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RBERNing Questions

RBERNing Questions is a professional learning podcast, produced by Mid-State RBERN, where we answer your most compelling questions about teaching, serving, and supporting multilingual learners. We connect teachers and leaders of English Language Learners (ELLs) and Multilingual Learners (MLs) with experts in our field who will address timely and specific questions relating to instructional practices, teacher collegiality, and outreach to students and their families.If you are a K-12 educator, to

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50:34

The Power of Podcast PD w/Tan Huynh

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2024/12/27

Episode Summary:Are you interested in starting your own podcast to share your knowledge as an educator? Are you an avid listener of podcasts? How do you prefer to consume Professional Development? In this open, candid discussion, Tan breaks down the steps to creating your own podcast in the education sphere, discusses his motivation behind starting a podcast and how it has been beneficial for him, and encourages educators to understand what they have to offer in terms of sharing the knowledge...

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54:57

Building Virtual Reality (VR) Worlds to Enhance the...

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2024/12/25

Episode Summary:This forward-thinking, tech-focused episode delves into the innovative work of guest, Amany Alkayat, an educator and researcher specializing in virtual reality (VR) and artificial intelligence (AI) for language education. Amany shares her journey from teaching English as a Foreign Language in Cairo to pursuing advanced studies in instructional technology at Columbia University's Teachers College. She emphasizes the transformative impact of VR on student engagement and learning...

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47:36

Technology: A Bridge Between the Real World and the...

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2024/12/23

Episode Summary:Dr. Yu Jung Han’s first interest in English came through music and wanting to understand lyrics. Having artists like Michael Jackson and New Kids on the Block as her first English teachers, then experiencing a heavily “textbook-based” style of learning before university, she was discouraged when the English she’d found in music didn’t match up to what her teachers said “was not what you learned from the textbook.” In this episode, find out how this experience led to her curren...

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45:25

Rethinking Meaningful Writing: The Responsible Role...

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2024/12/18

Episode Summary:Chris says that as an educator, he wants to critique the way language holds so much power. Are we now allowing AI to take over the power dynamic we hold over language as human beings, or is it up to us to shift the way we wield that power? In what ways can we help students develop their unique voice in the era of AI? The discussion in this episode dives into these questions and more as Chris discusses the AI tools he’s currently developing to help students hone language to the...

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47:57

Creating Digital-Age Learning Ecosystems with Heather...

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2024/12/16

Episode Summary:What exactly is a project based technologically infused learning journey and how can we bring parents into the digital fold to be part of their children’s learning journeys? In this episode, find out what digital age learning ecosystems are and how to use technology to build them! Heather Rubin discusses how these ecosystems provide students with a voice and a choice, highlights a seamless, effective way to integrate learning methods for the 21st Century, touches on the 5 Cs f...

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45:56

Lifting Your Voice to Create the Refuge You Seek...

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2024/12/12

Episode Summary:Today, RBERNing Questions welcomes Zainab Abdi, an immigrant and refugee youth ambassador, humanitarian aid consultant, and social justice advocate. Zainab shares her inspiring journey from Yemen to the US and discusses her work with Green Card Voices and Human Concern USA. She highlights the importance of storytelling in advocacy, emphasizing the need for immigrants to control their own narratives. Zainab also talks about her graphic memoir, 'Voice for Refuge,' which details ...

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49:49

Eye on Immigration: Advocating for your Students’...

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2024/12/09

Episode Summary:Do you have enough information on immigration policies, struggles, and realities to support your immigrant PreK- 12 students? In this episode, Dr. Kleyn and Ms. Alulema discuss CUNY IIE - City University of New York Initiative on Immigration and Education. Find out how to access CTLE courses to enhance your knowledge on immigration. Discover how the initiative highlights the strengths of mixed status immigrant communities. Delve into the initiative’s guiding pillars: “Learn, A...

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Language and Science to Empower All Students w/Dr....

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2024/12/06

Episode Summary:Dr. Okhee Lee, a professor at NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, talks about both challenges and opportunities in integrating STEM and language with multilingual learners. She shares her journey from South Korea to becoming an influential figure in the field and her role in developing the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). This episode covers the impact of asset-oriented, contemporary approaches to integrating STEM and language education...

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44:02

Teaching as a Lifestyle: Biology, TESOL & Philosophy...

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2024/12/04

Episode Summary:In today’s episode, Agbor Effiam, a lifelong science educator with extensive experience teaching in the US, Thailand, and the Netherlands, shares his transformative journey from struggling to connect with Thai students to becoming a passionate advocate for multilingual education. He discusses his strategies for engaging diverse learners, emphasizing the importance of making students feel their languages are welcomed. By integrating instructional routines focused on literacy, A...

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47:57

All About LACI- A Language-Based Approach to Content...

