HV RBERN Professional Learning Opportunities
Current HV RBERN Workshops
10/9/24 A Dynamic Duo: ENL Teachers & School Librarians - Series of 4 Sessions - at Putnam Northern Westchester BOCES
10/10/24 Formative and Summative Assessment Strategies for ELLs/MLLs - at Orange-Ulster BOCES
10/10/24 Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Series, featuring the HV RBERN - via Zoom
10/11/24 Using NYSESLAT Data to Plan for Instruction - via Zoom
10/11/24, 1/10/25, 3/21/25 A Dynamic Duo: ENL Teachers & School Librarians - Series of 3 Sessions - at Southern Westchester BOCES
10/17/24, 11/21/24, 12/3/24 Integrated ENL Co-Teaching Series - for WHITE PLAINS, PORT CHESTER, & KATONAH-LEWISBORO ONLY - Series of 3 Sessions - at Southern Westchester BOCES
10/18/24 Using NYSESLAT Data To Plan for Instruction - via Zoom
10/21/24 Combinations (formerly WIT 101): The Mighty Sentence - 1-Day Introductory Workshop For Teachers of English Learners - at Orange-Ulster BOCES
10/22/24 Using NYSESLAT Data To Plan for Instruction - at Rockland BOCES
10/22/24 Working with Newcomers - at Southern Westchester BOCES
11/6/24, 1/15/25, 3/5/25 Combinations (formerly WIT 101): The Mighty Sentence - 3-day Workshop for Teachers of English Learners - at Putnam Northern Westchester BOCES
11/7/24, 1/23/25, 3/27/25 Integrated ENL Co-Teaching Series (Series of 3 Sessions) - at Rockland BOCES
11/8/24 Classroom Strategies for Working with Newcomer Students - at Southern Westchester BOCES
11/7/24, 1/23/25, 3/27/25 Integrated ENL Co-Teaching Series (Series of 3 Sessions) - at Rockland BOCES
11/8/24 Classroom Strategies for Working with Newcomer Students - at Southern Westchester BOCES
11/8/24 Pre-Referral Considerations for ELLs - at Southern Westchester BOCES
11/14/24 Pre-Referral Considerations for ELLs - at Orange-Ulster BOCES
11/15/24 Instructional Strategies for Educators of ELLs K-12 - at Orange-Ulster BOCES
12/5/24 Working with Newcomers - at Rockland BOCES
12/10/24 Building Bridges: Engaging Families of English Language Learners through Relationships, Belonging, and Technology - at Southern Westchester BOCES
12/12/24 Working with Newcomers - 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. 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
NYSITELL Administration Training
Other Professional Learning Opportunities
Upcoming OBEWL Professional Learning Opportunities (Webinars, Workshops, and Conferences) for World Language Educators
Attention World Language teachers! The Fall 2024 webinar lineup is available online to register. The Office of Bilingual Education and World Languages is also looking to recruit additional schools to offer the Seal of Biliteracy.
Click on any of the links below to learn more:
Fall 2024 Webinars
Join the World Language Leadership Council
New York State Seal of Biliteracy (NYSSB)
Voices United Conference: Advancing the Civil Rights of English Language Learners & Building Pathways to Multilingualism
Thursday, October 24, 2024
Fordham University at Lincoln Center, 113 West 60th Street, New York, NY 10023
This professional development opportunity is offered at no cost to New York State educators and administrators and can be used to fulfill CTLE professional development requirements (5 hours of CTLE credit offered). Pre-registration will close on October 10, 2024. If you have any questions, please contact OBEWL@nysed.gov.
Register
NYS Language Regional Bilingual Education Network
Fall 2024 | Enrollment of Newcomers| Nuts and Bolts of the ELL Screening, Identification and Placement Process (ONLINE) VIRTUAL SESSIONS
Tuesday | October 1, 2024, 2:00-3:30 PM OR Wednesday | October 9, 2024, 2:00-3:30 PM
(The sessions are the same for each day)
Audience: Administrators, ENL Teachers, ENL Coordinators, Home Language Art Teachers, Programmers, School Counselors, Admissions Secretaries, Parent Coordinators/Liaisons, Enrollment Center Personnel, CBO Members
Register
Supporting Newly Arrived Immigrant Students & Families (2-Part Series)
(ONLINE) VIRTUAL SESSIONS
Presenter: Natasha Quiroga, Esq.
