Bilingual & English as Second Language Mission

Red Oak ISD will ensure that all language learners achieve long-term academic success linguistically, academically and cognitively within a socially and culturally supportive environment.

Bilingual/ESL Program

Red Oak ISD provides Bilingual and English as a Second Language (ESL) instruction to provide a comprehensive program designed to meet the affective, linguistic, and cognitive needs of speakers of other languages.

Red Oak ISD provides English as a Second Language classrooms at each elementary and secondary campus with ESL-certified teachers.

Red Oak ISD will provide Dual Language Enrichment classrooms for our bilingual students at Wooden Elementary and Schupmann Elementary.

Red Oak ISD currently has a One-Way Dual Language Program where only students who are non-English proficient qualify. English oral language and reading in Spanish are taught until 2^nd grade, where they begin 50% Reading Language Arts and 50% Spanish Language Arts until 5^th grade. Our goal is for our Emergent Bilingual students to build their primary language and literacy skills to attain full proficiency in English and Spanish.

Red Oak ISD Campus Support

For questions about the Bilingual or ESL programs, please contact:

Your student's campus

OR

Shana Owen    
Director of Specialized Learning
(972) 617-2941

OR

Magda Davis
Assistant Director of State and Federal Programs
(972) 617-2941

Red Oak ISD offers 3 of the state-approved language programs:

• Dual Language Immersion One-Way (only for non-English proficient students)

• ESL  Content-Based

• ESL  Pull- Out

See the program videos and details for each program with this link from the Texas Education Agency.