Hold the Date!

HOLD THE DATE! Mark your calendars!

The Hudson Valley RBERN is pleased to announce that we will be hosting a Bilingual Educators’ Conference on Tuesday, November 5, 2019, at the Crestview Conference Center in Rockland County.

We will be inviting Hudson Valley bilingual/dual language educators to submit proposals for breakout sessions to highlight the expertise happening in our classrooms and schools.

A call for proposals will be going out next week. Conference registration will be available later this summer.

The following HV RBERN workshops have been scheduled. Click on the links below to register.

At Rockland BOCES:

ELL Identification Process - 1/2 Day AM
8/26/19, 8:30 AM–11:30 AM


NYSITELL Training - 1/2 Day PM
8/26/19, 12:30 PM–3:30 PM


Pre-Referral Considerations for English Language Learners
9/9/19, 9:00 AM–3:00 PM


NYSITELL Administration - AM Session
9/13/19, 8:30 AM–11:30 AM


NYS Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Plan - What Educators of ELLs Need to Know - AM Session
9/20/19, 8:30 AM–11:30 AM


NYS Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Plan - What Educators of ELLs Need to Know - PM Session
9/20/19, 12:30 PM–3:30 PM

At Southern Westchester BOCES:

Using NYSESLAT Data to Plan for Instruction
9/11/19, 9:00 AM–3:00 PM


A Teacher's Guide to Migrant Students, Trauma & Social Emotional Learning
10/10/19, 9:00 AM–3:00 PM

To view all upcoming HV RBERN workshops please click here.

As a reminder, we kindly request that you take a moment to complete the 2019-2020 HV RBERN Professional Development Needs Assessment and Satisfaction Survey. Your responses will assist us in providing better services to meet your needs. Please feel free to forward this survey to other educators in your district. We appreciate your assistance!

Partner Events

NYS TESOL 49th Annual ConferenceEarly bird registration available through September 1, 2019.
November 14–16, 2019, White Plains, NY
To view more details about this event and to register please click here.

New HV RBERN Workshops Scheduled and Other Information

The following new HV RBERN workshops have been scheduled for the summer/fall. Please click on the links below to register:

At Orange-Ulster BOCES:

Toolkit for Engaging and Supporting ELLs in Science: Strategies (AM SESSION)
7/25/19, 9:00 AM–11:30 AM


Toolkit for Engaging and Supporting ELLs in Science: Learn and Apply (PM SESSION)
(*Participants must attend the AM "Strategies" workshop)
7/25/19, 12:30 PM–3:00 PM

At Southern Westchester BOCES:

ELL Identification Process (1/2 Day AM)
8/28/19, 8:30 AM–11:30 AM


NYSITELL Training (1/2 Day PM)
8/28/19, 12:30 PM–3:30 PM


Using NYSESLAT Data to Plan for Instruction
9/11/19, 9:00 AM–3:00 PM

To view all upcoming HV RBERN workshops please click here.

Partner Opportunities

From NYS TESOL:
Bilingual Basic & NYS TESOL's Idiom - Joint Call for Papers
Submission Deadline: August 1, 2019
Special Topic Issue: Innovative, Collaborative and Transformative Bilingualism/Multilingualism for All
For more details please read announcement here.

From NYSED:
The New York State Education Department (NYSED) invites you to provide feedback on the 2019 NYSESLAT. Input from educators who are working with Multilingual Learners/English Language Learners (MLLs/ELLs) provides an important contribution to the development of this assessment. Please take a few minutes to complete this brief survey by June 25, 2019. 

Other Professional Development

From Hudson Valley Writing Project (HVWP):
Teaching Writing to English Language Learners at SUNY New Paltz
Audience: Preschool-College Teachers 
July 22-26, 2019
9:00 AM–12:30 PM
CTLE In-Service Certificate: 18 hours 
Fee: $150 
Please register here. To view more information about HVWP please click here.

From Bank Street Graduate School of Education:
The 20th Annual Language Series
Reading, Writing and Talk: Inclusive Teaching for Diverse Learners
October 26, 2019
Visit www.bankstreet.edu/ls for details and registration.