Hudson Valley RBERN Update

HV RBERN Professional Learning Opportunities

Current HV RBERN Workshops

• 3/6/25, 4/1/25, 4/8/25 Integrated ENL Co-Teaching 3-Part Series - at Dutchess BOCES

• 3/10/25 Enhancing Reading Comprehension for ELLs through Knowledge Building - at Dutchess BOCES

• 3/10/25 Incorporating Vocabulary Routines for ELLs in Grades 3-12 - at Dutchess BOCES

• 3/11/25 Accelerating Academic Success for Long-Term English Learners - at Dutchess BOCES

• 3/11/25 Designing Accessible Instruction for ELLs: A UDL Approach to Inclusive Classroom Instruction - at Dutchess BOCES

• 3/12/25 NYSESLAT Administration Training - at Putnam Northern Westchester BOCES

• 3/20/25 Pre-Referral Considerations for ELLs - at Dutchess BOCES

• NEW! 3/21/25 NYSESLAT Administration Training - via Zoom

• NEW! 3/24/25 NYSESLAT Administration Training - via Zoom

• 4/3/25 NYSESLAT Administration Training - at Orange-Ulster BOCES

• NEW! 4/4/25 NYSESLAT Administration Training - via Zoom

• 4/8/25 NYSESLAT Administration Training - at Rockland BOCES

• 5/1/25 Accelerating Academic Success for Long-Term English Learners - at Rockland BOCES

• NEW! 5/6/25 Integrated ENL Co-Teaching for School and District Leaders - at Southern Westchester BOCES

• 5/8/25 ENL, Immigration, and Graduation Pathways for High School Counselors and Directors of Guidance - at Orange-Ulster BOCES

• 5/21/25 Accelerating Academic Success for Long-Term English Learners - at Putnam Northern Westchester BOCES

• 6/3/25 Accelerating Academic Success for Long-Term English Learners - at Rockland BOCES

• 6/12/25 New York State ELL Identification Workshop - 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

• NEW! NYSESLAT Administration Training - Asynchronous Course

• NYSITELL Administration Training

Other Professional Learning Opportunities

CUNY Initiative on Immigration and Education

PK-12 Immigration Literature Conference: Storytelling for Visibility, Understanding and Transformation - Breakout Sessions Announced

Saturday, March 8, 2025 10:00-3:00 PM, The City College of New York - Great Hall at Shepard Hall, 160 Convent Avenue, New York, NY

This one-day conference is designed to inspire and empower educators to integrate immigration-focused literature into their classrooms by fostering a deeper understanding of the migration experience. Through a keynote presentation, interactive breakout sessions, and a panel with children and young adult literature authors, participants will experience the power of storytelling as a means to learn about oneself and one’s neighbors, and to take action to create a stronger and more interconnected society.

Register

Office of Bilingual Education and World Languages

OBEWL will be offering the following three webinars for world language educators this spring. Please consider registering. All webinars come with one (1) hour of CTLE or attendance credit. Webinars will be recorded and uploaded to their website for on-demand viewing within about a week of the original event.

Administering the Interpersonal and Presentational Assessment Tasks at Checkpoint A

Tuesday, March 11th, 2025, 4:00-5:00 PM via Zoom

In this webinar, participants will review the relevant sections of the Principles and Guidelines for Adopting or Creating Locally Developed Benchmark Assessments for Checkpoint A (Modern Languages) and sample scoring guides aligned to the NYS WL Master Rubrics. Participants will examine a variety of tasks and observe how to apply the scoring guides to assess student proficiency at the Checkpoint A level.  

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Presentational and Interpersonal Communication for Classical Languages - Part 1

Tuesday, March 25, 2025, 4:00-5:00 PM via Zoom

Building on the previous Classical Languages webinar on Standard 1, Interpretive Communication, you will dive into the two output standards: Standard 2 - Presentational Communication; and Standard 3 - Interpersonal Communication. Participants will explore ways to create engaging contexts for students to share their proficiency in the target language in Presentational Writing and Speaking and Interpersonal Speaking. You will consider various Presentational and Interpersonal Strategies integrated into the context of thematic lessons.

