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Union asks district to embed annual ELL professional development and notifications into PD calendar

5902114 · March 21, 2025
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Summary

The union proposed that the district annually notify teachers holding professional certifications about ELL training requirements and provide at least five hours of ELL‑specific professional development during superintendent conference days each year.

The union proposed inserting contract language to ensure that holders of New York State professional teaching certificates are notified annually about required English language learner (ELL) professional development and that the district provide dedicated ELL training time.

Union negotiators noted a state requirement that teachers certified after February 2004 must complete 15 hours of ELL (English as a New Language /…

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