RBERNing Questions

***For CTLE credit, click here after listening*** 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,...

***For CTLE credit, click here *** 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...

***For CTLE credit, click here *** 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 S...

***For CTLE credit, click here *** 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, emphasiz...

***For CTLE credit, click here *** 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...

***For CTLE credit, click here *** 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...

***For CTLE credit, click here *** 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 app...

***For CTLE credit, click here *** 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 highli...

***For CTLE credit, click here *** 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 t...

***For CTLE credit, click here *** 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 practitione...

***For CTLE credit, click here *** 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...

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...

*** For CTLE credit, click here *** 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...

*** For CTLE credit, click here *** 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” s...