American School in Japan


Developing compassionate, inquisitive learners prepared for global responsibility
The American School in Japan (ASIJ) is an independent, co-educational day school serving students of all nationalities. Founded in 1902, it offers an American-style college preparatory education and offers a standards-based curriculum modeled on the American system. The program prepares students for the Advanced Placement program in high school and other advanced courses including opportunities for self-directed inquiry.
ASIJ has identified three key strategic objectives which have guided program development over the last five years:

  • Students will become adept at identifying problems and using innovation and collaboration to design and evaluate solutions.

  • Students will take risks, explore passions, develop their strengths and pursue their personal paths with resilience.
  • Students will 
develop the capacity to understand diverse perspectives.

IMPACT Program Overview

The IMPACT program is a personalized learning framework targeting ASIJ’s three strategic objectives. It empowers high school students with skills for self-efficacy and a passion for learning that transcends school. A student’s IMPACT experience may be enriched by work they have done in previous courses, or it might spring from an area of personal interest. The possibilities are diverse and driven by students’ interest in becoming self-guided, lifelong learners.



Representatives

Brady Cline

Brady Cline

High School Innovation Coach & Impact Program Coordinator

Brady Cline
Brady is currently a High School Innovation Coach & Impact Program Coordinator at The American School in Japan, and has been an international educator for over 16 years. He has taught in eight countries in a variety of teaching and leadership positions at leading IB and American schools. He believes in building school culture first and engaging stakeholders in a student-centered vision for positive change. Recent projects have included the implementation of standards-based learning practices across the high school, coordination of a new personalized learning program, and curricular re-design of traditional courses inline with the school’s Creativity, Innovation and Design (CID) framework.
Brady is a doctoral candidate completing original research into the influence of working relationships on self-efficacy in school leaders. Before becoming an educator, Brady worked in technical sales and project management for a dot-com in southern California.

Aaron Alcodray

Aaron Alcodray

High School teacher and IMPACT Program Coach

Aaron Alcodray
Aaron Alcodray is currently a High School teacher and IMPACT Program coach at The American School in Japan. He has a wide range of experience across a variety of grade levels, disciplines, and educational contexts. He’s passionate about radically rethinking the purpose and practices associated with learning.