Multilingual Monthly: November 2023
Upcoming Live Events for NYC Public School Staff
[Reminder] Offer the New York State Seal of Biliteracy for School Year 2023-24
Access Classroom Lessons on TeachHub
Upcoming Live Events for NYC Public School Staff
Review our events below or explore our SharePoint calendar!
FAMILY ENGAGEMENT
· Multiple workshops: CRS Family Engagement Workshops: African Communities Together (ACT) and Afrilingual (registration form)
- November 28: Education Advocacy and Building Parent Power: African Immigrant Family Leadership in Schools
- January 9: Focus on African Immigrant Students, Families, and Mental Health
· Multiple workshops: CRS Family Engagement Workshops: Coalition for Asian American Children and Families (CACF) (registration form)
o December 19: Mental Health and AAPI Part 1: Stigma and Challenges for AAPI Students and Families
o January 23: Mental Health and AAPI Part 2: Cultural Responsiveness and Mental Health
· Multiple dates: Community Chat (registration form)
- December 13: Multilingual and Immigrant Families as Partners
- January 17: Multilingual and Immigrant Student Engagement
INSTRUCTION
· Bilingual Education
o November 30: HMH Arriba la lectura!: Planning Session for Biliteracy (registration form)
o December 7: Teaching (Bi)Multilingual Learners: Connecting Languages through a Holistic Biliteracy Framework K-6 (registration form)
o January 9: Estrellita Spanish Foundational Program: Blending Component (registration form)
· ELA/ENL
o Multiple dates: Strategies to Enhance Reading Skills in ENL Instruction: Build Students’ World and Word Knowledge (registration form)
New Resource: Scaffolding Models for the Integration of Language and Content in Social Studies for MLs/ELLs
Global society in the twenty-first century demands knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for informed and thoughtful participation in society and civic life. How do we guarantee that our linguistically diverse learners develop twenty-first-century competencies while still learning a new language?
To facilitate this process, the Division of Multilingual Learners and the Department of Social Studies collaborated in the development of this resource, Scaffolded Models for the Integration of Language and Content in Social Studies for Multilingual and English Language Learners. The primary goals of this guide are to support social studies teachers and English as a New Language (ENL) teachers to center social studies texts in the learning process, to further their understanding around the text genres/ types that historians write, and to use authentic writing in history as models for textual production by students. With the understanding that historians write to learn and to demonstrate knowledge, this guide also aims to exemplify these writings through a Teaching-Learning Cycle (TLC) that includes building of shared knowledge, sustained reading, deconstruction, reconstruction, and collaborative as well as independent writing practices.
[Reminder] Offer the New York State Seal of Biliteracy for School Year 2023-24
As in previous years, students may earn the New York State Seal of Biliteracy (NYSSB) as a diploma endorsement upon graduation, which recognizes high school graduates who attained a high level of proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing in one or more languages in addition to English. If your school is interested in participating in the NYSSB, you, or your designee, can sign up by completing this form by November 20.
For more information, including resources available to support your school and a how-to guide for the 2023–24 school year, visit the NYSSB InfoHub page. For questions, reach out to your NYSSB District Point.
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.
· 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.
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 Points on the EduDirectory.