Workshops
All RBERN events are virtual unless otherwise indicated.
Community and Professional Organizations
CR Part 154 - ELL Identification & Assessments
HLQ and ELL Identification Process
9/15/2021 from 10am - 12pm
This live session via Zoom will review the ELL Identification Process and the completion of the Home Language Questionnaire (HLQ). This session is open to registration staff, ENL program directors and coordinators, and ENL teachers
CTLE Credits: 2
NYSITELL
In this hybrid course, you will learn everything you need to know to successfully administer the NYSITELL from intake, to testing, to placement. This course will take approximately 3 hours. Course work of the Pear Deck Presentation and Quiz must be completed prior to the Zoom Q&A session. This is a repeated event - choose one from the options below.
CLTE Credits: 3
Emerging Multilingual Learners in PreK
This live session via Zoom will discuss the Emerging Multilingual Learner (EMLs) Language Profile for prekindergarten students and considerations for identification, instructional planning and programming. This session is open to Pre-K educators of emerging multilingual learners and program directors. This is a repeated event - choose one from the options below.
CTLE Credits: 1.5
11/9/2021 from 1:30pm - 3:00pm
NYSESLAT
In this hybrid course, you will learn everything you need to know to successfully administer the NYSESLAT from intake, to testing, to placement. This course will take approximately 3 hours. Pre course work and quiz must be completed prior to the Zoom Q&A session. This is a repeated event - choose one from the options below.
CLTE Credits: 3
ELL Foundations Series
Session 1: Units of Study, Accommodations, Proficiency Levels & Scaffolds
Opens 9/27/21 at 8am, closes 10/11 at 11:59pm
In this asynchronous (not live) course in Google classroom, participants will learn the levels of English proficiency and how they are tied to ENL service and units of study. Participants will also learn accommodations ELLs are entitled to as well as the Bilingual Common Core Progressions and some other basic scaffolds to support students of various proficiency levels. (Not intended for ENL teachers)
CTLE Credits: 3
Session 2: Second Language Acquisition Theories & Culturally Responsive and Sustaining Education
Opens 10/18/21 at 8am, closes 10/31 at 11:59pm
In this asynchronous (not live) course in Google classroom, participants will learn some of the competing theories that inform how students acquire language and in turn how to select strategies to support language acquisition. Participants will also be introduced to the Culturally Responsive and Sustaining Education Framework from NYSED.
CTLE Credits: 3
Session 3: Multilingual Resources
Opens 11/8/21 at 8am, closes 11/21 at 11:59pm
In this asynchronous (not live) course in Google classroom, participants will discover a variety of free and paid print and web-based resources available in multiple languages to support student comprehension and access to content.
CTLE Credits: 3
Leveraging the Multiliteracies of ELLs Series
Statistical Literacy for ELLs
Opens 10/8/21 at 8am, closes 10/26 at 11:59pm
During this asynchronous course, participants will explore resources to build student’s statistical literacy through Census Bureau’s Statistics in Schools and NY Times’ What's Going on in This Graph?
CTLE Credits: 3
Centering the Voices of Multilingual Students
10/13/2021 from 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Participants will explore a framework that amplifies student voices, experiences and builds independence when analyzing texts. Session is held live via Zoom.
CTLE Credits: 1
Building News and Media Literacy for ELLs
Opens 11/9 at 8am, closes 11/23 at 11:59pm
In this asynchronous course, participants will consider current classroom practice and how to develop opportunities for students to consume information and assess its credibility in all languages.
CTLE Credits: 3
Promoting Oral Language Development for ELLs
11/16/2021 from 4:30pm - 5:30pm
In this live session via Zoom, participants will recognize the importance of oral language development as a foundation of academic success. Participants will explore a framework by Nancy Motley to structure lessons that promote a language-rich environment called Talk, Read, Talk, Write (TRTW).
