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JULY, 2016: BREEZE ISSUE #105
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JAPANESE LANGUAGE EDUCATION UPDATE 32:
JF INVITATIONAL GROUP TOUR TO JAPAN FOR
US EDUCATORS 2016
by Amanda Rollins, Japanese Language Program Coordinator

Last week, 14 American education administrators from across the country embarked on a tenday trip to Japan. This group of superintendents, principals, community leaders and world
language coordinators were invited by the Japan Foundation to visit Tokyo, Kanazawa, andKyoto in order to deepen their understanding of Japanese culture and education.
All 14 administrators are deeply involved in the process of starting foreign language programs
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in their jurisdictions, whether at an individual school, a school district, or a state. By taking
these administrators on a fun and educational tour of Japan, the Japan Foundation hopes toestablish administrative support for fledgling Japanese programs from the very beginning.
Participants visited an elementary school and high school in Kanazawa, as well as a secondary
school and university in Tokyo. They got the chance to sit down with teachers andadministrators to discuss the challenges in the Japanese education system and the upcoming
initiatives which will address those challenges. Hopefully, the participants will return to theirschools, districts, and states with a more global perspective on education, and perhaps withsome new ideas for facing challenges of their own.
The Japan Foundation is looking forward to continued collaboration with them to promote
Japanese language education throughout the United States.
Japan Foundation Invitational Group Tour to Japan for US Educators 2016
List of Participants

Title

Mr.

Mr.

Ms.

Mrs.

Dr.

Dr.

FirstName

Last name

Title

Affiliation

StateDirectorArkansas School for
Mathematics, Sciences, andthe ArtsAR

Benjamin Allred

Director of High School
Curriculum andInstruction
Director of English as a
Second Language

Cabarrus County Schools

ElyseDashew

Vice Chair, At Large
Representative

Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Schools Board of Education NC

DawsonDirector of World
Language Education
President-Elect

Oklahoma State Departmentof Education
ACTFL
OKEgnorWest Virginia Higher
Director of International Education Policy
Programs
Commission

WV

Greer

Coordinator of World
Languages

NJ

Corey

Desa

ClarkDavid

Alderdice

New Jersey Department ofEducationNCPrivacy - Terms

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Mrs.

Ms.

Ms.

Ms.

Dr.

Mr.

Mrs.

Lisa

Ellen

HarrisSpecialist for Foreign
Languages

Virginia Department ofEducation

Hart

Instructional Director,
World Languages andArts Education

North Carolina Virtual PublicSchool
NC

English as a Second
Language Coordinator

Radford City Public Schools VA

NoyolaPrincipal

PS 147 The Isaac Remsen
School for Environmental
Engineering, NYC
Department of Education

NYPavichevich

Principal - Head ofSchool

Amundsen High School,
Chicago Public Schools

IL

Rikli

Superintendent ofSchools

Papillion La Vista Community
SchoolsNE

Sable

Executive Director ofStudent Services

Radford City Public Schools VA

Assistant Principal

Clover Hill High School,
Chesterfield County Public
Schools

Charleen Jordan

SandraAnna

Andrew

DavidJulia

Tatum

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