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mitsui
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Money is the issue. Many ALTs are part-time in Tokyo, so turnover happens.
Hiring someone with just a BA means that they get paid less.
A competent ALT is seen as a threat. One with a MA and one who knows Japanese makes the JET scared.
It does depend on the school. Some schools are more serious about English than others.
Many schools are going to downsize, due to fewer students. How can they cut costs? By giving limited contracts. |
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RM1983
Joined: 03 Jan 2007
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I heard a rumour that the Junior/Senior High School seperation is going to be scrapped, and that students will just attend the one high school from 12 - 18. Anyone else heard this?
Anyways, have a nice summer. |
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mitsui
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Maybe out in rural areas where schools will close.
Consolidation would make sense in that case.
Personally, I find a 7-12 school a bad idea, but it probably just boils down to money. |
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RM1983
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| Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 5:59 am Post subject: |
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Maybe out in rural areas where schools will close.
Consolidation would make sense in that case.
Personally, I find a 7-12 school a bad idea, but it probably just boils down to money. |
Ah that might have been it, think it was on the news yesterday morniing or something. That would make sense.
That is pretty much how we do it in England anyway! |
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fluffyhamster
Joined: 13 Mar 2005
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Location: UK > China > Japan > UK again
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| Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2015 12:18 am Post subject: |
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| Well, if the schools keep getting a new AET every year or indeed every term, chances are there's going to be trouble sooner or later, and fat lot of good it'll do blaming the dispatcher. A fair few schools must see a number of reasonably good AETs come and go, and think to themselves "Better the foreign devil we knew last year than the one we've now got! If only...". |
Reading between the lines, I get the impression that BOEs don't think like that. They view ALTs as largely interchangeable and-let's be honest-we don't have much responsibility anyway. Why bother with investing in a foreign teacher for any length of time? If we are simply flash card monkeys, who cares?
Furthermore, I can't imagine Japan collectively trying to recruit and encourage long-term foreign teachers. Do JTEs want experienced ALTs in the classroom who may threaten their control over the classroom or show them up in front of students? Don't think so.
The worst part is that this all creates a negative feedback cycle in which ALTs rotate through the schools and are not used effectively and the Japanese teachers view us as not being worthy of trust or responsibility.
On the bright side, it is an easy job with a lot of holiday. Today is my last day of work before summer vacation. |
Well, you did say 'The worst part is...', so we seem to be in agreement that the BOEs' thinking should change LOL. |
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zues
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| Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2015 12:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Any updates on this? |
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