RBERN ENEWS

RBERN Team:

Director: Virginia Guglielmo-Brady, Ed. D.
Lead Resource Support Specialist: Jessa Waterhouse
Resource Specialist: Kristen Vadnais
Program Support Specialist: Ricardo Estremera
Program Support Specialist: Juanita Reyes Ph. D
Bilingual Administrative Assistant: Lianne Alcantara

Hunter ELL Focused Class Cohort Opportunity

The Capital RBERN District (Regional Bilingual Education Recourse Network) would like to share a wonderful opportunity for everyone who is interested.

Hunter College will hold another cohort of the ELL-Focused CLASS Program, the inquiry-based school and district leadership program, which leads to NYS School and District Leader certifications as this cohort is meant to draw from a statewide pool of candidates (only two in-person classes a semester at Hunter College).

For any additional information please feel free to contact email below:

Questions about program structure or content: Contact Nell Panero hscharff@hunter.cuny.edu

Questions about admissions: Contact edadmissions@hunter.cuny.edu

FREE ADULT ENL CLASSES 2023

RISSE: in person; masks and proof of vaccination required

240 West Lawrence Street, Albany; Call: 518-621-1041

Classes take place at: 30 North Russell Road

Level 1: Monday-Friday 11:00 to 12:30

Level 2: Monday-Thursday 9:30-11:30

Level 3: Monday-Thursday 9:30-1:00

Level 4: Tuesday and Thursday 1:30-3:30

Online classes: Monday-Thursday 12-1:00 or Thursdays 5:30-6:30 – see last page for links

Refugee Welcome Center (RWC): in person, masks and proof of vaccination required

104 Ontario St., Albany, contact Kasey Jacob, RWC Program Coordinator 518-795-5678 or kaseyjacob00@gmail.com

Monday-Thursday 9:30-10:30; 10:45-11:45 WITH CHILDCARE

Evening adult classes: Monday and Tuesday 6:00-7:00

Civics: Wednesday and Thursday 6:00-7:00

YMCA and USCRI: in person English class, Y Healthy Living Center, Hannaford Plaza, 900 Central Avenue, Albany. Beginners ESL: Saturday 10-11:30

No registration required. For more information email Peggy Kaufmann at Pkaufman@uscrimail.org

Beltrone Living Center and USCRI: in person English classes, 6 Winners Circle, Albany, specifically geared to seniors over age 60, but all are welcome. Transportation available for seniors who live in the general area, near Wolf Road or in Albany.

Tuesday and Thursday 10:30- 12:00 with lunch afterwards

Sunhees: Zoom and in person classes

173 4th Street, Troy; Call: 518-423-9124

www.sunhees.com/adult-english

Intro to English: Monday-Thursday 3-4:30

Everyday English: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 3:00-4:30

Community, Culture, and Conversation: Monday 6:30-8 or Tuesday 6-7:30

Intercultural Café, West Hall Building, Russell Sage College, 140 New Scotland Ave., Albany

Thursdays 4-5:30: Practice English while enjoying tea and conversation!

Holy Spirit Lutheran Church, 57 Hurlbut St., Albany

9:00-12:00 Beginners class - Monday, Wednesday, Friday

Free, open to all

Conversation Club at Russell Sage in Troy: in person; proof of vaccination and masks required. Contact: Ali Schaeffing at 518-248-7121

NY Spirituality Center, 65 First Street, Mondays 4:30-5:30

Cell-Ed phone app – pin # 66301

Literacy Volunteers of Rensselaer Co: Zoom and in person classes

Call: 518-244-4650; Email: linda.feldman1@verizon.net; office at 71 First St., Troy

In person: Beginners class at Watervliet Public Library: Wednesdays 5:30-7,

Thursdays 12:30-1:30 and 5:30-6:30

Zoom: mixed level ESL: Wed. 5-5:45, 5:45-6:30

BOCES South End Literacy Zone, Capital South Campus Center, 20 Warren St.

Call 518-862-4760 for registration

Margarita City Restaurant, 1118 Central Ave.

