The School District of Janesville

Program for

English Language Learners

A Historical Perspective

The first influx of refugees arrived in 1975 from

Laos & Cambodia.

Two teachers began

teaching English and

survival skills.

The English as a Second Language Program officially began between

1980-1982.

1993-1994

83 Students

4 Teachers

Fall Semester1999

From103 to149

The Spanish speaker influx begins . . .

June Counts

(from Plan of Services)

June2000 ~ 187

June 2001 ~ 225

June 2002 ~ 234

June 2003 ~ 258

June 2004 ~ 311

June 2005 ~ 451

Sites

1980-2000

• Wilson

• Franklin

• Parker

Added Fall 2000

Jefferson

Added Fall 2003

Adams & Lincoln

And we’ve kept on growing . . .

June Counts(from Plan of Services)

• June2000 ~ 187• June 2001 ~ 225• June 2002 ~ 234• June 2003 ~ 258• June 2004 ~ 311• June 2005 ~ 451

• June 2006 ~ 552• June 2007 ~ 634• June 2008 ~ 713• June 2009 ~ • June 2010 ~• June 2011~• June 2012 ~ 823

Transportation Study

Spring 2005

District-wide Expansion ELL Services

in

Neighborhood Schools

10 Elementary Schools

All 3 Middle Schools

Both High Schools

Limted English Proficient

English as a Second Language

English Language Learner

New Arrivals

Transfers

American-Born

1st Generation

2nd Genration

3rd Generation

28+ Home LanguagesSpanish Tagalog Vietnamese Lao Chinese Kannada Hindi EstonianAlbanianBosnian Tamil ThaiKorean Chinante

Khmer RussianAfrikaans Latvian Japanese

Polish FrenchPortuguese Cherokee Gujarati

Palau NavajoArabic

Truk/Chuukese “Other”

MISSION

To engage English Language Learners in social and

academic English language development and grade-level curriculum and to empower them in their multicultural

identities.

We’ve come a long way . . .

Fall 2012

18 Sites

823 Students

24 Teachers

Paraprofessionals

30+ Home Languages

We have a long way yet to go . . .

Achievement Gap

Multicultural Teacher Scholars

Bilingual Programming

Graduation Rate

College & Career Readiness