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MAY EVENTS
Final Session-May 28: PLC for Teachers of Ukrainian Students
We are back for a second year of learning and collaborating! The PLC for teachers of Ukrainian students is a virtual space for sharing resources and learning how we can optimize the education for Ukrainian students and connect with their families. Please join Mid-West RBERN & RBERN West for one session or all four. Topics will include, but not be limited to:
•Ukrainian Language: Key Phrases
•Ukrainian Language: Insight on linguistic structure
•School In Ukraine: Understanding Students' Past Experiences
•Newcomer Instruction and Assessment Considerations
•School In Ukraine: Understanding Mental Health and Learning Differences in Ukraine
•Ukrainian Culture: Understanding Ukrainian society and history
New & Old Members Welcome!
JUNE EVENTS
June 18- 9:00-12:00 OR 1:00-4:00
Creating a welcoming environment from the very start is imperative to the academic success of students and building partnerships with families of English Language learners. This begins from the day that families step onto your campus to registering new students. Participants will learn about the process of identifying students as English language learners including considerations such as program placement, SIFE designation, language proficiency teams, and exiting the program. This workshop is intended for anyone involved with the identification and welcoming of ELLs including school administrators, administrative support professionals, and teachers.
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SUMMER EVENTS
Beginning July 3- Building Literacy with Multilingual Learners Book Club
This book club will focus on the book Building Literacy with Multilingual Learners: Insights from Linguistics 3rd Edition, exploring the processes involved in second language acquisition and literacy development. We meet 4 times over ZOOM to discuss the contents of assigned reading. Books must be purchased on your own.
Please join Midwest RBERN for a summer author study focusing on Middle Grades author Katherine Marsh. We will be reading Nowhere Boy. Fourteen-year-old Ahmed fled a life of uncertainty and suffering in Syria, only to lose his father on the perilous journey to the shores of Europe. Thirteen-year-old Max never wanted to move from America to Brussels, Belgium and continue his life of failure, this time at a French-speaking school. But with one startling discovery, Max and Ahmed's worlds collide, changing everything they know about heroism, hope, and love. This book study will run from July 1-31. Schoology course link will be sent to participants prior to the start of the course.
Beginning August 1- Author Study- Katherine Marsh
Please join Midwest RBERN for a summer author study focusing on Middle Grades author Katherine March. We will be reading The Lost Year. Thirteen-year-old Matthew is miserable. His journalist dad is stuck overseas indefinitely, and his mom has moved in his one-hundred-year-old great-grandmother to ride out the Covid pandemic, adding to his stress and isolation. But when Matthew finds a tattered black-and-white photo in his great-grandmother's belongings, he discovers a clue to a hidden chapter of her past-one that will lead to a life-shattering family secret. Set in alternating timelines that connect the present day to the 1930s and the US to the USSR, Katherine Marsh's latest novel sheds fresh light on the Holodomor-the horrific famine that killed millions of Ukrainians, which the Soviet government covered up for decades. This book study will run from August 1-31. Schoology course link will be sent to participants prior to the start of the course.
Beginning August 6- Ancestor Approved-Book Study
ANCESTOR APPROVED INTERTRIBAL STORIES FOR KIDS BY CYNTHIA LEITICH SMITH This book is a collection of stories and poems by Native writers written for 8-12 year olds. Some of the stories intersect as families plan for, travel, and attend a powwow in Michigan. Enjoy the themes of friendship, heritage, culture, trust, strength, pride, and family as you hear the stories come alive told by different voices. This book is available (free) on Hoopla as an audiobook, or at Hipocampo Childrens Books. The book study runs from August 6 - August 23, 2024. You must register by August 2nd. While most of the course is asynchronous (on your own time) there is a mandatory VIRTUAL ZOOM meeting on August 23, 2024 from 10:00 - 11:00am. Participants will receive 3 CTLE Credits
August 28-New to NYSITELL & Welcoming New ELLs Hybrid Training
In this course, we cover the New York state English language learner ID process from enrollment to exit. Participants will learn everything they need to know to successfully administer the New York State Identification of English Language Learners test (NYSITELL). This is a hybrid course. Participants will first met at the Monroe 2 BOCES PD Center and will complete the rest of the course at their own pace within one month. All components must be complete to receive credit.
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Mid-West RBERN is committed to building capacity within school communities to cultivate strong leaders, high quality, meaningful instruction, and welcoming, inclusive environments for English Language Learners (ELLs) and Multilingual Learners (MLs).
MidWest RBERN PD Menu
Reach out to our office to schedule a PD from the Menu:
Title and Platform available
- Welcoming ELL Student and Families: Virtual/In-person
- ELL Basics: Virtual/In-Person
- CRSE and ELLs: Schoology
- Accountable Talk: Virtual/In-person
Speaking and Listening for ELLs: Virtual/In-person
Co-Teaching:Virtual/In-person
Hands-On Learning for Engagement and Language Acquisition: In-person
Indigenous People - culture and literature to bring to our curriculum: Virtual/In-person
Book Study Options on Schoology
- Teaching to Strengths
- Coaching Teachers in Bilingual and Dual Language Education: A Responsive Cycle for Observation and Feedback