Language Support Services Department
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Vision
The vision of Language Support Services is to ensure EQUITY and ACCESS for all CJUSD students and families we serve.
Mission
Language Support Services aims to provide all of our students, inclusive of our English learners, an educational experience that prepares them for success and fosters pride. We strive to accomplish this by engaging our teachers, administrators, families, and community in relevant and evidence-based professional learning experiences and meaningful interactions with continuous support.
Unified Efforts in Advancing Language Equity and Achievement
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CJUSD’s Language Support Services staff, counselors, curriculum program specialists, teachers, TOA’s, EL Counselors, site leads, bilingual instructional assistants, and district and site administrators work towards our shared goals of supporting English learners' academic success on their path to graduation. Our collaborative efforts are seen in the focus on language objectives, content objectives, ELD strategies, differentiation strategies, and the district-wide walkthrough tool. We are committed to valuing and leveraging our students’ home language, as seen in the expansion of our dual immersion program.
The Colton Joint Unified School District values multilingualism for all students and is committed to asset-based educational approaches to meet the needs of Multilingual English Learners. In pursuit of this goal, the CJUSD Board of Education made a decision to initiate a Spanish Dual Immersion Program at Ruth Grimes Elementary School in 2007 and Joe Baca Middle School in 2015. Consistent with Global 2030, the state initiative adopted in 2018 aimed at equipping students to meaningfully participate in a globalized society, the district has continued to expand the program. In 2021, CJUSD offered Dual Immersion at Alice Birney Elementary and Grand Terrace Elementary. Program expansion will continue in the 2024-2025 school year at Zimmerman Elementary School.
We are pleased to provide opportunities for students to develop high levels of academic success in English and Spanish as well as embrace linguistic and cultural differences as they prepare to become positive contributors to an increasingly diverse global society.
For more information regarding CJUSD's Dual Immersion Program, please visit our Dual Immersion webpage or chat with our Dual Immersion chatbot.