English classes Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6:30-8:30

Saratoga Public Library register online www.sspl.org; all classes are online

518-584-7860 ext. 259

Monday English learning: 10:00-12:00 online

Monday – English for Spanish speakers: 5:30-7:00

Wednesday – advanced English class 10:00-12:00

Friday – Intermediate English 10:00-12:00

Clifton Park Library https://events.cphlibrary.org/events

Monday: English Conversation intermediate 6:30-8:00 PM, program room D upstairs

Tuesday and Wednesday: Beginner English class 9:30-11:00, program room A-B upstairs

Thursday: intermediate English class: 9:30-11:00 online

Wednesday: Citizenship prep class: 6:30-8:00 PM online

Hudson Valley Community College https://www.hvcc.edu/programs/community-education/schedules/communication.html#EnglishasaSecondLanguage

Level 1 ESL – hybrid: Tuesday and Thursday 6:15-8:15 PM, Feb. 7- May 25

Level 1 ESL – Colonie Public Library Tuesday and Thursday 1:00-3:00, Feb. 7-May 25

Level 2 ESL – online: Tuesday and Thursday, 5:30-7:30 PM, Feb. 7-May 25

Level 3 ESL – online: Tuesday and Thursday, 3:00-5:00, Feb. 7—May 25

Level 4 ESL – online: Wednesday 4:45-5:45 and Friday 9:00-12:00; Feb. 8-May 26

Washington Irving Educational Center, Schenectady, 422 Mumford Street 518-370-8220 or 370-8230

Zoom classes:

Thursday at 5:30pm with Teacher Emily

All levels

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89467159146?pwd=U1paUHNDTU1qaWRha240TFl3S1RHZz09

Meeting ID: 894 6715 9146

Passcode: 2crUtF

Google Classroom link:

https://classroom.google.com/c/NTYwMjY2OTg2NjMz?cjc=dilzz7l

Class Code: dilzz71

Beginner level with Teacher Kyle

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. 12pm--1pm

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89588333917?pwd=WnJXR2VEYXorN0grZHZoVDdQVWxMQT09

Intermediate/Advanced Level with Laura

Tuesday, Wednesday. 11am--12pm

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89028326495?pwd=dkhtaHZpMkMvTjJjWjl1a2Jsbm5CQT09

Meeting ID: 890 2832 6495

Passcode: mEH5S9

TEACHING BILINGUAL EXCEPTIONAL INDIVIDUALS, GCP:

Buffalo State is helping educators complete graduate-level courses in bilingual inclusive education in just two semesters from anywhere! Courses are offered 100% online. For any questions please feel free to reach out to:

Gliset Colón, Ph.D.

Ketchum Hall 206

(716) 878-4639

colong@buffalostate.edu

***email preferred***

SUMMER WORKSHOPS:

The Capital District RBERN would like to share with you all this opportunity. Please see message below:

I’m writing today to give you an update on registrations for our summer Unit Design workshops to be held in your regions. The workshop to be held at Questar III in July has 21 registrants and the Mid-State one has 28. I’m confident these will double before we get to the summer. If there is anything you can do to promote these workshops in your region (email blast to principals/teachers in your regions), it would be greatly appreciated. You can find the information on these sessions as well as the link to our website below.

We’re also offering a workshop to be held at the Franklin-Essex-Hamilton BOCES for Northern NY teachers, a venue which may welcome teachers from regions shared by your two RBERNs. This is our first venture to help offer workshops in Northern NY, where we have not been able to visit in the past given our limited staff. I’m hoping that Northern NY teachers, several of whom have reached out to inquire if an in-person workshop could be scheduled, will come out in force to support this and future workshops in this area. Again, if this is anything you could do to support attendance at this event with your contacts in Northern NY, it would be greatly appreciated! Unit Design Workshops for Checkpoint B (Summer 2023)

In an effort to assure that as many NYS world language educators as possible are prepared to revise their Checkpoint B curricula prior to implementation of the revised NYS Learning Standards for World Languages in September of 2023, OBEWL will host unit design workshops for Checkpoint B in the summer of 2023. Although the examples given will be for Checkpoint B, these workshops are open to teachers of any level (Checkpoints A through C). The events will run from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. (with a one-hour lunch on your own) on two consecutive days. Participants must commit to attending both days. Participants who satisfy the attendance requirements of this workshop will receive a total of eight (8) hours of CTLE credit. To participate, educators must register in advance using the online form. Registrations will be accepted on a first come, first served basis until the venue capacity has been reached. These sessions are offered free of charge, are in-person only, and will not be recorded for future viewing. Below are the list of dates and locations by region. Click here to access the registration form.

