The Juneau School District English Language Learner Program provides essential resources to support high-quality instruction to help English Language Learners meet the same challenging performance standards expected of all Alaska's students. The program supports a variety of activities related to English Language acquisition, language enhancement, and academic achievement.

The Juneau School District is committed to the delivery of programs and services to English Language Learners that build upon the strengths of their cultural and linguistic backgrounds. The goal is to provide an educational program to English Language Learners that not only enables them to attain English proficiency but also prepares them to succeed academically.

Juneau School District is further commited to ensuring that its teachers and administrators work together to provide the opportunity for all students to achieve the established content and performance standards. The District recognizes that students' primary languages, their heritage, culture and experiences, all contribute to their learning and to the learning of their classmates. English Language Learner students will gain competencies in English, while they are learning the skills and information they need to live and successfully compete in the world of tomorrow.

This plan has been developed with contributions from administrators, specialists, ELL teachers, parents, community members, and former ELL students themselves.

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ELL staff located in the schools include:

Elementary Schools
Auke Bay - Erin Mitchell & Elise Augustson
Gastineau - Shirley Walkush
Glacier Valley - Marcella Wicks
Harborview - Cora Brunette
Mendenhall River Community - Diana Brann
Riverbend - Bev Harmon

Middle Schools
Floyd Dryden - Linda Pardun
Dzantik'i Heeni - Teresa Kissel

High School
Juneau-Douglas - Rainee Godwin
Thunder Mountain -

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If you would like more information about the ELL Program, please contact Haifa Sadighi, ELL Coordinator, at 523-1725.