Bilingual & Migrant Education

For information, please call the Bilingual Office at 269-337-1579 or Human Resources at 269-337-0177.

 Teachers

We are always interested in receiving resumes from highly qualified bilingual or ESL endorsed teachers. 

 Paraprofessionals

Call if you have at least two years of post-secondary education, speak a second language (Spanish preferred), and have a interest in working with young people.

Click on the following links to learn about the Michigan Association for Bilingual Education (MABE) and the National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE). 

www.mabemi.org/

www.nabe.org

TEACHERS/EDUCATORS

Download graphic organizers to use with your students.  We have many more available for all grade levels and all content areas.  If you are looking for a specific type of graphic organizer or have any questions, please call the bilingual office at 269-337-1579.

NOTE:  Some documents contain more than one graphic organizer.

Secondary Department PD Meeting Dates

Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Wedneday, December 2, 2009
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Location: Board Office - Administration Building

Start Time: 3:00 p.m. - End Time: 4:30 p.m.

Bilingual, Migrant, and World Languages Coordinator

Manuel Brenes

Teachers

Rebecca Barajas, Maple Street Magnet School for the Arts
Rachel Baustert, Kalamazoo Central High School
Julie Devers, Bilingual / ESL Specialist
Ryan LaBudda, Kalamazoo Central High School
Amy Pachay-Kish, Woods Lake: A Magnet Center for the Arts
Eduardo Reyna, Loy Norrix High School
Glory Ward, Lincoln International Studies School
Sarah Wiedyk, Loy Norrix High School
Janel Wright, Milwood Elementary & Milwood Middle

Support Staff

Holly Perkins, Bilingual Office Secretary
Josephine Hernández, Migrant Home / School Liaison

Paraprofessionals

Mary Brandao, Itinerant
Connie Brenes, Itinerant
Carmen Corbin, Lincoln International Studies School
Elizabeth Crane, Itinerant
Olga Gamboa, Maple Street Magnet School for the Arts
Cesar González, Kalamazoo Central High School
Ilda Hernández, Edison and El Sol Elementary
Hania Hussein, Itinerant
Yazmin Ibarra Delgado, Loy Norrix High School
Bella Kamber, Itinerant
Josie Medrano, Woods Lake: A Magnet Center for the Arts

The Kalamazoo Public Schools Bilingual / English as a Second Language (ESL) Program provides Transitional Bilingual Education and English as a Second Language support. KPS also has a language immersion program (Spanish and English) located at El Sol Elementary School. 

In order to maximize services, several bilingual centers with full-time staff have been established. Students who need bilingual services and support are encouraged to attend one of the centers. Services are provided at non-center schools on a limited as-needed basis.

Elementary Centers

Lincoln International Studies School

• Transitional Bilingual Education classes
• ESL Instruction
• Bilingual and ESL content support

Woods Lake: A Magnet Center for the Arts

• ESL Instruction
• Bilingual and ESL content support

El Sol Elementary

• Language Immersion program school-wide
• Instruction is in English and Spanish using a 50/50 Model

Middle Schools

Maple Street Magnet School for the Arts

• ESL classes
• Bilingual Skills classes
• Bilingual and ESL content support

Milwood Middle School

• Bilingual Skills classes
• Bilingual and ESL content support

High Schools

Kalamazoo Central High School

• ESL classes
• Bilingual Skills classes
• Bilingual (Sheltered Instruction) History
• Bilingual and ESL content support

Loy Norrix High School

• ESL classes
• Bilingual Skills classes
• Bilingual  (Sheltered Instruction) English & History
• Bilingual and ESL content support

Neighborhood Schools

Itinerant staff members support the students at the neighborhood schools. Services are scheduled according to students´ needs.

• ESL Instruction
• Bilingual and ESL content support

Call the bilingual office at 269-337-1579 for more information