Bilingual & ESL Elementary Education

School District of Waukesha

History, Current Reality and Looking into the Future

Background and Historyof Waukesha’s Bilingual / ELL Program

White Rock Elementary 1970 Central Middle School 1977 South High School 1978 North High School 1978 Horning 1979 Butler 1979 Blair (ESL Instruction) Late 70’s West 1996 Banting 2001 Blair 2004 Hadfield 2005 Whittier 2009 Heyer 2010 Bethesda 2012

Bilingual / ELL Guiding Philosophy:

The Bilingual / ELL Program is based on the premise that students deserve the opportunity to learn & achieve at a level which reflects their ability and dedication, regardless of language dominance or cultural background.

Waukesha’s Program is designed to provide such opportunity to students for whom the impact of a non-English language is significant.

Our Students Come From All Over the World …

• Afghanistan

• Argentina

• Bangladesh

• Bosnia

• Burma

• China

• Ecuador

• India

• Japan

• Korea

• Laos

• Mexico

• Nicaragua

• Pakistan

• Puerto Rico

• Thailand

• Venezuela

• Vietnam

Languages Represented in our Program:

Albanian Farsi Korean Slavic

Arabic German Laotian Spanish

Bengali Gujarati Mandarin Szechuan

Bosnian Hindi Palau Taiwanese

Burmese Italian Pashto Tamil

Chinese Japanese Persian Tagalog

Czech Kannada Polish Telegu

Dari Karen Russian Urdu

The Lingo…

ESL: English as a Second Language; specialized instruction in speaking, listening, reading, and writing of the English language for students whose first language is not English.

Bilingual: Use of a student’s first language to develop concepts and skills in the academic content areas.

ELL: English Language Learner (s); students engaged in learning English.

Approximate Numbers of Students Served:

2000-2001 520 students (approx.)

2001-2002 620 students (approx.)

2004-2005 740 students (approx.)

2005-2006 840 students (approx.)

2007-2008 1150 students (approx.)

2008-2009 1310 students (approx.)

2009-2010 1379 students (approx.)

2010-2011 1490 students (approx.)

Waukesha Schools

4K-5th Bilingual / ESL Program

District Wide Program Tour

Elementary Bilingual & ESL Program

• Bilingual 4K• Dual Language 1 and 2 Way Programs

• Intensive ESL Programs• Itinerant ESL Programs

District Bilingual 4K Program

This program is “housed” at Blair, Banting & Heyer.

It services 3 and 4 year olds, with and without special education needs.

It is the only program in the City of Waukesha that provides instruction in Spanish at the pre-Kindergarten level.

Presently there are approximately 90 students participating in this program.

Dual Language 1 & 2 Way

DL 1 or 2 Way programs are “housed” at Banting, Blair, Heyer and Bethesda.

A percentage of the academic instruction is provided in Spanish, and a percentage in English. (Specials are taught in English)

Kindergarten-1st grade = 90 Spanish /10 English 2nd and 3rd grade= 70 Spanish / 30 English 4th and 5th grade= 50 Spanish / 50 English

Intensive ESL Instruction

This level of programming is “housed” at Blair and Hadfield

ELL from a variety of non-English language backgrounds are served through ESL push-in and pull-out services

Itinerant ESL Instruction

This level of programming is “housed” at all elementary schools excluding those with DL or intensive ESL programs.

ELL Students from a wide range of native language backgrounds are served through limited ESL language pullout services provided by itinerant ESL teachers.

Looking into the Future…

Facilitation of staff development to foster inclusion of LEP students in regular ed. classrooms.

To remove cultural, economic, and social barriers impeding LEP students from participating in extra curricular activities.

Implementation of Dual Language Programs at the MS Level

Becoming a Nation-Wide Model of Bilingual Education

Thank you for your time!

For questions and comments please contact:

Gabriela Bell Jiménez,

Bilingual ESL Program and Spanish Literacy Coordinator K-5th

(262) 970-1085 or gbell@waukesha.k12.wi.us

Brenda Ness,

Bilingual ESL Program Coordinator 6th-12th

(262) 970-1054 or bness@waukesha.k12.wi.us

Leticia Campos

Bilingual ESL Program Assistant

(262) 970-1009 or lcampos@waukesha.k12.wi.us