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AATJ Newsletter AATJ Newsletter ** “Like” AATJ on Facebook! ** February 2013 Volume 2, Check out AATJ’s Facebook page, and “Like” us to receive updates No. 1 and the latest news. Click the link on our home page (www.aatj.org), or search for “AATJ-American Association of Teachers of Japanese” on Facebook. INSIDE THIS ISSUE AATJ Facebook 1 Co-Presidents’ Message 1 Co-Presidents’ Important Dates 2 Message AATJ Webinar 2 明けましておめでとう AATJ Annual Spring ございます。今年もよろしく Conference Schedule お願いたします。It has been a 4 wintry beginning to this Year of the Snake for much of the AATJ Endowment country. We hope that all of 12 you are staying safe and warm. JNHS Information We wish you, your families, 15 and your students all the best High School Corner in 2013. 16 It has been one year since the two separate organi- Call for Papers 18 zations of ATJ and NCJLT be- Job Opening came the American Association of Jessica Haxhi and Y.-H. Tohsaku Announcements Teachers of Japanese (AATJ). We 22 are very grateful for the support and hard work of all of our Board Members and local Af- AATJ Board of Di- filiate Officers over the past year. We would like to thank all of the members for your pa- rectors 32 tience and support as we have updated the website and our activities. In this Presidents’ message, we would like to discuss why membership in AATJ is important for each of us and essential to the field. At this membership renewal time of year, AATJ Membership many requests compete for our wallets, from professional organizations to hobby-related Application Form groups, cell phone plans, entertainment plans, and many others. Here are the “Top 10 Rea- 35 sons” for you to be a member of AATJ. If you are interested in one, just click on the link to go directly to that webpage: 1. AATJ and my local affiliate keep me in touch with other Japanese teachers and the field, especially if I’m the only Japanese teacher at my school. 2. The website, newsletter, and Facebook page all keep me informed of what is happening in the Japanese field. I can hear about contests, jobs, grant opportunities, and the latest teaching methods and materials. www.aatj.org http://tinyurl.com/adfyxb9 3. My students can take the National Japanese Exam and can participate in the Nengajo Contest and Japanese National Honor Society, especially now that BOTH are available at the K-12 and college levels. http://www.aatj.org/studentactivities/index.html 4. I can go to ACTFL for the ACTFL member price!! (That’s a $95 savings!). I can submit a proposal to the special AATJ section of ACTFL (rather than being put in the large ACTFL pool of proposals). http://www.aatj.org/conferences/index.html I can attend the AATJ Spring Conference (at AAS) for a discounted rate as well. (Continued on Page 2) Page 2 5. I can participate in the JOINT Online Courses and Webinars at a reduced rate, learning about all kinds of topics from uses of technology to “Reading Strategies and Classroom Instruction.” http://www.aatj.org/joint/index.html Important 6. I can be nominated for or nominate friends for the AATJ Teacher Award. It is a fabulous Dates advocacy opportunity to be highlighted at your school, and you win lots of fun prizes! http://www.aatj.org/prodev/awards/index.html 7. I can be a member of a Special Interest Group that discusses issues specific to my goals: AP Japanese, Classical Japanese, Community College, Culture and Language, Japanese AATJ Advocacy Heritage Language, Japanese for Specific Purposes, Professional Development, Profi- Webinar: March 9 ciency Assessment, SAFAS (Study Abroad For Advanced Skills), Supporting the Japa- nese Language Field. http://www.aatj.org/SIG/index.html 8. I have the support of AATJ behind me if I have an advocacy crisis or just need assistance with concerns in my program. AATJ Spring Con- 9. My membership dollars support programs that benefit students and teachers of Japa- ference : March 21 nese language, culture, and literature. Even if I don’t use all of the services, I can be cer- tain that my dollars are being used for the good of the field, for the long term. 10. A strong AATJ membership means a strong representation for Japanese within the gen- eral world language field. It gives us a “seat at the table” when important decisions take place. It is our professional responsibility to be a voice in the national discussion of world language policy. Whichever of these “top 10” appeal to you, we hope you will renew your membership and join us for another exciting year in our newly reformed organization. We continue to look for ways to improve your membership experience and give you the services you need. If you have any suggestions, please don’t hesitate to contact us at [email protected]. Jessica Haxhi [email protected] Y.