1990 Bachelor of Arts (Rhodes College / Memphis, TN)
1997 Master of Arts (University of Texas / Austin, TX), Japanese Teaching Credential.
Experience of English Teacher, Japan Exchange and Teaching Program (1991-1994, Yamanashi High School, Yamanashi, Japan) and of Japanese Language Teacher (1996-2000, Washington High School, San Francisco, CA). From 2000 She is a Japanese Curriculum Coordinator in Clarendon Elementary School (San Francisco, CA).
Now she is coordinating their program, providing in-service training to Japanese teachers (K-12), working to articulate their Japanese curriculum in the district K-12, teaching lessons in Japanese, providing workshops for Japanese teachers in the Bay Area, consulting for Japanese programs in other states, presenting at state and national conferences for language eachers (including ACTFL, Stanford and San Francisco State University).
ACTFL's Performance Guidelines for K-12 Learners clearly shows that our students should be able to reach the intermediate high/preadvanced level when they complete a "sustained sequence of Standards-based language instruction." Inherent in this statement is the necessity for teachers to communicate between levels and programs. Yet teachers already have so much on their plates creating their own curriculum and lessons, teaching students, correcting papers, not to mention the hours of additional school paperwork. How can we find time to communicate to build an articulated language program? In the benkyoukai on September 24, I will share our program model at Clarendon Elementary School Japanese Bilingual Bicultural Program and describe how the K-12 Japanese teachers of San Francisco Unified School District make time to communicate, to share and to create a sequential Japanese program from Kindergarten to 12th grade.
Margaret sensei's paper is at
http://www.sabotenweb.com/bookmarks/about/building.html
So read the paper above and go to TAPPED IN. There, you will be able to discuss this topic with Margaret sensei and others from around the world. TAPPED IN is open to everybody and the presentation will be done in English.
This event is open to anybody who is interested in the topic. It will be at After School Online Room at http://www.tappedin.org
Instructions to log in as a guest and get to the After School Online Room:
1. Go to http://www.tappedin.org
2. Click the "Guest Login" Button on the TAPPED IN home page
3. Be patient while loading
4. When prompted in the bottom window, erase the text next to the word SAY, and type your name and hit return.
5. When loading is done, you will be in the Reception area.
6. To talk, type in the message in the window next to the word SAY. Then press the SEND button or the ENTER key
7. In order to get to After School Online room, you can click on After School Online in the map.
Download and print this document. It will explain the interface really well. http://www.tappedin.sri.com/info/docs/TAPestry3.pdf
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