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Multilingual Education at Austin ISD
The Multilingual Education team puts into action Austin ISD’s belief that the linguistic and cultural richness of our students is a resource that should be recognized, valued, and sustained.
Vision
Austin ISD schools will be inclusive communities that celebrate all languages and cultures, where exemplary multilingual instructional programs provide high-quality teaching and learning so that all students excel and graduate prepared for active engagement in a global, multicultural society.
Mission
The mission of Austin ISD Multilingual Education is to promote academic excellence by meeting the affective, linguistic, and cognitive needs of multilingual learners.
What We Do
The Multilingual Education team champions Dual Language, World Languages, and English as a Second Language opportunities for multilingual learners throughout the district. Guided by our vision and mission, we work to design, implement, and sustain systems that serve all students equitably. Alongside other district departments, we work collaboratively to help create safe and welcoming learning environments, communicate effectively with families, strengthen curriculum, and develop high quality instructional practices in every classroom.
Multilingual Education provides support for campuses through the work of its Elementary team, Secondary team, World Languages, International Welcome Center, and Compliance team.
About Our Students
Austin ISD is home to over 72,000 students. More than 22,000 students are identified as Emergent Bilingual (students who have a language other than English as a home language and who meet the Texas Education Agency’s eligibility criteria). Over 12,000 Emergent Bilingual students are in elementary, over 4,000 are in middle school, and over 5,000 are in high school. Austin ISD’s families speak more than 100 languages at home. The top seven home languages, other than English, are Spanish, Pashto, Vietnamese, Mandarin, Arabic, Dari, and Portuguese.
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