Mid-West RBERN

Please SHARE these resources with your districts and families:

Help people know and assert their rights. Available in 16 different languages. 

Immigrant Rights in NY by the NY Immigrant Coalition; a guide for NY Immigrants on avoiding immigration scams, protecting families when interacting with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and creating an emergency preparedness plan. Available in English, French and Spanish.

The Office of State Assessment has released a memo concerning the procedures for ordering and storing NYSESLATs. Principals should be receiving an email (if they haven't already) from Metritech with instructions.

Mid-West RBERN is offering consulting sessions to help assist local minority and women-owned businesses obtain NYS M/WBE certification hosted by long time M/WBE certified consultant, Ann Delehant. This is a great opportunity to grow and expand your business by becoming state certified. Please reach out for more information 585-352-2790 or [email protected]

We are very happy and excited to announce the next Coordinator at Mid-West RBERN: Nicole Bell

Nicole has been very active and impactful since arriving at Mid-West RBERN in 2019, including holding a position on the NYSTESOL Executive Board and receiving her advanced degree, Ed.D in Education Leadership from Molloy University. Many of you know Nicole as the leader and facilitator of many courses and workshops, such as NYSITELL and NYSESLAT trainings, collaborations with WFL BOCES and GV BOCES, leading the Latino Literacy Project and work with numerous other groups advocating for the education of English Language Learners. She has also led professional learning sessions at both NYSTESOL and NYSABE.

Nicole has proven to be a supreme team player who goes beyond the norm for helping her colleagues succeed at meeting their goals. Please join us in welcoming Nicole Bell to her new leadership role.

Dr. Sabrina Nudo has announced her departure from Mid-West RBERN. We wish her all the best as she says, "See you soon." Rather than "Goodbye," she takes on a new position at our sister RBERN in Syracuse. Sabrina sincerely appreciates the opportunity to collaborate with the wonderful Mid-West RBERN region and thanks everyone for all they do for our multilingual learners.

The next few months will be full of transition and new possibilities. Meanwhile, we wanted to remind you that our office is business as usual, and the four specialists and our outstanding administrative support are here to support your ELL & bilingual education needs. Please see the graphic below as a starting point for technical assistance, and reach out if you have any questions.