Bring Your Curriculum and Outreach Ideas To Bloomington

(Some thoughts on the outreach component of our tour to Japan from John Frank.)

Colleagues,

Once again, we teachers anticipate a summer vacation filled with projects, study, travel, family, and renewal. Our EASC Study Tour to Japan will undoubtedly make this summer one to be remembered for its unique experiences and irreplaceable memories. How do we share these experiences with our students, schools, and communities? My role as “Curriculum Consultant” is to assist your sharing of our Japanese experiences with “the folks back home.” I am certain that you, like I, consider this to be the most important outcome of our time spent in Japan.

When we gather at Indiana University for orientation weekend, please arrive with a written one to two-paragraph statement of your professional goals for the study tour. The statement should answer these questions: “What professional goals do I have for the trip to Japan this summer? What effects will the tour have upon my classroom, my school, and my community?” I would like to look through your professional goal statements after we arrive and begin to consider how I might assist with the implementation of those goals. Also, during our Saturday evening session, I will discuss the curriculum development guidelines for future Chicago, Japan, and Bloomington meetings.