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JibberJabber
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 Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 4:37 am Post subject: ALT's no more? |
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I heard a rumor that the Japanese government was putting more restrictions on ALT contracts. Apparently schools can have a ALT through an agency for two years and that's it. After that the ALT must either find a new job or try to contract directly with the Boards of Education.
I also heard they are reducing the number of JET's - anyone heard of this? |
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homersimpson
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Location: Kagoshima
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| I heard a rumor that the Japanese government was putting more restrictions on ALT contracts. Apparently schools can have a ALT through an agency for two years and that's it. After that the ALT must either find a new job or try to contract directly with the Boards of Education. |
If the gov't is putting said restrictions on local BOEs, those BOEs are not following it. I know some people who are currently working through agencies in the same city (and schools) for more than 2 years. Regarding the JET Program, I read recently that the federal gov't wanted to change the status of ALTs and possibly make them, if qualified (i.e. licensed teachers in their home countries) the primary instructors in English classes. But things change slowly at the top levels in the Japanese gov't that I'd imagine it'd be some time before drastic changes would occur. |
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Iwantmyrightsnow
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This is because of dispatch laws. The maximum allowed is one year before someone is hired direct. This law has been ignored in the past but the government is beginning to crack down on it.
Check out www.generalunion.org for an article on dispatch. There will also be someone in the next newsletter about it. |
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