Audience: Administrators, Counselors, Parent Coordinators, ALL Teachers, CBO Members
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Special Education Differentiating Instruction for ELLs | Grades (K-12) ONLINE | 2-Part Series
Session 1 | Tuesday, October 8, 2024, 2:30-5:00 PM | Foundations
Session 2 | Tuesday, October 22, 2024, 2:30-5:00 PM | Applications
Presenters: Dr. Alba A. Ortiz and Dr. Linda Cavazos
Audience: Special Ed Teachers, Teachers, Administrators, CSE Personnel, Paraprofessionals, IEP Coordinators
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Special Education | Schools That Promote High Achievement for ELLs | Grades (K-12) | ONLINE 2-Part Series for Administrators
Session 1 | Thursday, October 10, 2024, 2:30-5:00 PM | Foundations
Session 2 | Thursday, October 17, 2024, 2:30-5:00 PM | Applications
Presenters: Dr. Alba A. Ortiz and Dr. Linda Cavazos
Audience: Administrators (*participants Must Commit to Attending Both Sessions in This Series)
Register
Please visit their Events Page for all Upcoming PDs this Fall and Winter 2024-2025.
CUNY - Initiative on Immigration and Education
Dos Puentes Elementary School Book Launch
Wednesday, October 23, 2024, 5:00-7:00 PM
North Academic Center (NAC) Ballroom, 160 Convent Avenue, New York, NY 10031
You're invited to the launch event of Lessons from a Dual Language Bilingual School: Celebrando una década de Dos Puentes, an insightful book that showcases the lessons, successes, and challenges of starting and growing a fully bilingual school.
RSVP
Hunter School of Education
Collaborative Leadership Advancing School Success (CLASS)
Collaborative Leadership Advancing School Success (CLASS) is a non-traditional leadership development program. Candidates collaborate to improve outcomes for historically underserved students and to lead improvements in the systems and structures that have perpetuated inequity. For Spring 2025, we are recruiting for a cohort that will have a special focus on the needs of multilingual learners. The ideal candidate has a passion for (though not necessarily experience in) supporting this population.
However, candidates will be prepared to fulfill a broad range of leadership roles.
Program Flyer
Learn More
CLASS information session (virtual): Thursday October 17, 2024, 6:30-7:30 PM
RSVP
Resources
Office of Bilingual Education and World Languages
Click to view a welcome letter for World Language educators from OBEWL Associate Commissioner Elisa Alvarez.
An Announcement from NYSED Weekly on: English Language Learner (ELL) Identification and Placement Timeline
On August 16, 2023, the Office of Bilingual Education and World Languages (OBEWL) issued a field memo announcing the availability of a waiver to the ELL Identification and Placement timeline for LEAs serving recently arrived asylum seekers. The memo stated that the waiver would be available until further notice.
This announcement serves as notice that this flexibility is no longer available and that all LEAs must again complete the identification of all ELLs by administering the New York State Identification Test for English Language Learners (NYSITELL) and placing eligible students in an appropriate language acquisition program within ten (10) days of a student’s initial enrollment.
LEAs that wish to seek an individual waiver to the ELL Identification and Placement Timeline should send a written request to obewl@nysed.gov. The request should include data on the number of students anticipated to require identification, the number of qualified staff available to conduct the identification, and the length of time for which the waiver is requested.
Please be advised that all children in New York State, regardless of their immigration or citizenship status, have the right to attend school full-time so long as they meet the age and residency requirements established by state law. Schools must allow these students to begin attending classes as soon as possible, ideally the next school day.
In addition, please note that recently arrived students in temporary housing are entitled to protections and services under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. This includes immediate school enrollment, even if the students lack documents normally required for enrollment or have missed application or enrollment deadlines during any period of homelessness.
Information regarding support for asylum seekers and other recently arrived immigrants can be found on the Immigrants and Newcomers webpage on OBEWL’s website.
For more information, contact OBEWL at obewl@nysed.gov or 518-474-8775.
September Newsletter
The September edition of the NYS OBEWL newsletter has been released.
Seal of Biliteracy
Schools interested in offering the NYS Seal of Biliteracy in 2024-2025 should submit their Notification Form (due by December 1st).
If you are new to the Seal, please consider attending OBEWL's free webinar on Starting a NYSSB Program at Your School from 3:30-4:30 PM on Wednesday, October 16th. (As with all of their one-hour webinars, this one will be recorded and made available for on-demand viewing on their website.) Click here for more information on the webinar. Click here to register. Even if your school isn’t yet ready to sign on for this program that honors the hard work of our multilingual teachers and students, you’ll still benefit from the information, all while earning one hour of CTLE credit.
Please contact the HV RBERN for support or with any questions you may have.
