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aaaronr
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 Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2017 9:18 am Post subject: Are JHS ALTs allowed to solo teach? |
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Does anyone know if JHS ALTs on entrustment cotracts are allowed to plan and teach the whole class with the JTE present?
If not, do you know where I can find the law that states this?
Thanks
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marley'sghost
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| Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2017 1:22 am Post subject: Re: Are JHS ALTs allowed to solo teach? |
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| aaaronr wrote: |
Does anyone know if JHS ALTs on entrustment cotracts are allowed to plan and teach the whole class with the JTE present?
If not, do you know where I can find the law that states this?
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Could you explain "entrustment contract". I'm not familiar with the term. What you are allowed to do and how depends on your contract.
Just for sake of comparison, I'll outline my situation. I'm a dispatch ALT on a gyomuitaku contract. I almost always plan and teach the whole class with the JTE present. Actually its a lot easier than trying to co-ordinate everything and "team-teach" with a partner. I just use the JTE to help pass out papers, and assist with monitoring the students during activities. |
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mitsui
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| Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2017 3:30 am Post subject: |
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| At a private school you may teach alone but you may not, especially if the school has a bad reputation. |
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rtm
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| Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2017 5:22 am Post subject: Re: Are JHS ALTs allowed to solo teach? |
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| aaaronr wrote: |
| Does anyone know if JHS ALTs on entrustment cotracts are allowed to plan and teach the whole class with the JTE present? |
Like others, I don't know what an 'entrustment contract' is. That said, the bolded part above makes a difference. If the JTE is present, then you're not technically solo teaching the class, as the JTE (who is a licensed teacher) is overseeing it. |
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mitsui
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It depends on the prefecture. In Tokyo, the lack of a license can be waived at the discretion of the principal..
In Shiga, having a license from your own country can suffice.
So in both cases you can teach alone. |
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GambateBingBangBOOM
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| Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2017 2:06 am Post subject: Re: Are JHS ALTs allowed to solo teach? |
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| aaaronr wrote: |
Does anyone know if JHS ALTs on entrustment cotracts are allowed to plan and teach the whole class with the JTE present?
If not, do you know where I can find the law that states this?
Thanks |
Like others, I don't know what you mean by an "entrustment contract".
Like someone else mentioned, if the JTE is present, then you aren't teaching alone.
Teaching alone means there isn't a Japanese teacher in the room. And this also happens in some schools. Even ones with dispatch ALTs when other ALTs from the same company at different divisions in the school do not teach in this manner.
"ALT" is an extremely vague job title. It means whatever the people at your school want it to mean. It could be a human tape recorder just reading sentences from a book. It could mean designing a curriculum and syllabus, all materials, grading the course, and (sometimes) there isn't a Japanese teacher of English in the room. You "Assist" by being a teacher. Period.
If you have been told you aren't allowed to teach alone, then you aren't allowed to teach alone.
If you have been told you have to make all the materials and lesson plans, then you have to make all the materials and lesson plans.
If you have been told that your role is to be human tape recorder and the JTE sees no real value in you being in the classroom, then that is your role.
It's all part of what the "Assistant" part means in this case. |
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