LIU Brooklyn Bilingual/English as a New Language Professional Development Center

The LIU Brooklyn Preschool Bilingual/English as a New Language (ENL) Professional Development Center provides in-person and online training to 4410 preschool providers in NYC. The mission of the Preschool Bilingual/ENL Professional Development Center (PDC) is to increase the capacity of administrators, paraprofessionals, teachers, and related service providers employed by approved preschool programs to serve preschool students with disabilities who are English language learners. Training topics include bilingual and ENL methodology, cultural and linguistic diversity, effective professional and paraprofessional teams, working as or with an interpreter/translator, and the integration of bilingual programming throughout a school. The Preschool Bilingual/ENL PDC also offers tuition assistance information and referrals to the Intensive Teacher Institute in Bilingual Education (ITI-BSE).

We offer in-person workshops for teachers and paraprofessionals and online workshops for administrators, members of evaluation teams, and interpreters/translators.

General Directions for Spring 2020 Registration

Only one cohort is offered during the months of February, April, May and June. Please note that due to the winter recess, participants enrolled in the February workshop series will have two sessions of workshops scheduled during the last week of January.

Two cohorts of in-person workshops are being offered in March.

We ask that schools register both teachers and paraprofessionals for the same cohort when possible.

Once the enrollment limit of 35 participants per cohort for the in-person workshops is reached, we will close registration.

As a new feature, we have developed a waiting list that will allow last minute cancellations to be filled by others. The waiting list will be activated once the 35-person cap per cohort is reached.

Registration will be open one month prior to the scheduled workshop.

Participants are required to attend workshops from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm.

Please use the link below to learn more about the LIU Brooklyn-Intensive Teacher Institute of Bilingual Special Education (ITI-BSE) program.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

The Bilingual English as a New Language Professional Development Center has been relocated to the main campus. All workshops will be held from 8:30am-3:30pm at 1 University Plaza Brooklyn, NY 11201/Library Learning Center (LLC) 2nd Floor. For more information about location and directions, please visit: liu.edu/brooklyn/directions.

February 2020 Registration for Teachers and Paraprofessionals
https://forms.gle/riQs4CdVeMZaNmdN9

March 2020 Registration for Teachers and Paraprofessionals (Cohort A)
https://forms.gle/kbyQxC6bR4kbWw7u7

March 2020 Registration for Teachers and Paraprofessionals (Cohort B)
https://forms.gle/uKDDeaKyz2qyCzB58

April 2020 Registration for Teachers and Paraprofessionals (Cohort A)
https://forms.gle/bXx9nEivWqG7H5Z78

May 2020 Registration for Teachers and Paraprofessionals (Cohort A)
https://forms.gle/S6s2Kff4kU6SPoAz5

June 2020 Registration for Teachers and Paraprofessionals (Cohort A)
https://forms.gle/XgJdVWH9bawBiccdA

Waiting List for Spring 2020 Registration (Teachers and Paraprofessionals)
https://forms.gle/hr262CeiPFfpooTv5

Online Workshops Registration for Administrators, Evaluation Team Members, and Interpreters/Translators
https://forms.gle/hBwaN9TzRdCaLSYQ8

Course Descriptions and Requirements:

Bilingual/ENL Methodology
This workshop is designed to help professionals better understand and provide services to dual language learners through the exploration of bilingual language development. Participants engage in discussion around the following topic areas: definition of a “bilingual child”, additive and subtractive bilingual environments, development of bilingual proficiency, types of language proficiency, and bilingual program models.
Provider Requirement: Teachers (4 days), Paraprofessionals (2 days), Evaluation Team Members (1 day), Administrators (½ day)

Cultural and Linguistic Diversity
This workshop explores the major components of culture, cultural diversity, and bilingualism/multilingualism in order to build participants’ awareness around the impact of culture and language on child development and success. Participants also engage in discussion around the potential evaluation challenges as well as the social, educational, and occupational barriers culturally and linguistically diverse students often encounter.
Provider Requirement: Teachers (2 days), Paraprofessionals (2 days), Evaluation Team Members (1 day), Administrators (½ day)

Effective Professional and Paraprofessional Teams
This workshop explores the roles and responsibilities of teachers and teacher assistants and further develops participants’ sense of shared understandings around their professional roles. The workshop also highlights the integral aspects of effective communication as well as the importance of cultural and social positioning with regard to communication and collaboration in transdisciplinary planning.
Provider Requirement: Teachers (1 day), Paraprofessionals (1 day)

Working as or with an Interpreter/Translator
This workshop is designed to aid professionals in gaining a clear understanding of the role of interpreter/translator as well as to highlight the key issues that often impact the work of interpretation/translating. The workshop also provides both an overview of the basic skills interpreters should possess in their work as well as a step-by-step breakdown of the interpretation process. Participants also engage in discussion around the socioeconomic, dialectical, and cultural differences that may exist between students/families and interpreters/translators.
Provider Requirement: Teachers (1 day), Paraprofessionals (1 day), Evaluation Team Members (1 day), Interpreters (1 day)

Bilingual Programming (online only)
This workshop provides an overview of common bilingual program models and explores the various placement options that enhance student use of native language. Participants discuss strategies for improving the following programmatic areas: use of bilingual paraprofessional staff, planning sessions between bilingual and monolingual teachers and paraprofessionals, translation and development of materials for instruction, and communication with parents.
Provider Requirement: Administrators only (1 day)