J-LEAP (Japanese Language Education Assistant Program) Now Accepting Applications!

J-LEAP is a program which brings Native Japanese Language Assistant Teachers (AT) to K-12 educational institutions in the U.S. for up to two years to strengthen Japanese language programs by providing an AT to team-teach with the Lead Teacher (LT) in their classes as well as create opportunities to nurture a new generation of qualified Japanese language teachers. The program started in 2011 and is jointly administrated by The Japan Foundation (JF) and The Laurasian Institution (TLI). Currently we have a total of 19 ATs in 11 different states nationwide. Please see links below for more information.