youth Leadership Institute (PR/HYLI)

The Hudson Valley RBERN is thrilled to extend an invitation to 11th and 12th graders in the Hudson Valley Region to apply for the Hudson Valley Angelo Del Toro Puerto Rican/Hispanic Youth Leadership Institute (PR/HYLI)!

This free 30-hour leadership program, available to Hispanic students in New York State, is a unique and exciting opportunity for students who are passionate about leadership, community, advocacy, and making a difference. If selected, scholars will have the chance to attend specialized training sessions right here in the Hudson Valley Region.

Application Deadline: Friday, September 22, 2023.

Hudson Valley Puerto Rican Hispanic Youth Leadership Institute (PRHYLI) Application Link

View program flyers here: English, Spanish

For districts witnessing an unanticipated surge in ELL enrollments from recently arrived asylum seekers with school-age children, NYSED has granted an extension for the 10-day ELL identification timeline via this waiver. Further details are included below. Please reach out to the HV RBERN if you have further questions. 

In response to the ongoing migrant crisis, the New York State Education Department (NYSED) is working closely with districts, schools, educators, and BOCES across the state to ensure that impacted communities have the tools and resources to best support all students. 

This memo sets forth new flexibilities regarding the English language learner identification process, and explains how to complete the waiver. 

More information and resources can be found on the NYSED Office of Bilingual Education and World Languages website.

LEAs are required to notify NYSED of their intent to use this flexibility through submission of the "Attestation in Support of Waiver of the ELL Identification and Placement Timeline for Recently Arrived Children and Youth" form on the NYSED Business Portal.

Other Learning Opportunities

U.S. Department of Education

Lessons from the Field Webinar - Supporting Newcomer Students
September 6, 2023, 3:00-4:30 PM

Attention: State and District Leaders, School Administrators, Educators, Student Support Personnel, Parents, and Education Stakeholders

The U.S. Department of Education is hosting a webinar series to address topics that are on the top of educators’ minds. After sharing federal updates, the series features lessons learned and best practices from faculty, staff, schools, districts, institutions of higher education, and other places of educational instruction. It also shares a variety of useful resources.

Register here.

Office of Bilingual Education and World Languages

Voices United: Embracing Diversity to Foster Multiculturalism and Multilingualism
November 2, 2023, 8:00-3:15 PM, Convention Center - Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY

This free event will provide New York State educators and administrators with a one-day professional development opportunity to strengthen theoretical and practical knowledge to implement high-quality academically rigorous instruction for English Language Learners (ELLs) and other Multilingual Learners (MLs). For more information, view flyer here.

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

HV RBERN Update

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HV RBERN Professional Learning Opportunities

Current HV RBERN Workshops

Self-Guided HV RBERN Workshops

Experience RBERN workshops at your own pace and earn CTLE certificates when it’s convenient for you!

Other Learning Opportunities

SUNY Buffalo

English as a New Language Additional Cert
5 Courses, 15 Credits, 1/2 Tuition
Application deadline: August 20, 2023

For more information, view flyer here.

Bilingual Education Additional Cert
5 Courses, 15 Credits, 1/2 Tuition
Application deadline: August 20, 2023

For more information, view flyer here.

New York State Education Department

NYSESLAT

The 2023 NYSESLAT Scores are now available in Level 2 Reporting. Available scores can be used for planning and programming purposes. Follow this link to view the 2023 Memo, NYSESLAT—Determining an English Language Learner’s (ELL) English Language Proficiency Level. 

If you have any questions regarding NYSESLAT Data, please contact your Regional Information Center or Big 5 Scanning Center. You may also contact us at rbern@swboces.org.

English Language Learner (ELL) Identification and Placement for Recently Arrived Children and Youth

This memorandum announces an available flexibility in the ELL identification and placement timeline for Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) that have been impacted by the influx of asylum seekers and other recently arrived students. This flexibility will extend the timeline (i.e., the deadline for administering the NYSITELL) from 10 school days to 30 school days. 

In order to claim this flexibility, LEAs must submit a form affirming the arrival of these students in their communities and providing information about these students and their previous ELL population. Once submitted the district may begin to use the flexibility; there will not be a review period required for approval. Superintendents and charter school leaders can access this form through the SED Business Portal.  

Further questions regarding LEA eligibility or any other aspect of the ELL identification timeline waiver can contact the Office of Bilingual Education and World Languages at obewl@nysed.gov.

Career Opportunities

Pine Bush CSD

Circleville Middle School is seeking applicants for 1 FTE ESOL/ENL Teacher

Appropriate NYS certification required

Salary per contract 

Starting Date: August 30, 2023

All interested applicants please send a cover letter and resume to Angela Wise-Landman, Executive Director of HR, Data and School Counseling, angela.wise@pinebushschools.org and the building principal, Lisa Hankinson, lisa.hankinson@pinebushschools.org.

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