HV RBERN Update

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HV RBERN Professional Learning Opportunities

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

Other Professional Learning Opportunities

New York State Office for New Americans

Celebrating Immigrant Heritage Month Through Language Access (Webinar)
June 26, 2024, 12:00 - 1:30 PM

Join the NYS Office for New Americans (NYS ONA) for a presentation featuring the New York State Office of Language Access (OLA). The Office of Language Access is a part of the Office of General Services. It supports New York's language access policy by maintaining the State contract through which agencies can access vendors that provide interpretation and translation services.

Register

Office of Bilingual Education and World Languages

Professional Learning Opportunities

Checkpoint A Benchmark Proficiency Assessment Guidance and Item Writing Workshops (Summer 2024)

NYSAFLT Summer Institute (July 29 - August 1, 2024)

Recorded webinars to watch on-demand

The New York State Seal of Biliteracy (NYSSB)

There are over 500 schools that offered the Seal this year and it is anticipated that more than 10,000 students will earn this award. If your school doesn’t already offer this program, learn more about how to set one up, to honor the hard work of your multilingual students, and to boost your course enrollment at Checkpoint C by reviewing some of the resources on the NYSSB website (e.g., Handbook), and consider watching the webinar entitled Starting a NYSSB Program (you can earn CTLE for watching the webinar just like for world language webinars). There is even have a book study next year on Promoting Multilingualism: A Framework for Implementing the Seal of Biliteracy that is open to Seal schools and non-Seal schools alike. You will get a free book and can earn 27 hours of CTLE credit for attending in full the 9 meetings. Click here for more information and to register. If you have any questions on the NYSSB please contact Candace Black at candace.black@nysed.gov.

Career Opportunities

Ossining Union Free School District

ENL Leave Replacement Teacher - Ossining High School

Hudson Valley RBERN Update

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HV RBERN Professional Learning Opportunities

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

Other Professional Learning Opportunities

NYS Statewide Language Regional Bilingual Education Resource Network at NYU

Free Virtual Workshop: Supporting Ukrainian Immigrant Students and Families in Grades K-12- Marina Vinitskaya, Ph.D. Resource Specialist

  • Wednesday, June 12, 2024, 3:00-4:30PM

  • Monday, June 17, 2024, 3:00-4:30PM

In this workshop, participants will learn about:

  • Ukrainian Newcomers coming to the United States

  • Challenges Ukrainian families and students face in NYS schools

  • Practices that support Ukrainian Newcomers and their families in NYC/NYS schools

Audience: All teachers (bilingual teachers, ESL/ENL teachers, content area education teachers, world language teachers), guidance counselors, parent coordinators, paraprofessionals, school leaders, and administrators are welcome.

Workshop Flyer

Register for the Virtual Workshop


Announcements from the Office of Bilingual Education and World Languages

OBEWL newsletters for April and May

2024-25 Book Studies on The Keys to Strategies for Language Instruction: Engagement, Relevance, Critical Thinking, and Collaboration 

Four virtual book studies will be facilitated by teams of individuals who were trained by Leslie Grahn and Bill Heller during the 2023-24 school year (Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday meeting dates are available). FREE book! Up to 27 hours of CTLE credit are offered for those who meet attendance requirements!

Click here for more information. 

Register for the Virtual Book Study

Checkpoint A Benchmark Proficiency Assessment Guidance and Item Writing Workshops 

Workshops are being offered in each of nine regions this summer to support NYS world language educators to understand and apply the Principles and Guidelines for Adopting or Creating Locally Developed Benchmark Assessments for Checkpoint A. Workshop presenters will explain the guidelines outlined in the aforementioned documents and will guide participants in designing assessment items that adhere to these guidelines.

All workshops will run from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM on varying dates depending on the location, with a one-hour lunch on your own. Earn 8 hours of CTLE credit before the school year even starts! Click on the above link for dates and locations. 

For more information, click here.

Register for the Workshops

Sign Language Proficiency Interview (SLPI) Training 

Monday, August 19th – Thursday, August 22nd from 8:00am to 4:00pm

Free training is being offered to ASL Teachers for the Sign Language Proficiency Interview at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Rochester Institute of Technology, 1 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY 14623).

For more information, click here. 

Register for the Trainings

Resources

CUNY Initiative on Immigration and Education

Resilience Rewritten: DACA Recipients Forging Empowered Paths Through Education and Art Video Series

New Video - Beyond Status: Inspiring Stories of Resilience and Advocacy in Education

This video uncovers the world of two undocumented artists, as they weave their distinct narratives of resilience and transformation. This video intertwines their immigrant journeys, showcasing how poetry and mixed media art become tools of self-expression, education, and advocacy. Viewers witness the power of artistic voices in dismantling barriers, fostering empathy, and advancing the call for inclusive education and social change. Click here to access the video.


Career Opportunities

Ossining Union Free School District

Institute on Immigrant Integration's Research & Policy

Applications Open for 2024 Fellowship on Immigrant Integration

The Institute on Immigrant Integration’s Research & Policy (III-RP) at the Rockefeller Institute of Government is seeking candidates for its 2024 Fellowship on Immigrant Integration. The fellowship runs during the fall 2024 semester and is open to SUNY and CUNY graduate students. The application deadline is Wednesday, June 27, 2024.

Details on how to apply are available on the Rockefeller Institute of Government website.

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

Hudson Valley RBERN Update

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HV RBERN Professional Learning Opportunities

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

Other Professional Learning Opportunities

NYSED Office of State Assessment

NYSESLAT Teacher Recruitment Opportunity

The Office of State Assessment is seeking qualified professionals to serve as committee members for ongoing test development activities for the New York State English as a Second Language Achievement Test (NYSESLAT). New York State-certified teachers, with special consideration for those who hold a certification specific to English Language Learners, are encouraged to apply to participate in the test development process. Activities for which educators are needed include:

  • Standard Setting: Participants will recommend performance standards for each level of achievement on the test.

  • Passage and Item Review: Participants will review narrative and informational passages and items, to be used on field tests and operational tests, for content accuracy, adherence to development criteria, and overall quality.

  • Range Finding: Participants will review and score field tested constructed response items and select anchor papers to be used in scoring guides.

  • Final Eyes Review: Participants perform the final review of operational test forms before administration.

Complete the online application to be considered for these test development activities. For more information, click here.

CUNY Initiative on Immigration and Education

Free Virtual Workshop: Information Session for NY Community-Based Organizations 

Monday, June 3, 2024, 2:00-4:00 PM

The CUNY-Initiative on Immigration and Education (CUNY-IIE) is delighted to invite you to a dynamic and FREE virtual information session designed just for CBO staff members and educators. Join us to learn, act, and advocate for equitable education for immigrant-origin students and their families.

The interactive session will provide an overview of CUNY-IIE’s grounding principles and the multimodal and multilingual resources developed for educators to use with colleagues, students, families, and community members.

For any questions, feel free to reach out to Sunisa Nuonsy, CUNY-IIE Project Researcher, at snuonsy@gradcenter.cuny.edu.

Register Here

Career Opportunities

Peekskill City School District

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