The School District of Janesville Program for English Language Learners A Historical Perspective
Jan 03, 2016
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