-H. Tohsaku [email protected] Co-Presidents Free AATJ Advocacy Networking Webinar Advocacy for Japanese language programs remains a concern for all of us. Even the most es- tablished programs may have issues with low enrollment, budget cuts, or changing ideas about the values of Japanese study. AATJ is committed to answering advocacy questions and connecting teachers to work on ad- vocacy solutions. To that end, we would like to announce a FREE networking webinar to dis- cuss advocacy issues and concerns. AATJ Board Members Jessica Haxhi, Janet Ikeda, and Mamiya Worland will be available to facilitate, but all participants will be encouraged to ex- press concerns and offer solutions. If you have advocacy questions or great ideas for advocacy, please participate! Free Advocacy Networking Webinar Saturday, March 9th 12:00 EST, especially for K-12 Teachers 1:00 EST, especially for Post-Secondary Teachers To participate, please send an email to [email protected] and we will send you the login informa- tion. You will need a computer with Internet access and audio/microphone. Video will not be necessary. 2013 ANNUAL SPRING CONFERENCE The 2013 Annual Spring Conference San Diego, California, on Thursday, March 21, 2013 Paper and panel presentations will take place at the Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego hotel from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. An evening session, featuring a keynote speech and reception, will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Embassy Suites San Diego Bay hotel, a 5-minute walk from the Grand Hyatt. The conference will be held in conjunction with the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies. The AATJ Annual Spring Conference will feature more than 100 presentations on various aspects of Japanese lan- guage and literature. The conference program is posted online and can be downloaded at http://www.aatj.org/ conferences/spring. The program is also included in this issue of the newsletter, on pages 4 - 11 . Two special events are also included in this year’s conference: a 3-hour language textbooks workshop sponsored by a group of Japanese publishers (9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.); and a workshop on developing materials for teaching about the 3/11 disaster sponsored by the Inter University Center of Yokohama and the Japan Foundation (12:40 - 1:30 p.m.). Attendance at both events is free and open to all. Light refreshments will be served at the IUC-JF workshop; no RSVP is necessary. A detailed schedule for the textbooks workshop can be downloaded from the conference website http://www.aatj.org/ conferences/spring . The conference keynote speech will be delivered by Dr. Catherine Lewis, a professor at Mills College and an expert on the Japanese and American education systems. Her topic will be "Using Lesson Study (授業研究) to Build Student Learning and Professional Community: A Critical Role for Language Educators?" A dessert reception will follow the key- note speech. Online registration for the conference will be open until March 8. Registration fees are $40 for regu- lar AATJ and AJLS members, $30 for student members, and $60 for non-members. After March 8, only on- site registration will be available, in San Diego, at the rate of $60 (cash or check only). Please register online at http:// www.aatj.org/conferences/spring.html . We strongly encourage everyone attending the AATJ Annual Spring Conference to also attend the Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies, which takes place at the same venue, the Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego, from March 21 - 24. This major conference features hundreds of presentations on Asian culture, history, politics, literature, and language -- including many on Japan -- as well as a huge Exhibit Hall where dozens of publishers show and sell their books on Asia. AATJ is sponsoring two AAS panel sessions on Friday, March 22: "Integrating Literature Across the Foreign Language Curriculum" (10:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.), and "Open Source, Open Book, Open Classroom: Opening Internet Resources for Teaching about Japan" (3:15 - 5:15 p.m.; co-sponsored with the North American Coordinat- ing Council on Japanese Library Resources and the Council on East Asian Libraries). Information on registering for and attending the AAS Annual Meeting is available at http://www.asian-studies.org/ conference/ . Have You Renewed Your AATJ Membership? We thank the many AATJ members who have renewed their memberships for 2013. If you have not yet done so, please take a moment to renew, either online (go to http://www.aatj.org/membership) or using the paper form that can be found on page __ of this issue of the newsletter.
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