Capital: Thursday, July 13th - Friday, July 14th - Questar III BOCES (10 Empire State Blvd., Castleton-On-Hudson, NY 12033)
Mid-State: Thursday, July 27th - Friday, July 28th - OCM BOCES (110 Elwood Davis Rd., Liverpool, NY 13088)
Northern NY: Tuesday, August 8th - Wednesday, August 9th - Franklin-Essex-Hamilton BOCES (23 Husky Lane, Malone, NY 12953)

Thank you and have a wonderful day!

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to contact below:

Candie

Candace R. Black

World Language Associate

Office of Bilingual Education and World Languages

New York State Education Department

2A Richmond Avenue, Park Lewis Hall

Batavia, NY 14020

Office: (518) 473-7505

Mobile: (585) 356-0951

Email: Candace.black@nysed.gov

Website: http://www.nysed.gov/world-languages

Book Study: Belonging Through A Culture of Dignity

Description:
Capital District RBERN, in partnership with School Improvement Specialist Jodi Sullivan, will be facilitating a book study. Join this virtual book study to participate in reading and rich discussion around Dr. Floyd Cobb and Dr. John Krownapple’s book, Belonging Through A Culture of Dignity: The Keys to Successful Equity Implementation. This book study will occur over five sessions. Each session will be 90 minutes in length over Zoom. The virtual meeting link will be sent to all participants prior to the start of the first meeting. There is no cost to participate in this book study. Participant’s must register by April 13th to receive a FREE copy of the book.

Dates:

Wed Apr 26, 2023 3:00pm-4:30pm
Wed May 3, 2023 3:00pm-4:30pm
Wed May 17,2023 3:00pm-4:30pm
Wed May 24,2023 3:00pm-4:30pm
Wed May 31,2023 3:00pm-4:30pm

Link to Register:

https://www.mylearningplan.com/WebReg/ActivityProfile.asp?D=15197&H=1&I=4395202

VALLEY EQUITY (DR. GLISET COLON)

Title: Equitable Family Engagement for Multilingual Learners led by Dr. Gliset Colon

Description: The Equitable Family Engagement for Multilingual Learners series is for teachers, parent-coordinators, administrators, and other education related stakeholders. This learning series will consist of virtual workshops and is informed by the most current evidence-based research on parent and family engagement and delivery of services to multilingual students and their families. Participants who attend the “Equitable Family Engagement for Multilingual Families” series will be able to assess the effectiveness of their own family engagement efforts and learn about equitable family engagement practices.

Virtual Sessions:

December 13, 2022 (4:30pm-6pm) Family engagement strategies

February 6, 2023 (9am-12pm) Family engagement strategies

April 3, 2023 (4:30pm-6pm) Family engagement strategies

May 10, 2023 (4:30pm-6pm) Family engagement strategies

May 24, 2023 (4:30pm-6pm) Family engagement strategies

June 7, 2023 (9am-12pm) Sharing of educator artifacts; Reflections; Planning for the future

Link to register:

https://www.mylearningplan.com/WebReg/ActivityProfile.asp?D=15197&H=1&I=4262079

**Just a kindly reminder a zoom link will be shared a day before the event**

BILINGUAL SPECIAL EDUCATION VIRTUAL SERIES LED BY (DR.TAMARA ALSACE) AND (DR.GLISET COLON)

Description: This professional development series focuses on the areas of effective programmatic, instructional and assessment practices in bilingual special education. This learning series will be applicable for classroom teachers and related services personnel as well as administrators and other school/district leaders and is based on a developmental model to support and sustain school leaders and classroom teachers through virtual workshops. This learning series is informed by the most current evidence-based research on the continuum of services for English language learners/Multilingual learners (ELLs/MLLs) with disabilities.

