What Can the Regional Bilingual Education Resource Network Do?
District Level
Provides technical assistance for ENL and Bilingual program development
Identifies funding streams for programs, translators and interpreters: i.e. Title III
Supports and informs administrators regarding:
- NYS P-12 Learning Standards and Assessments
- ELL/MLL Identification and placement
- NYS regulations and initiatives: CEEPS, CR-154, NYS ESSA
- Culturally Responsive Sustaining Framework, Portrait of a Graduate, NYS Seal of Biliteracy
Teacher Level
Provides small and large group professional development regarding content specific strategies for: ELLs/MLs, culturally responsive practices and age and proficiency-level appropriate resources
Provides embedded coaching for individual educators, specific to their needs and content
Training educators on analysis of assessment data to inform practice
Offering an extensive professional lending library
Facilitating collaborative exchanges between teachers across districts
Community Level
Offers parent and community informationand outreach about NYS learning standards, assessments and graduation requirements
Collaborates to involve parents in the educational process and understand parental rights and responsibilities
Helps protect families who are undergoing struggles with immigration, citizenship and refugee status
Why Choose to Work with the RBERN?
We are grant funded by NYS so there is never any cost for our services
Our Resource Specialists are experienced educators and coaches with elementary certifications as well as TESOL certifications
Our Professional Development offerings are CTLE credit bearing
- 15% of all professional cert. holder PD mandated for ENL and 50% mandated for ESOL cert. holders
Our network extends across 19 counties and 149 school districts
We are non-evaluative and do not report to the state or BOCES about our work with districts:
- We are a support system!
We tailor our work to meet your needs at any level from:
- Large venue conference presentations, individual classroom collaborations
- To serving as confidential thought-partners in order to explore and resolve educational issues
Types of Programming that fall under CR Part 154:
How Can I Access the RBERN Team?
Subscribe to our website!
Call the RBERN at 518-479-6820
Email us at marcia.ranieri@questar.org