Multilingual Monthly: January 2024
Upcoming Live Events for NYC Public School Staff
New Resource: Unpacking Instructional Strategies for Teachers of MLs/ELLs at the School Level
[Reminder] Register for the Virtual World Languages Conference on January 29
Upcoming Lighthouse Collaborative Visits
Resources to Support You with Teaching and Learning for Your Newly Arrived MLs/ELLs
Access Classroom Lessons on TeachHub
Upcoming Live Events for NYC Public School Staff
Review our events below or explore our SharePoint calendar!
FAMILY ENGAGEMENT
- January 23: Culturally Responsive and Sustaining Family Engagement Workshops with the Coalition for Asian American Children and Families: Mental Health and AAPI Part 2: Cultural Responsiveness and Mental Health (registration form)
STUDENT ENGAGEMENT
- Multiple dates: Community Chat Series (Registration form)
- February 7: Building the Career Readiness Blueprint
- March 6: Supporting Newly Arrived Immigrants
INSTRUCTION
- ELA/ENL
- Multiple dates: Strategies to Enhance Reading Skills in ENL Instruction (registration form)
- January 18: Teach Students How to Summarize
- February 8: Teach Students to Monitor Their Comprehension
- Multiple dates: Strategies to Enhance Reading Skills in ENL Instruction (registration form)
New Resource: Unpacking Instructional Strategies for Teachers of MLs/ELLs at the School Level
This facilitator’s guide moves teacher teams through a structured PLC cycle that includes guiding questions, protocols for each stage, anchor resources, instructional examples, and scripted agendas. Teams work through an inquiry stance intended to improve teacher practice and student outcomes for MLs/ELLs.
Email Jamie Baez, Director, Secondary ELA/ENL for office hours (jbaez6@schools.nyc.gov).
[Reminder] Register for the Virtual World Languages Conference on January 29
World Languages educators are encouraged to register for the World Languages for the Real World Virtual Conference on Monday, January 29, 2024, from 8:30 am–1:30 pm. This conference will provide educators with a deeper understanding of instructional resources and practices that can help realize the revised New York State Learning Standards for World Languages, with a focus on real-world application.
Over the day, educators will receive:
- up-to-date information on the new standards, implementation timeline, and resources to support them;
- a practical understanding of practices that will encourage diversity, inclusion, and belonging, starting in Checkpoint A;
- concrete classroom examples they can apply with their own students.
Register by January 19, 2024,using this form and share the flyer with your colleagues.
Upcoming Lighthouse Collaborative Visits
Led by the Division of Educator Development, the Lighthouse Collaborative is a cross-district instructional improvement initiative designed to help share strategies that support the Chancellor’s second pillar to scale, sustain, and restore what works across schools. For schools welcoming migrant and asylum-seeking students who are multilingual learners, this is an opportunity for NYCPS educators to learn about promising practices to support teaching and learning for multilingual learners through select visits (see school visits with “Supporting Multilingual Learners” in the Instructional Focus Area). Review all upcoming visits by instructional focus area and grade level. For questions, email lighthouse@schools.nyc.gov.
Resources to Support You with Teaching and Learning for Your Newly Arrived MLs/ELLs
You can find relevant resources to support newly arrived 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.
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!
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.
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