Happy Holidays

Greetings!

We're pleased to offer the following new workshop:

Teaching Reading to English Language Learners: What's Different?
2/11/19, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm, Southern Westchester BOCES
3/12/19, 9:00 - 3:00 pm, Rockland BOCES
Participants will explore what is different about teaching the key components of reading (phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension) to English language learners, how to create opportunities to develop oral language, and strategies for before, during and after reading supports.

To view all of our current workshops, please click here. 

LIU Hudson announces a fully online course for the Spring Semester, 2019:TED 650-001: Second Language Acquisition, 3 graduate credits. This course would be an excellent choice for classroom teachers who have multilingual learners and would fulfill the CTLE Language Acquisition hours. Offered for reduced tuition. You can view the flyer here. 

We wish you a happy holiday season and best wishes for the new year!

HV RBERN Update

We're pleased to share that the following new workshops have been scheduled. Please click on the links below to view more information and to register:

Facilitating Questioning and Discussion Techniques with ELLs
1/11/19, 8:30 - 11:30 AM, Southern Westchester BOCES

In this workshop, participants will discuss the benefits and challenges of developing ELLs ability to ask and answer questions and understand research behind the benefits of classroom discourse.

Guided Reading Instruction for ELLs: Assessment, Design and Delivery
1/11/19, 12:30 - 3:30 PM, Southern Westchester BOCES
In this half-day workshop, we will discuss how Guided Reading instruction relates to the specific needs of ELLs. 

Administration of the NYSESLAT - Training & Review 
2/20/19, 8:30 - 11:30 AM, Orange-Ulster BOCES
This half-day training session is intended for those new to NYSESLAT administration, as well as for those who are already familiar with administration of the annual "NYS English as a Second Language Achievement Test" (NYSESLAT) and want a “refresher”.

Next Generation Standards, NYSESLAT Skills and ELL Instruction
2/20/19, 12:30 - 3:30 PM, Orange-Ulster BOCES
In this half-day workshop, participants will examine parts of the Next Generation Standards to understand how they relate to NYSESLAT Performance Level Descriptions, Targets of Measurement, and the New Language Arts Progressions.

SUNY New Paltz is gearing up for another year of their Clinically Rich-Intensive Teacher Institute (CR-ITI). This is a program that is sponsored by NYSED and allows teachers to become certified to teach English Language Learners within the public school classroom. You can view the program flyer here. Please visit their website here. They will begin accepting applications in January 2019.

Please contact us with any questions or concerns.