LEAP

   Long-term Education Administrators Program Participants, 2018-2019

LEAP participants will travel to Bozeman, Montana and will spend their first eight weeks focusing on English language study at the INTERLINK Language Center at Montana State University; meet with MSU campus office staff; attend a series of focused “Colloquium” presentations on topics related to university and international program operations; learn the structures of Business Communication; and participate in community service projects in the Bozeman area.LEAP is a 10-month professional development program. Its goals are to help participants improve their English, learn about the U.S. higher education system, and learn about the operations and programming of international programs offices. LEAP participants are staff at Japanese universities and employees of MEXT, the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

LEAPers are then assigned to another U.S. university to do a eight-month practicum experience in various departments' offices.  LEAP ends with a visit to Washington, DC, for a series of presentations from professionals working in various government, non-profit, and Presidential Association offices.

LEAP Sponsor

Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology