1. Bilingual & ESL Elementary Education
School District of Waukesha
History, Current Reality and Looking into the Future

2. Background and History of Waukesha’s Bilingual / ELL Program
White Rock Elementary
Central Middle School
South High School
North High School
Horning
Butler
Blair (ESL Instruction) Late 70’s
West
Banting
Blair
Hadfield
Whittier
Heyer
Bethesda

3. 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.

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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.

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8. Waukesha Schools 4K-5th Bilingual / ESL Program
District Wide Program Tour

9. Elementary Bilingual & ESL Program
Bilingual 4K
Dual Language 1 and 2 Way Programs
Intensive ESL Programs
Itinerant ESL Programs

10. 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.

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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.

14. 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

15. Thank you for your time! For questions and comments please contact:
Gabriela Bell Jiménez,
Bilingual ESL Program and Spanish Literacy Coordinator K-5th
(262) or
Brenda Ness,
Bilingual ESL Program Coordinator 6th-12th
(262) or
Leticia Campos
Bilingual ESL Program Assistant
(262) or