Multilingual Monthly: June 2024

Multilingual Monthly: June 2024

In this Issue

Upcoming Live Events for NYC Public School Staff

Last Issue of the School Year!

Updated Guidance on Bilingual and ENL Instruction During the Summer

Resources to Support You with Teaching and Learning for Your Newly Arrived MLs/ELLs

Bookmark our Resource Sites!

Access Classroom Lessons on TeachHub

Upcoming Live Events for NYC Public School Staff

Review our events below or explore our SharePoint calendar!

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Last Issue of the School Year!

Dear Educators, School Leaders, and District Staff,

As we near the end of another school year, we want to extend our heartfelt appreciation for your unwavering support of our monthly newsletter. It has been a privilege to keep you informed and connected throughout the 2023-24 academic year.

With this issue, we mark the end of our newsletter for the 2023-24 school year. We will return with new updates and opportunities in September. 

Warm regards,

Division of Multilingual Learners (DML)

Updated Guidance on Bilingual and ENL Instruction During the Summer

Commissioner’s Regulation Part 154 requires continuity of ELL instruction during the summer. ELLs should continue to be served in either a bilingual education or English as a New Language (ENL) program during the summer.

  • Bilingual Education:
    • CR Part 154 as amended by the Aspira Consent Decree requires schools to create bilingual programs if there are 15 ELLs (for elementary or middle school) in two contiguous grades or 20 ELLs (for high school) that speak the same home language in one contiguous grade. 
    • When this threshold is met with students served in a bilingual education program, these students should be grouped together for instruction.
    • All efforts to hire a teacher with a bilingual education extension in the home language of the students should be made to serve these students.  This is using the regular summer school funds. 
    • Summer Rising curriculum has ELL supports and scaffolds; bilingual teachers are trained to deliver and provide instruction in the students’ home language and English.
    • If a parent of an ELL who was not served in bilingual during the school year requests for their child to participate in a summer bilingual class, you should honor that request.
    • If a non-ELL participated in a dual language bilingual education program during the school year and would like to be included in the bilingual class during the summer, you should also honor this request.
      • English as a New Language:
    • Students in grades K-12 who are English Language Learners at an entering, emerging, transitioning, or expanding level of English proficiency who attend Summer 2024 will be prioritized for instructional support by an English as a New Language (ENL) or bilingual teacher as part of their academic day.
    • Sites should schedule MLs/ELLs with “Entering” or “Emerging” English language proficiency for standalone ENL. ENL teachers who serve ELLs in grades K-8 may utilize the no-cost thematic digital units made available through TeachHub. Teachers may access these lessons by selecting the ENL Standalone Units tile, then selecting the appropriate grade-level folder. Additionally, please refer to our DML Instructional Google Site for resources, strategies, and scaffolds to support MLs/ELLs engage in and access core content alongside their peers.
    • Sites should schedule MLs/ELLs with “Transitioning” or “Expanding” English language proficiency levels for integrated ENL. ENL teachers should co-teach daily during the literacy blocks and co-teaching partnerships should establish how they will communicate for lesson design and delivery, including identifying consistent, collaborative planning time.
    • Students will receive instruction targeting language and literacy development and access to grade-level content through an ENL integrated co-teaching and/or ENL standalone instructional model that can also include small-group instruction and/or one-to-one support. 
    • Sites in Districts 1-32 will receive an allocation of a minimum of one (1) English for Speakers of Other Languages [ESOL] or bilingual education NYSED certified teacher per currently registered 40 ELLs. Sites with at least 15 ELLs will receive an allocation. For Summer Rising sites, the allocation is based on placement data from the Office of Student Enrollment. For high schools, the allocation is based on current school year data. The total Summer 2024 allocation is approximately $7 million.  
    • These teachers are hired with the Summer Rising for ELLs (Title III) funds.

For more information on hiring ENL teachers to provide standalone and/or integrated ENL instruction, review the guidance on the Multilingual Learners InfoHub page. Receiving summer sites may use the RSMR report in ATS, which includes LEP Flag, ELL Proficiency Level, Bilingual Program (if applicable), and Program Language (if applicable), to help with program planning and hiring at your summer site. The RSMR report in ATTSUM will also have this information. For support with determining needs for staff with bilingual extensions and certified ENL teachers or for additional questions, contact your ML/ELL director.

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. If you have a question about ELL policy, email your ML/ELL Director. If you have questions about ELL instruction, email your ML/ELL Service Administrator.

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

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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