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Creating Meaningful Communicative Contexts

Tuesday, April 8, 2025, 4:00-5:00 PM via Zoom

In this webinar, you will look at ways to transform lessons in the 3 modes of communication into tasks that compel students to learn and communicate in the target language. You will examine ways to construct prompts and scenarios to engage learners and also simple changes that can be made to existing lessons to provide meaningful contexts that allow students to communicate in the target language.  

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Siena College

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages - Graduate Program Virtual Info Session

Tuesday, March 11, 2025, 3:30-4:30 PM

Join Doreen Morris, Assistant Director of Graduate Admissions, and Dr. Gretchen Oliver, Assistant Professor of Education, for this virtual information session.

Register

Resources

Office of Bilingual Education and World Languages

February OBEWL Newsletter Released

The OBEWL February newsletter is now available. Previous newsletters can be accessed on their newsletter archive page.

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

Hudson Valley RBERN Update

HV RBERN Professional Learning Opportunities

Current HV RBERN Workshops

• 3/6/25, 4/1/25, 4/8/25 Integrated ENL Co-Teaching 3-Part Series - at Dutchess BOCES

• 3/10/25 Enhancing Reading Comprehension for ELLs through Knowledge Building - at Dutchess BOCES

• 3/10/25 Incorporating Vocabulary Routines for ELLs in Grades 3-12 - at Dutchess BOCES

• 3/11/25 Accelerating Academic Success for Long-Term English Learners - at Dutchess BOCES

• 3/11/25 Designing Accessible Instruction for ELLs: A UDL Approach to Inclusive Classroom Instruction - at Dutchess BOCES

• 3/12/25 NYSESLAT Administration Training - at Putnam Northern Westchester BOCES

• 3/20/25 Pre-Referral Considerations for ELLs - at Dutchess BOCES

• 4/3/25 NYSESLAT Administration Training - at Orange-Ulster BOCES

• 4/8/25 NYSESLAT Administration Training - at Rockland BOCES

• 5/1/25 Accelerating Academic Success for Long-Term English Learners - at Rockland BOCES

• 5/8/25 ENL, Immigration, and Graduation Pathways for High School Counselors and Directors of Guidance - at Orange-Ulster BOCES

• 5/21/25 Accelerating Academic Success for Long-Term English Learners - at Putnam Northern Westchester BOCES

• 6/3/25 Accelerating Academic Success for Long-Term English Learners - at Rockland BOCES

• 6/12/25 New York State ELL Identification Workshop - 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

CUNY-Initiative on Immigration and Education

Refugees and Immigrants in Schools

Monday, March 10, 6:00-8:30 PM (via Zoom)
Monday, March 17, 6:00-8:30 PM (via Zoom)
Monday, March 24, 6:00-8:30 PM (via Zoom)

This course explores the experiences of refugees and other forcibly displaced migrant groups, equipping educators to enhance student learning in diverse educational, cultural, and social settings.

Educators will earn a total of fifteen (15) CTLE credits upon successful completion of the module.

The course includes an additional 6.5 hours of asynchronous group and independent work. The deadline for registration is Sunday, February 23rd, 11:59 PM. Email confirmations will be sent on Wednesday, February 26th.

Translanguaging Strategies for Supporting Immigrant Students

Monday, March 10, 6:00-8:30 PM (via Zoom)
Monday, March 17, 6:00-8:30 PM (via Zoom)
Monday, March 24, 6:00-8:30 PM (via Zoom)

Through this course, educators will understand the significance of translanguaging in the education of immigrant-origin multilingual students. The course also presents actionable methods to seamlessly integrate translanguaging pedagogy into the teaching practices of educators across grade levels and content areas.

Educators will earn a total of fifteen (15) CTLE credits upon successful completion of the module.

The course includes an additional 6.5 hours of asynchronous group and independent work. The deadline for registration is Sunday, February 23rd, 11:59 PM. Email confirmations will be sent on Wednesday, February 26th.

Register

Resources

Joint Office of the Governor and Office of the New York State Attorney General

This guidance document is intended to provide information to private and nonprofit entities like social services agencies and providers (including homeless shelters, domestic violence shelters, and other residential facilities as well as nonresidential and drop-in sites for social services); houses of worship such as churches, synagogues, mosques, and temples; medical and healthcare facilities; and other entities that provide community services and spaces, in evaluating how to respond to requests from federal immigration authorities while protecting the rights of their residents, clients, patients, members, and staff.

