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The Hawaii Association of Teachers of Japanese has been revitalized for nearly four years now, thanks to the many teachers and students of Japanese who keep their strong enthusiasm towards teaching and seek professional development opportunities. Since the summer of 2005, we have organized five conferences and three workshops annually and the membership has gradually grown until now, where the association has now more than 100 teachers and graduate students. The association was originally established as a small group of teachers more than 20 years ago and we will never forget the founders' effort to build up the association. We hope that you will find our conferences and workshops a great oppurtunity to present your work, learn new teaching techniques and practices, and share your concerns or interest with other members.

News

Annual Fall Workshop Saturday, November 14, 2009 at Kapiolani Community College tsukimi

Pre-registration deadline: October 30, 2009 Contact: Saori Sato saorisat (at) hawaii.edu

New and improved HATJ membership

Starting next year (2010), $15 HATJ membership fee will cover the calendar year (Jan. 1, 2010 - Dec.31, 2010). It means:
1) If you have already paid this year (Jul. 2009-Jun. 2010), you DO NOT need to pay additional fee for the next year….yes, you are covered.
2) If you renew your membership at our fall conference on Nov. 14th, it will be counted for next year’s (2010) membership.
3) You can also choose to pay the discounted NCJLT (The National Council of Japanese Language Teachers) membership fee ($15) through HATJ to receive great benefits (i.e. no separate membership fee is needed to attend ACTFL convention to be considered to be a member. Please see below for other benefits.)
4) Payment for the 2010 calendar year is due on November 30, 2009 for both HATJ (regular-$15.00, student-$10.00) and NCJLT (affiliate-$15.00, optional) memberships. Please indicate on the renewal form if you would like to join NCJLT.
Please note that after November 30, 2009 we cannot process the NCJLT membership. So please make the due date.

If you have any questions, please email Noriko Okimoto at nookimot (at) ksbe.edu.

 

Benefit of NCJLT membership

Access to the (NEW!) NCJLT Web Forum (http://www.webjam.com/ncjlt) which includes a database of 100% useable images (1,250+), videos(60+), teaching ideas, and much much more, not to mention a discussion forum which all members can use to exchange opinions, teaching ideas, questions, and other information.
Oshirase Newsletter with national and regional Japanese language field news, upcoming events, special awards, and job postings. There are four digital issues, and two print issues.
Active promotion of the teaching and learning of Japanese language K-16 in the United States.
Cooperation with our partner organization, the Association of Teachers of Japanese(ATJ) <http://www.colorado.edu/ealld/atj> to hold K-16 discussions on national standards, articulation and other current issues.
Support and creation of professional development opportunities for Japanese language teachers.
Administration of the Japanese National Honor Society for secondary students.
A yearly 'Nengajou' and contest for students at all levels and a Yonkoma Manga contest.
Organization and sponsorship of the NCJLT portion of the yearly ACTFL conference. In 2001 there were 25 NCJLT-sponsored sessions.
Offering of special awards, travel grants and recognition for teachers and learners of Japanese, such as a national teachers' award and a scholarship for students.

 

 

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