Mansfield Independent School District
Mansfield Independent School DistrictOur Programs
Mansfield ISD is partnering with Fort Worth ISD and Tarrant County Adult Education Divisions to offer English as a Second Language (ESL) and High School Equivalency (GED) classes for interested adults.
Classes will be available online and in-person throughout the school year. They are completely free to the community and will be held in various locations throughout Tarrant County.
To sign up for classes being held within Mansfield ISD, please use the Ben Barber: New Student Questionnaire Link.
Bilingual Education Program
- The Texas Education Code requires that school districts offer a bilingual education program at PK-6 for any language with 20 students or more enrolled at any grade level across the district.
- Mansfield ISD participating schools:
- Texas law requires the teaching of both the student’s native language and English. The state of Texas provides student textbooks in English and Spanish for Spanish-speaking students in a bilingual education program.
- MISD offers a one-way and two-way dual language bilingual education program.
- The two-way model is based on a 50/50 model, in which 50% of the instruction is delivered in English and the other 50% is delivered in Spanish. The two-way model includes native Spanish and English speakers becoming bilingual, bicultural, and bi-literate by learning content instruction in both languages.
- The one-way model is based on a 50/50 model, in which 50% of the instruction is delivered in English and the other 50% is delivered in Spanish. The one-way model includes only native Spanish speakers.
- The two-way model is based on a 50/50 model, in which 50% of the instruction is delivered in English and the other 50% is delivered in Spanish. The two-way model includes native Spanish and English speakers becoming bilingual, bicultural, and bi-literate by learning content instruction in both languages.
Dual Language Program Brochure Folleto del Programa Bilingüe
ESL (English as a Second Language) Program
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Texas law requires that students, who do not receive a bilingual education program, receive an ESL (English as a Second Language) program.
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Students in grades PK-12 whose native language is not Spanish receive instruction through an ESL program, which does not include native-language instruction. The ESL program is offered at every campus in Mansfield ISD.