New York State Education Department

Safeguarding the Rights of New York State Immigrant Students

This informational flyer is available via the NYSED website in 12 languages.

Events

CUNY-Initiative on Immigration and Education

PK-12 Immigration Literature Conference

Saturday, March 8, 2025, 10:00-3:00 PM, The City College of New York, Great Hall at Shepard Hall, 160 Convent Avenue, New York, NY 10031

This is a one-day event designed to inspire educators to incorporate immigration-themed literature into their classrooms, fostering deeper understanding of the migration experience.

Register

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

Hudson Valley RBERN Update

HV RBERN Professional Learning Opportunities

Current HV RBERN Workshops

• 2/21/25 Accelerating Academic Success for Long-Term English Learners - at Southern Westchester BOCES

• 3/6/25, 4/1/25, 4/8/25 Integrated ENL Co-Teaching 3-Part Series - at Dutchess BOCES

• 3/10/25 Enhancing Reading Comprehension for ELLs through Knowledge Building - at Dutchess BOCES

• 3/10/25 Incorporating Vocabulary Routines for ELLs in Grades 3-12 - at Dutchess BOCES

• 3/11/25 Accelerating Academic Success for Long-Term English Learners - at Dutchess BOCES

• 3/11/25 Designing Accessible Instruction for ELLs: A UDL Approach to Inclusive Classroom Instruction - at Dutchess BOCES

• 3/12/25 NYSESLAT Administration Training - at Putnam Northern Westchester BOCES

• 3/20/25 Pre-Referral Considerations for ELLs - at Dutchess BOCES

• 3/20/25 Special Education and English Language Learners: What you need to know! - at Dutchess BOCES

• 4/3/25 NYSESLAT Administration Training - at Orange-Ulster BOCES

• 4/8/25 NYSESLAT Administration Training - at Rockland BOCES

• 5/1/25 Accelerating Academic Success for Long-Term English Learners - at Rockland BOCES

• 5/8/25 ENL, Immigration, and Graduation Pathways for High School Counselors and Directors of Guidance - at Orange-Ulster BOCES

• 5/21/25 Accelerating Academic Success for Long-Term English Learners - at Putnam Northern Westchester BOCES

• 6/3/25 Accelerating Academic Success for Long-Term English Learners - at Rockland BOCES

• 6/12/25 New York State ELL Identification Workshop - 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

Office of Bilingual Education and World Languages

Spiraling Instruction for Continued Proficiency Growth through Checkpoint B (Webinar)
Tuesday, February 25, 2025, 4:00-5:00 PM via Zoom

Register

Administering the Interpersonal and Presentational Assessment Tasks at Checkpoint A (Webinar)

Tuesday, March 11th, 2025, 4:00-5:00 PM via Zoom

Register

Creating Meaningful Communicative Contexts (Webinar)

Tuesday, April 8, 2025, 4:00-5:00 pm via Zoom

Register

January OBEWL Newsletter Released

The OBEWL January newsletter is now available. Previous newsletters can be accessed on their newsletter archive page.

CUNY-Initiative on Immigration and Education

Trauma-Informed Practice Strategies for Supporting Immigrant Students (Virtual CTLE Course)

• Wednesday, March 5, 2025, 6:00-8:30 PM (via Zoom)

• Wednesday, March 12, 2025, 6:00-8:30 PM (via Zoom)

• Wednesday, March 26, 2025, 6:00-8:30 PM (via Zoom)

This module will focus on best practices for supporting students of immigrant origin in PK-12 classrooms. Participants will learn how to identify possible trauma indicators in our learning communities, explore trauma-informed pedagogical practices, and develop plans to support students and their families.

Educators will earn a total of fifteen (15) CTLE credits upon successful completion of the module.

The course includes an additional 6.5 hours of asynchronous group and independent work. The deadline for registration is Friday, February 21st, 11:59 PM. Email confirmations will be sent on Wednesday, February 26th.

Register

Resources

CUNY-Initiative on Immigration and Education

Know Your Rights FAQ

CUNY-IIE remain committed to continuing to support the well-being and educational access of our immigrant, refugee, asylum-seeking, and undocumented students. They have created a Know Your Rights FAQ for 1) educators, schools, and districts, and 2) students and families in response to the recent immigration measures. 

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