The series will be virtual:

The sessions will focus on preparing classroom teachers to implement the strategies discussed in the text and school leaders to lead the work and follow up on implementation of the strategies and practices presented to teachers. Each session will be held from 9:00am-12:30pm via zoom.

- 1/2 day session (3.5 hours) April 24, 2023.

o Culturally responsive assessment,

o MTSS,

o IEP planning

- 1/2 day session (3.5 hours) June 6, 2023.

o Specially designed instruction for multilingual learners

o Writing development,

o Transition planning,

o Social-emotional learning

***A zoom link will be share a day before the event***

Link to register:

https://www.mylearningplan.com/WebReg/ActivityProfile.asp?D=15197&I=4281076

CD RBERN RESOURCES

Capital District RBERN Resources

Our website has many resources to help all educators of English Language Learners.

Check out our Events page for upcoming virtual workshops

NYS RBERN OnDemand:

Introducing NYS RBERN OnDemand: A tutorial video-oriented resource to support ELLs across New York State. This repository of knowledge is a collaboration between all NYS RBERNs. This resource includes seven major categories to address the needs of ELLs:

1. Instructional Design

2. Social-Emotional Learning

3. Family Engagement

4. Technology Integration

5. NYS Regulation

6. Assessment and Progress Monitoring

7. English Language Development

This resource will foster independent learning, provide foundational understanding for second language acquisition, and ensure equitable access to resources statewide. For more region-specific needs, your regional RBERN is ready and willing to meet your individual needs. We understand that every student, every classroom, every school, and every district is different. Therefore, this resource includes supports that are applicable to the needs of ELLs across NYS as a whole according to statewide initiatives. Your regional RBERN has the knowledge and resources to address the unique needs of your ELL populations.

https://www.nysrbernondemand.org/

NYS RBERN ON DEMAND:

1. Instructional Design

2. Social-Emotional Learning

3. Family Engagement

4. Technology Integration

5. NYS Regulation

6. Assessment and Progress Monitoring

7. English Language Development

https://www.nysrbernondemand.org/

TRANSLATION SERVICES:

Capital District RBERN displays a translation services list on their website. This list contains more than 80 language assistants offering about 19 or more languages.

Disclaimer: The Capital Region RBERN offers this list as a reference and does not endorse any particular entity.

**Your student’s school is required to provide you an interpreter for pertinent meetings and should also provide key information translated into your preferred native language.

La escuela de su hijo/a debe proporcionarle un intérprete para las reuniones pertinentes y también debe proporcionar información clave traducida a su idioma nativo preferido.

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RBERN ENEWS

April 2023

RBERN ENEWS

April 2023

Welcome Everyone:

RBERN Team:

RBERN IS FUNDED THROUGH A CONTRACT WITH THE NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE:WWW.RBERN.ORG

Opportunities:

Hunter ELL Focused Class Cohort Opportunity

FREE ADULT ENL CLASSES 2023

ROUNDTABLE] NOTICIAS Y/E NOTAS/ समाचार और नोट्स/新闻和笔记: NEWS FOR THE SPANISH/PORTUGUESE SPEAKING, ASIAN, INDIGENOUS, IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE COMMUNITIES OF UPSTATE NEW YORK AND NEW ENGLAND

PASS The ARA 2023:

FREE Citizenship Class:

TEACHING BILINGUAL EXCEPTIONAL INDIVIDUALS, GCP:

SUMMER WORKSHOPS:

Updated Flyers for Albany Intercultural Cafe at Russell Sage College:

The NYSESLAT School Administrator’s Manual is now available for 2023. Please use the link to access it: http://www.nysed.gov/state-assessment/nyseslat-school-administrators-manual

RBERN UPCOMING PD'S:

Book Study: Belonging Through A Culture of Dignity

VALLEY EQUITY (DR. GLISET COLON)

BILINGUAL SPECIAL EDUCATION VIRTUAL SERIES LED BY (DR.TAMARA ALSACE) AND (DR.GLISET COLON)

CD RBERN RESOURCES

RBERN Contact Information :