ITJ is an innovative professional development program for busy Japanese language teachers that provides convenient access to the following five key resources.

1. Most importantly, ITJ offers a number of Internet-assisted courses organized into convenient modules. Most of these modules can be completed within ten to fifteen hours of on-line activity spread over a three-week block of time.

2. ITJ provides teachers easy access to Internet resources to enrich their classroom teaching and professional development.

3. ITJ also provides a single place where teachers can learn about current events in the field of Japanese language education that would be of interest to elementary, middle school, and high school teachers.

4. ITJ will also soon offer a convenient way of communicating with fellow Japanese language teachers and specialists across the United States and the globe.

5. Through special arrangements with quality publishers and book distributors, ITJ will soon offer convenient on-line access to select Japanese language text books and teaching materials.