Multilingual Monthly: January 2023
Upcoming Live Events for NYC Public School Staff
Recordings of Culturally Responsive Family Engagement Training: Session 1, 2, & 3
Translated Report Card Comments Now Available
Access Classroom Lessons on TeachHub
Upcoming Live Events for NYC Public School Staff
Review our events below or explore our SharePoint calendar!
COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS
- January 17, January 31, February 7, and/or February 14: Postsecondary Planning for Immigrant and Undocumented Students (registration form)
FAMILY ENGAGEMENT
- Culturally Responsive and Sustaining Family Engagement, with Building Bridges Group, Inc:
- January 19 (registration form)
- February 23 (registration form)
INSTRUCTION
- English as a New Language
- Math
- Newcomer ELLs and SIFE
- January 30: Every Student Has a Story – Instructional Units for Newcomer ELLs and SIFE professional learning session exploring and unpacking the units (registration form)
- Social Studies:
- January 23, January 30, February 6, and March 13: Sustaining Writing Instruction & Assessment for MLs/ELLs in Social Studies (registration form)
- World Languages
- Multiple dates: World Language Wednesdays (overview and registration form)
- Cohort 3: March 22, April 19, and May 10, 2023
- Multiple dates: World Language Wednesdays (overview and registration form)
Recordings of Culturally Responsive Family Engagement Training: Session 1, 2, & 3
You can view recordings of sessions 1, 2, and 3 of the citywide training series on culturally responsive family engagement. The newly added session 3 focuses on Arab American communities with a special look at Yemeni Americans. For questions, email dml@schools.nyc.gov.
Translated Report Card Comments Now Available
Translated report card comments are now available on the STARS Wiki. Use these translated comments and report card samples to inform multilingual families of their students’ academic progress.
In Case You Missed it
Bookmark our Resource Sites!
SharePoint site
How to Access it: You can find our SharePoint by clicking this link, or by navigating to the SharePoint application in your browser and searching for Multilingual Learners. You can also sign up for email alerts. Visit this SharePoint page to learn how!
You can find relevant resources to support newly arrived multilingual learners/English language learners (MLs/ELLs) and immigrant students, including newcomer ELLs, on this page on the Multilingual Learners SharePoint. You can also share these resources using this InfoHub document. You are invited to bookmark the page and refer to it periodically to access newly added resources and opportunities.
InfoHub
How to Access it: You can find our main Multilingual Learners page by signing into the Employee InfoHub, then searching for “Multilingual Learners.”
Instructional Resources and Professional Learning Google Site
How to Access it: Find the link on our main Multilingual Learners page or bookmark it.
Multilingual and Immigrant Student Support Site
How to Access it: Find the link on our main Multilingual Learners page or bookmark it.
Access Classroom Lessons on TeachHub
- Standalone English as a New Language (ENL): In TeachHub, select the “ENL Standalone” tile under “Educator Resources” on the K-12, Elementary School, Middle School, High School, or DOE Created tabs. Add this tile to the favorites section of your TeachHub home page by clicking on the heart.
- PDF versions of all Middle School and High School units are available for your convenience to display or print. Find them on TeachHub!
- World Languages: In TeachHub, select the Middle or High School Google Drive, then the Spanish folder. For guidance on these lessons, please see the Introduction to Lesson Sequences for World Language Teachers and NYC World Languages video library.
- Home Language Arts/Spanish Grades K-5: In TeachHub, select the Elementary Google Drive, the grade, and then HLA. Twenty new lessons have been added for Unit 1.
View instructional videos to support multilingual learners and English language learners across content areas. Teacher- and student-facing videos are available to bring classroom lessons to life.
Questions?
Do you have questions about supporting MLs/ELLs? Reach out to your ML/ELL Policy Point on the EduDirectory.