Workshop Spring.2010
Date: Sunday, April 18, 2010
Time: 09:00 a.m. - 04:00 p.m.
Location: Lecture Hall, Notre Dame High School
Theme: Advocacy (推進活動)
Keynote speaker: Lynn Sessler (リン・セスラー),
Japanese teacher/K-5 World Language Coordinator at Clovis Grove Elementary school
Lynn Sessler teaches Japanese to children in Kindergarten through Grade 5 at Clovis Grove Elementary school in Menasha. She is a certified Japanese and French teacher and over the past 18 years has taught both languages to children in grades K-12. She holds a Master's Degree from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh in Educational Leadership and currently serves as a curriculum coordinator of the K-12 World Language Department in Menasha. She serves on the board of the Wisconsin Association for Foreign Language Teachers (WAFLT) as well as the National Network for Early Language Learning (NNELL). She was a member of the task force for the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction in the development of Japanese for Communication: A Teacher's Guide as well as serves as a curriculum consultant on a team of educators for their guide Planning Curriculum for Learning World Languages.
TJSC 2010 Spring Workshop Program
9:00 - 9:30 Registration and Book Exhibition
9:30 - 9:45 Greetings and Announcement
9:45 - 10:15 Opening Remarks: Maki Watanabe Isoyama, Japan Foundation, Los Angeles
「言語の森を守るために」
10:15 - 12:00 Keynote Lecture* Lynn Sessler, Clovis Grove Elementary, WI
“The New Face of Advocacy: Looking back as we move forward to educate and advocate for Japanese language programs in the 21st century”
12:00 - 1:15 Lunch and Book Exhibition
1:15 - 2:15 Sharing Advocacy Experiences
1. Starting a New Japanese Immersion Program: Kumiko Yoshitsugu Anicich, parent representative, Glendale
Unified School District
2. Grant Proposal Writing and Fund Raising Strategies: Asako Hayashi Takakura, UCLA
3. Anime Expo: Takako Maeda, OSULA Education Center
4. Activities to Promote the Japanese Program: Kyoko Shoji, Nortre Dame High School
2:15 - 3:15 Hands-on Activities
3:15 - 3:30 Wrap-up
3:30 - 4:00 Evaluation and Closing Remarks
*The keynote speech will be given in English.
Note: This schedule is subject to change.