CTLE Credits: 1
Enhancing Presentations for ELLs
Opens 1/11/22 at 8am, closes 1/24/22 at 11:59pm
This asynchronous course will look at how Zen Presentations and Pecha Kucha Presentations can support and clarify mini-lessons for English Language Learners and be models for student presentations.
CTLE Credits: 3
Supporting ELLs in Math and Science
Opens 1/31/22 at 8am, closes 2/13/22 at 11:59pm
In this asynchronous (not live) course in Google classroom, participants will explore the Science Topic Briefs, scaffolds for Math, and examine project-based learning as a preferred model for engaging ELLs in content-area instruction.
CTLE Credits: 3
Authentic Communication
Opens 2/9/22 at 8am, closes 2/23/22 at 11:59pm
During this asynchronous course in Google Classroom, participants will explore resources for authentic communication including cultivating conversation mindsets and cultures, building up ideas, collaborative arguments, conversations across disciplines, and assessing conversations.
CTLE Credits: 6
ELL/Bilingual Focus Group Series
Immigration: Visa Types and Demographics
10/5/2021 from 4:30pm - 5:30pm
In addition to NYSED OBEWL updates, there will be a brief overview of the classes of foreign-born people in the US, how they come to be here, as well as the local demographics as it relates to asylees and refugees during this live session via Zoom.
Guest presenter: Janice M. Owen | Community Relations Officer: DHS | USCIS | District N11 | Buffalo Office
CTLE Credits: 1
Estrategias de lectura a través de libros en español
Sesión 1: 11/9/2021 from 4:30-5:30pm
Sesión 2: 1/9/2022 from 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Sesión 3: 3/8/2022 from 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Sesión 4: 5/10/2022 from 4:30pm - 5:30pm
En esta serie, los participantes recibirán una copia gratuita de “El libro de estrategias de lectura” escrito por Jennifer Serravallo. Aplicaremos estrategias utilizando libros para niños en español. Al registrarse, se compromete a asistir a las cuatro sesiones.
CTLE Credits: 1 per session
El Batey with Beatriz Flores
Date & Time TBD
El Batey Puerto Rican Cultural Center is an organization with a mission to honor and empower Puerto Rican people through culture, music, and history. Founder and Executive Director Beatriz Flores’s belief is that Bomba is the encapsulated expression of Puerto Rican history and ethos, as well as a vehicle for social change. This event is live via Zoom.
CTLE Credits: 1
Mental Health Resources
Date & Time TBD
CTLE Credits: 1
Panel Discussion
Date & Time TBD
CTLE Credits: 1
End of Year Celebration
Date & Time TBD
This end-of-year event will include one hour of professional development and a happy hour style networking event with complimentary refreshments. This will be held off-site at a location TBD.
CTLE Credits: 1
Family & Community Engagement Series
Multilingual Matters Book Club
A quarterly educator book club to discuss topics related to migration, multilingualism, and multiculturalism. Through our reflection we will discuss implication to instructional practices, and student/family engagement as it relates to our English Language Learning population in Western New York. All sessions are live via Zoom.
CTLE Credits: 1 per session
9/29/2021 from 5pm - 6pm (Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder)
12/8/2021 from 5pm - 6pm (The Lemon Tree: An Arab, A Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East [Young Reader's Edition] by Sandy Tolan
3/29/2022 from 5pm - 6pm (Guest House for Young Widows by Azadeh Moaveni)
6/8/2022 from 5pm - 6pm (They Called Us Enemy by George Takei)
Working with Interpreters and Translators in Educational Settings
10/28/2021 from 12:30pm - 2:30pm
In this live Zoom session, educators will be provided structures and the resources to effective and efficiently work with interpreters and translators.
CTLE Credits: 2
Special Events
NYSTESOL Conference
51st Annual Conference entitled Looking Forward: Educational Empowerment & Transformative Education will be held November 4-6, 2021. For more details and to register, visit the NYSTESOL website.
NYSABE Conference
The NYSABE Conference will be held May 19-21, 2022. Look for details on the NYSABE website.