HV RBERN New Workshop And Partner Events

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We hope your school year is off to an incredible start!
 
In order to better serve our region, the NYS Hudson Valley Regional Bilingual Education Resource Network (HV RBERN) is gathering data to inform our grant-funded professional development initiatives.

We kindly request that you take a moment to complete this short survey (https://goo.gl/forms/996x3ZWLZqNYRb8v1). Our intent is to gauge your professional development needs as they relate to supporting English Language Learners (ELLs) in our region. In addition, if you received HV RBERN support or attended our workshops during the 2017-2018 school year, we ask that you please rate your level of satisfaction with the HV RBERN, as well as provide feedback on our performance. (If you completed the survey in June or over the 2018 summer, thank you! This is the same survey you completed previously.)

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!

We’re happy to announce a new HV RBERN workshop: 
A Teacher’s Practical Guide to Migrant Students, Trauma, & Social Emotional Learning
11/7/18, Rockland BOCES, 9:00 am-3:00 pm
When children are impacted by stress and trauma, supports must be provided to develop various skills in order to even begin to tackle the aftermath of these experiences. This workshop will build participants’ awareness of the various traumas and stresses that can affect many of our students, specifically migrant students. We will identify practical classroom strategies for incorporating social emotional learning to support both teachers and students. To register in MLP please click here.
 
Southern Westchester BOCES and HV RBERN are collaboratively offering: 
STEMposium for English Language Learners
10/9/18, 8:30 am-3:00 pm, Southern Westchester BOCES, Harrison, NY
This event is open to both SW BOCES and non-SW BOCES component districts. View flyer with more details here.
 
To view all current HV RBERN workshops in MLP please click here.
 
We’d like to share the following events from our partners:

From NYS TESOL:
NYS TESOL 48th Annual Conference
Experience: The Heart of Teaching and Learning
11/2 & 11/3/18, Albany Marriot, Albany NY
To view more details about this event please click here.
 
From OBEWL:
New York State World Languages in the 21st Century
11/6/18, Saratoga Springs City Center, Saratoga Springs, NY, 8:00 am-4:00 pm
For details, view flyer here.

From SUNY New Paltz:
24th Annual Multicultural Education Conference
Listen, Educate, Advocate: Diverse Voices United for Democratic School
11/16/18, Student Union Building- SUNY New Paltz, 8:30 am-2:30 pm
For details about this conference please click here.

Please contact us if you have any questions or concerns.

CEEP Round Table

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In the spirit of collaboration and in response to requests, the HV RBERN will be offering two Comprehensive ELL Education Plan (CEEP) Round Table gatherings this week. District members who have a role in articulating the district's strategic plan on the CEEP will have the opportunity to discuss practices and ideas in order to prepare for CEEP submission.

Interested participants are welcome to "drop-in" to either of these discussions. Please RSVP to this email (rbern@swboces.org) if you plan to drop-in. 

CEEP Round Table
PNW BOCES - Wednesday, September 26, from 3:30 - 5:00 PM, 200 BOCES Drive, Yorktown Heights, NY

SW BOCES - Thursday, September 27, from 2:30 - 4:30 PM, 450 Mamaroneck Avenue, 3rd Floor, Harrison, NY

District superintendents must submit the district's CEEP to NYSED no later than October 19, 2018. 

If you have questions about the CEEP and are unable to attend, please contact us.

Welcome Back!

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We're excited about the opportunities a new school year can bring! To help you get the year started off right, we’d like to share the following helpful links:

In addition to being helpful resources, these links may prove useful for your districts as you complete the Comprehensive ELL Education Plan, due to NYSED on October 19, 2018.

We're pleased to announce a new 4-Day Introductory Series at Southern Westchester BOCES: Writing Is Thinking (WIT) 101 for ENL. Writing Is Thinking through strategic inquiry (WITsi) is an approach to delivering direct instruction in writing strategies that leverage improved writing, oral language, content knowledge, and reading comprehension simultaneously to English Language Learners. They will learn how the English language works. Participants can expect to leave each session with activities for immediate classroom use that will yield improved writing, language and thinking. This series is ideal for school/district teams. Participation in this series requires a commitment to all four dates.

The series dates are as follows:
Day 1: October 15, 2018
Day 2: November 19, 2018
Day 3: January 14, 2019
Day 4: February 14, 2019

To view more details about this series and to register in MLP, please click here.

We’ve scheduled several other new HV RBE-RN workshops such as: NYSITELL/NYSESLAT Training, Planning for Instruction Using NYSESLAT Data, ELL Identification Process and Screening Interview, Incorporating Vocabulary Routines for English Language Learners, Classrooms as Culturally Responsive Learning Communities, and Pre-Referral Considerations for English Language Learners. To view more details and to register please visit the Workshops/Events page on our website.
 
From our partners at Bank Street College of Education:

Language Series 2018: Multiple Pathways to Learning in the Age of Accountability
October 27, 2018 at Bank Street College of Education
Featuring keynote presentation by Nancy Cloud, Professor Emerita, M.Ed. in TESL Program, Feinstein School of Education and Human Development, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI., followed by two rounds of workshops. For more details and to buy tickets click here.  

Feel free to tell your colleagues about the support we provide and let them know that they can join our email list via our website: www.hudsonvalleyrbern.org.

Have a great start to the new school year! Please contact us with any questions.