Amaral's proposed plan includes giving grade-level specific workshops for the students of Bennett Elementary School that will focus on the customs and lifestyles, past and present, of the Japanese people. Related objectives of the Prince William County Schools Curriculum Plan will be integrated into these workshops wherever possible. Amaral also plans to develop specific materials and lesson plans that second, fourth, and fifth-grade teachers of Prince William County Schools may use as part of their classroom lessons. After developing the materials and lessons, Amaral plans to offer an inservice training opportunity for county elementary school teachers. This year, approximately 600 participants were selected to participate in the FMF Program.
Selected participants come from all fifty states of the U.S. and the District of Columbia.
Since its initiation in 1997, the FMF Teacher Program has sent 1,700 U.S. educators to Japan.