The School District of Janesville

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The School District of Janesville Program for
English Language Learners A Historical
Perspective
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The first influx of refugees arrived in 1975 from
Laos Cambodia. Two teachers began teaching
English and survival skills.
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The English as a Second Language Program
officially began between
1980-1982.
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1993-1994 83 Students 4 Teachers
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The Spanish speaker influx begins . . .
Fall Semester1999 From103 to149
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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
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• Sites
• 1980-2000
• Wilson
• Franklin
• Parker
• Added Fall 2000
• Jefferson
• Added Fall 2003
• Adams Lincoln

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Transportation Study Spring 2005 District-wide
Expansion ELL Services in Neighborhood
Schools 10 Elementary Schools All 3 Middle
Schools Both High Schools
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Limted English Proficient
English as a Second Language
English Language Learner
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1st Generation 2nd Generation 3rd Generation
New Arrivals Transfers American-Born
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23 Home Languages Spanish Tagalog
Vietnamese Lao Chinese Kannada
Hindi Estonian Albanian Bosnian Tamil Thai Ko
rean Khmer Russian Afrikaans Latvian Japanese
Polish Portuguese Gujarat Navajo Arabic Truk/C
huukese Other
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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.
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Weve come a long way . . .
Fall 2006 15 Sites 613 Students 21
Teachers Paraprofessionals 23 Home Languages
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We have a long way yet to go . . .

• Certification
• Professional Translation
• Development
• Standards for Programming
• Staffing
• Program Support
• Achievement Gap