Professional Development SIG: AAS 2004 Meeting Report

ATJ Professional Development SIG business meeting at AAS 2004

The ATJ Professional Development SIG business meeting took place on Friday, March 5, in Garden Salon Room 2 in Town and Country Resort in San Diego, California from 7-9pm. Nine SIG members were present. The following were reported at the meeting:

1. NBPTS: National Board certification for Japanese did not generate a large enough number of applicants for the program to proceed. Currently the Japanese certification is unavailable until further notice.

2. SIG Panel at ATJ: At the March 4 ATJ seminar, the PD SIG presented a panel on professional development in the area of technology training. In the future, the SIG would like to ask for a guaranteed slot at ATJ Seminar, which could be a panel or four individual presentations, and conduct its own selection.

3. Mini-conference on Japanese TA Training: The Mini-Conference at IR/PS at the University of California, San Diego, was productive; a report on the presentations and a summary of the discussion will be published.

4. Summer Institute: AATJ and the Japan Foundation will cosponsor another summer institute for K-12 teachers this summer.

5. Next SIG Business Meeting: SIG hopes to have presentations along with a business meeting at the ACTFL conference in November in Chicago.

Keiko Schneider
Secretary, ATJ Professional Development SIG

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