View Seminar: NYSED Statewide Event: The Science of Reading for Multilingual Learners

Seminar NameNYSED Statewide Event: The Science of Reading for Multilingual Learners
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Seminar Short DescWe invite you to join us on Monday, November 24, 2025, for a day of learning and professional discussion on best literacy practices for linguistically diverse learners! The New York State Education Department will release a new toolkit, developed in collaboration with Dr. Socorro Herrera, Dr. Kathy Escamilla, and Dr. Robin Cabral. The agenda includes an overview of the six briefs developed to help educators ensure that the teaching of reading is inclusive of ELLs and MLs.
Seminar Full DescWe invite you to join us on Monday, November 24, 2025, for a day of learning and professional discussion on best literacy practices for linguistically diverse learners! The New York State Education Department will release a new toolkit, developed in collaboration with Dr. Socorro Herrera, Dr. Kathy Escamilla, and Dr. Robin Cabral. The agenda includes an overview of the six briefs developed to help educators ensure that the teaching of reading is inclusive of ELLs and MLs.

This event will be held as a hybrid webinar with in-person discussion and online presentations.
New York State administrators and literacy leaders will be presented specific and useful information to understand and address the ontological differences between ELLs, MLs, and monolingual students. Please note that to participate in this event, you must attend in person at a designated BOCES, Big 5, or Small City School District site.

Participants in the event will have the opportunity to learn about the briefs with Dr. Socorro Herrera, a professor at the College of Education and the director of the Center for Intercultural and Multilingual Advocacy at Kansas State University. Dr. Herrera s K 12 teaching experience includes an emphasis on literacy development, and her research focuses on literacy opportunities with culturally and linguistically diverse students, reading strategies, and teacher preparation for diversity in the classroom.
Seminar Date11/24/2025
Opening Time8:30 am
Closing Time3:00 pm
Last Day To Register11/21/2025      [ Note: After this date, participation changes can be requested by e-mailing Laurie Sledge ]
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Seminar AudienceDistrict leaders: principals, curriculum directors, literacy coaches
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Seminar Topics, Concepts & ResourcesNYSED Briefs for Multilingual Learners
Seminar Broadcast NotesPlease note that to attend this event, you must attend in person at a BOCES or Big 5 designated site.
Seminar ObjectivesParticipants will:
Explore best literacy practices for supporting linguistically diverse learners, with a focus on strategies that are inclusive of English Language Learners (ELLs) and Multilingual Learners (MLs).
Examine the six newly developed literacy briefs presented by the New York State Education Department in collaboration with leading scholars and consider their implications for inclusive reading instruction.
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Assessment of Learning-Participants will have an opportunity to collaborate, reflect and ask questions.
-Participants will complete an evaluation at the end of the session.
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SiteCA BOCES - Olean CTE
LocationConference Room 1, 2, 3
Site StatusRegional
Duration6.5 Hours
Rolling Online CourseNo
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WorkshopNYSED Statewide Event: The Science of Reading for Multilingual Learners
Starting Registration8:00 am
Credit Hours6.00
CTLE EligibleYes
Social Worker Continuing EdNo
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Provider529 - Professional Development
Category529 - Professional Development
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Added ByJillian Putnam
Seminar Id10954

CTLE Activities

  • English Language Learners

Facilitators

Districts That Can Send Participants

  • Allegany-Limestone Central School
  • Andover Central School
  • Belfast Central School
  • Bolivar-Richburg Central School
  • Cattaraugus-Little Valley Central School
  • Cuba-Rushford Central School
  • Ellicottville Central School
  • Fillmore Central School
  • Franklinville Central School
  • Friendship Central School
  • Genesee Valley Central School
  • Hinsdale Central School
  • Olean City Schools
  • Pioneer Central School
  • Portville Central School
  • Randolph Academy
  • Randolph Central School
  • Salamanca City Schools
  • Scio Central School
  • Wellsville Central School
  • West Valley Central School
  • Whitesville Central School
  • CA-BOCES Admin
  • CA-BOCES CTE
  • CA-BOCES ISS
  • CA-BOCES IT
  • CA-BOCES Exceptional Education
  • CA Teacher Center

Learning Standards

  • 1 Knowledge Students and Student Learning
  • 2 Knowledge of Content and Instruction
  • 3 Instructional Practice