JTAN Committee
The Japanese Teachers’ Association of NSW (JTAN) was established on the 1st April 2005 as a non-profit, educational organization for all teachers of Japanese in New South Wales. Its acronym is JTAN. The main aims of JTAN are to provide a place of mutual support and professional development for member teachers of Japanese in NSW. We hope this website will be of help to you.
The Committee is elected by the members each year at the AGM. We encourage all our members to participate in our events and get involved with organising and supporting each other, including through serving in an official capacity on the committee.
×Katherine BrownleePresident
Passionate about the learning and teaching of languages, Katherine has taught Japanese at tertiary level,...
Read MorePassionate about the learning and teaching of languages, Katherine has taught Japanese at tertiary level, and in comprehensive and selective secondary schools. Katherine has a strong interest in student retention, engagement and motivation at all levels of learning and is always looking for more effective strategies, techniques and approaches to further increase student uptake of languages. She is currently looking at how we can use the target language more effectively in the classroom and how formative assessment can be used to increase student achievement and confidence.
×Sally MizoshiriVice-President / Workshop Coordinator
Sally Mizoshiri is a dedicated, focused and passionate high school teacher of Japanese. She commenced her...
Read MoreSally Mizoshiri is a dedicated, focused and passionate high school teacher of Japanese. She commenced her teaching of Japanese in 2009 at North Sydney Girls High School and has worked consistently to obtain outstanding student outcomes in Stages 4-6 including Extension Japanese. She has previously served as JTAN NSW Workshops Co-ordinator and as JTAN President and is highly committed to mentoring younger teachers and her students of Japanese. She was awarded a Regional Director’s Beginning Teacher Award for the NSW DEC Northern Sydney Region in November 2012. Sally has presented on Japanese Language Education at school conferences, JTAN NSW Workshops and Conferences, DoE NSW Japanese conferences, the 2012 and 2014 National Symposiums on Japanese Language Education and other Australian conferences on Japanese Language Education.
She is particularly interested in the work of Professor John Hattie (Visible Learning), Professor Maryanne Wolf (https://www.maryannewolf.com/), literacy and scaffolding in language learning, and supporting the specific needs of Gifted and Talented students.
×Kurtis CarterSecretary
Kurtis is an educator based in the Northern Beaches with experience in teaching in sports,...
Read MoreKurtis is an educator based in the Northern Beaches with experience in teaching in sports, selective, co-educational and boys schools. While Kurtis was on exchange in Japan in 2017-2018, he briefly worked in a tertiary setting, as well as volunteering as an Assistant English Teacher at a primary and junior high school in Tokyo. He enjoys every opportunity where he can learn and grow and is passionate about supporting pre-service and early career teachers, as well as student inclusivity, identity formation and wellbeing. Kurtis’ interests include Eurovision, KPOP and learning languages.
×Megumi MamoneOrdinary Committee Member
Megumi has experience in teaching Japanese as a heritage language to her children and has...
Read MoreMegumi has experience in teaching Japanese as a heritage language to her children and has worked for a number of years as a student learning support officer to assist students with learning difficulties in the classroom. Megumi is one of our Ordinary members after 5 years committing to the role of Workshop Coordinator and works hard to connect and support pre-service and early career teachers with more experienced teachers at workshops and other events.In the future, Megumi would also like to try importing Japanese Akita Inu into Australia.