Andrew Scott is currently the middle and high school Japanese instructor and World Language Programs Chair at Kamehameha Schools Maui, in Pukalani, Maui, Hawaii. Previous to Kamehameha Schools, he taught Japanese and served as executive director at the Sheridan Japanese School, in Sheridan, Oregon. He holds an M.A. degree in Japanese Language and Pedagogy and MEd. in Teaching and Learning from the University of Oregon.
In his over twenty years of teaching, Andrew has taught all levels of Japanese ranging from elementary to college/AP Japanese. In the eight years at Sheridan Japanese School, he worked hard to strengthen the sister-city relationship between Oregon and Toyama Japan, established several exchange relationships, and founded one of Oregon’s first public Japanese summer camps, Aozora Gakkou. Upon arriving at Kamehameha Maui, Andrew worked hard to advocate for Japanese, through his efforts expanded his program from approximately 30-40 high school students, to approximately 80-90 students, including a new middle school program, and dual credit Japanese language. Additionally, he takes 30+ students to Japan every other year on the school’s Japan Trip. Finally, as a result of these efforts, Andrew was recognized as the 2019/2020 Rotary Club of Upcountry Maui Teacher of the Year.
He was a recipient of several grants, including the Japan Foundation’s Special Salary grant and JLEAP program in which he worked as lead teacher for three JLEAP assistants. In addition to this, Andrew has presented several times at both regional (Oregon and Hawaii) and national (ACTFL) conferences on topics ranging from the integration of technology into language teaching to gaming in language to successful teaching strategies in the COVID era, to more recently (ACTFL, 2023) on strategies for improving language instruction in split-level classes.
In addition to above, Andrew has served in numerous positions at the national level, including but not limited to Nengajo director for both the NCJLT and AATJ, newsletter director and public relations director for the NCJLT. In addition to national service, Andrew has served in numerous positions at the regional level, including newsletter director for the HATJ (Hawaii Association of Teachers of Japanese), president of COFLT (Confederation in Oregon for Language Teaching) and vice-president/webmaster for the ATJO (Association of Teachers of Japanese in Oregon.)