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2024/12/02

Episode Summary:In this episode, Dr. Luciana C. de Oliveira takes us on a deep dive into the teacher education model called LACI- a Language-based Approach to Content Instruction, featured in her latest book: Supporting Multilingual Learners’ Academic Language Development: A Language-Based Approach to Content Instruction. She unpacks the ways teachers can “take advantage of students’ linguistic repertoires,” and discusses how teachers can implement literacy in multi-modal ways to encourage “m...

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Challenging our Perspectives: How to Empower...

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2024/11/27

Episode Summary:This episode’s featured guest, Dr. Denise Furlong, shares insights from her award-winning book 'Voices of Newcomers.' We dive deep into the concepts and practical strategies in the book, which aims to help educators better serve their ELLs and MLs who are completely new to this country. The importance of inclusive language, perspectives in education, holistic professional development for teachers, and the commandments of inclusion are hot topics in this conversation. Dr. Furlo...

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62:26

Translanguaging and Descriptive Processes: Using...

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2024/11/25

Episode Summary:When Laura was growing up, “Spanish is a liability” was the societal idea that was so deeply ingrained in the immigrant community that at an early age, she was deprived of learning the very language that all of her family members spoke. For Cecilia, the fact that she did speak Spanish is what prompted a first grade student to suggest that she apply for a job at a school where “a lot of the students speak Spanish.” Both of these stories highlight how one’s identity around langu...

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53:44

Assets Based Pedagogy: Tapping into your Students’...

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2024/11/18

Episode Summary:Today we welcome Joy Scantlebury as she discusses how immersive classroom experiences and “living the language” led to her career as an educator of ELLs who’s been refining her craft for 15 years. A prevailing theme in Joy’s work is using students’ cultural resources and languages to enhance their learning experiences. In this episode, she highlights the benefits of bringing these resources into the classroom, and shares specific examples of how you can also implement this ass...

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55:18

Curing Antisocial Language Teaching with Dr. JPB Gerald

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2024/11/15

Episode Summary:In this conversation, Dr. JPB Gerald discusses how he began the study of decentering whiteness in language teaching, explores the structures at play that can demotivate students, and dives into the thought-provoking content in his book, “Antisocial Language Teaching: English and the Pervasive Pathology of Whiteness”. He offers possible ways to tackle the issues prevalent in our field, and shares how solidarity among educators plays an important role. If you have a burnin...

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Building Capacity & Community: Inside the World of...

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2024/11/14

Episode Summary:In this episode, learn about Shawnna’s journey from teaching to leadership; what inspired her to begin her work at her local RBERN, and how she continually grew in her roles to support ELLs & MLs, including the shift to her current role as president of NYS TESOL. She emphasizes the importance of recognizing leadership qualities in practitioners in our field and “tapping” them to fill leadership roles. Shawnna also gives us a peek into some of the new ways NYS TESOL i...

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53:48

Creating a Multilingual, Multiage Summer Program that...

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2024/11/13

Episode Summary: In this episode, join Monica Baker on an educational summer experience that is anything but your traditional summer school. How can you bring together multilingual learners ranging in age from 3 to 16 in an atmosphere that cultivates support, engagement, leadership and a thriving classroom community dynamic? Ms. Baker has the answer! Listen in as she breaks down the specifics of her multilingual, multiage summer program and talks about the celebration of multilingualism. She ...

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49:19

Reimagining Dialogue on Identity, Language, and Power...

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2024/11/12

Episode Summary:Although Dr. Ching-Ching Lin has been a TESOL professional for many years, beginning her career as a high school teacher, she emphasizes her passion for using her knowledge to volunteer and make an impact that goes beyond teaching to opening up dialogues among her colleagues. One of the topics of those dialogues is the idea that we need to rethink how we conceptualize multilingual learners and our version of “helping” them. She says, “we need to reeducate ourselves in order to...

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61:44

Leading with Purpose w/NYS TESOL Past President Dr....

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2024/11/11

Episode Summary:On this episode of RBERNing Questions, Dr. Christine Seebach takes us on a journey from her friendly Spanish-speaking childhood neighbor to immersing herself in Spanish language and culture abroad, to her current role as a leader in the field of TESOL. She discusses the influence that being “tapped” by someone who has acknowledged your value can have on the trajectory of your career. You will also hear fond descriptions of her experience on the NYS TESOL board, and all of the ...

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62:50

Implementing SOFLA: An Interactive Online Learning...

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2024/09/09

Episode Summary:We kick off the first episode of this season with Dr. Helaine W. Marshall! She discusses the origins of SOFLA, the Synchronous Online Flipped Learning Approach. Find out what it means to make online teaching “warm” and how SOFLA contributes to this. Learn how to get students excited about doing work outside of class through the “movie trailer” step in SOFLA, and finally, discover how to implement this innovative, international approach to online learning that creates social pr...

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