Hudson Valley RBERN Update

HV RBERN Professional Learning Opportunities

Current HV RBERN Workshops

5/10/24 Integrated ENL Co-Teaching for School and District Leaders - at Dutchess BOCES

5/20/24 Integrated ENL Co-Planning Focus Group - via Zoom

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

Office of Bilingual Education and World Languages

OBEWL is pleased to announce the following free professional learning opportunities:

For more information on professional learning webinars for world language educators, please visit OBEWL's website.

CUNY Initiative on Immigration and Education

Free Virtual Workshop: Cultivating Intentional Support for Undocumented Students

Saturday, May 11, 2024, 5:00 PM

This virtual workshop is tailored for Immigrant Youth Workers/Educators emphasizing advocacy, the session equips attendees with effective engagement and support strategies. 

Register

Immigration & Education Information Sessions for NY Community-Based Organizations: Register Today!

CUNY II-E will hold two information sessions for CBO staff members to learn, act, and advocate for an equitable education for immigrant-origin students and their families. 

The interactive sessions 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.

Upcoming Virtual CTLE Course: Immigration in Secondary Schools

  • Thursday, May 23, 6:00-8:30 PM (Virtual)

  • Thursday, May 30, 6:00-8:30 PM (Virtual)

  • Thursday, June 6, 6:00-8:30 PM (Virtual)

This module will help educators explore and identify what advocacy can look like in our schools and classrooms, learn how to support immigrant-origin students with college and career access and understand how to support immigrant-origin youth empowerment in and out of schools.

Register

Events

Institute on Immigrant Integration Research & Policy

Leveraging Opportunities for Immigrant Integration in New York State

Wednesday, May 22, 2024, 1:00-5:00 PM

This conference, held at the University at Albany, brings together practitioners, policymakers, policy implementers, and researchers to explore opportunities for integrating immigrants in New York State, regardless of their length of stay or year of arrival.

Register

Information about our Conversational Spanish for Educators Courses for the Fall/Spring 2024-2025

Conversational Spanish for Educators

These virtual courses will provide essential tools for communicating with Spanish-speaking students, parents, and school personnel regarding aspects of school life and education which are mostly used to communicate with Spanish-speaking students and their parents. Participants will start speaking Spanish from day one, and get personalized feedback by submitting audio recordings and attending optional office hours. 

The courses will take place Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 and will consist of 22 one-hour weekly sessions.

Course Structure:

Two Levels:

  1. Newcomers: No prior Spanish experience

  2. Beginners: Basic Proficiency (can interact in simple ways, use basic greetings, handle short social exchanges)

For more information, view flyer here.

Complete survey here.

Hudson Valley RBERN Update

HV RBERN Professional Learning Opportunities

Current HV RBERN Workshops

5/3/24 Integrated ENL Co-Planning Focus Group - via Zoom

5/7/24 Integrated ENL Co-Planning Focus Group - via Zoom

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

5/9/24 Raising Awareness: Immigration, Unaccompanied Minors & A Few Things You Need to Know - at Rockland BOCES

5/10/24 Integrated ENL Co-Teaching for School and District Leaders - at Dutchess BOCES

5/20/24 Integrated ENL Co-Planning Focus Group - via Zoom

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

Southern Westchester BOCES

The SW BOCES Center for Professional Learning and Curriculum Support will be hosting its 5th Annual Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Summer Institute. As the planning committee prepares, they are seeking feedback from our region. Please consider completing this survey.

Other Professional Learning Opportunities

Bridges to Academic Success

Bridges Summer Institute

The Bridges Summer Institute is now open for registration.

2024-2025 Course Catalog

Participation in a Bridges orientation is a prerequisite for attending the Summer Institute, and there is one more orientation date this Spring:

  • Thursday, May 23, 2:00-3:00 PM

Register Here

School-Wide Systems for Multilingual Learner Success: An Online Course for School and District Leaders

Sponsored by the Bridges to Academic Success, the Center for Advanced Study in Education (CASE) and the CUNY Graduate Center

The course includes:

  • 5 weekly Zoom sessions: Monday, July 15th, Wednesday, July 17th, Wednesday, July 24th, Monday, July 29th & Wednesday, July 31st from 12:30-3:00 p.m. EST (2.5 hours per session)

  • Personalized coaching or consulting session available as part of the course

  • Tools and materials to support action planning and individual leadership development

Audience: school administrators, instructional coaches, EL coordinators/directors, district leaders, district leadership for school counselors and school support teams.

Based on the book, this course provides an interactive learning opportunity for school and district leaders to collaborate and design school environments that address the needs of multilingual learners. In the course, participants will preview and learn to use resources to develop their leadership in serving multilingual students.

Register Here

CUNY-Initiative on Immigration and Education

Enhancing Programs for Undocumented Immigrant Youth

  • Thursday, May 2, 6:00-8:30 PM (Virtual)

This is an informative workshop tailored to those working with undocumented immigrant youth.

Register Here

Book Launch Event

Knowing Silence: How Children Talk about Immigration Status in School

  • Tuesday, May 7th, 2024, Skylight Room, The Graduate Center, CUNY, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016

This upcoming book launch event celebrates the release of Knowing Silence: How Children Talk about Immigration Status in School by Dr. Ariana Mangual Figueroa. This groundbreaking publication challenges conventional assumptions about children's awareness of their immigration status and offers valuable insights into their lived experiences within educational settings.

Register Here

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