Teachers from Japan are fully certified, and are currently employed as elementary, junior or senior high school teachers in prefectures from north to south in Japan. They are both male and female teachers, are generally in their 30's, and teach various subjects, including music, art, physical education, special education, social studies, Japanese language arts, mathematics, and science. In the Wisconsin districts, teachers give presentations about Japan, present assemblies, attend local school board meetings, and participate in after-school and community activities. The goal of the program, from the Japan side, is to give teachers a broad as possible view of education in a country outside Japan. From the Wisconsin view, hundreds of students in Wisconsin's rural, suburban and inner city schools are able to have direct contact with an international teacher and to learn about their contemporaries in Japan.
Teachers bring classroom activities and materials, videos, games, and an incredible energy.
For information on becoming a host school for the Japanese teacher team, contact DPI's International Education Consultant, below. Deadlines are in the early spring, for the teacher team arrivals the following autumn. In return, each year, Japan's Ministry of Education, through the auspices of the Memorial Fulbright Fellowship Program, offers a small number of Wisconsin teachers the opportunity to see Japanese schools in a similar light. IL 60611-3580 Tel.