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G Cthulhu
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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Location: Way, way off course.
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Classroom management: When you have effective classroom management classroom discipline will become less a problem. Simple things like walking around the classroom, knowing how to keep students on task, and projecting yourself as being in control of the class are invaluable techniques of classroom management. Taking attendence is a duty not a technique of classroom management.
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As a JET ALT, he will likely do none of these things. He will not be in control of the class; the JTE will. He will not be keeping students on task; the JTE will. And, "effective classroom management" in Japan is pretty lame. Walking around the classroom is a rarity in Japanese high schools. The teaching system is based primarily on a lecture system, whereby teachers speak from the moment attendance is taken until (or even after) the bell rings. No discussion. No walking around to see if students get the lesson.
A JET ALT projecting that he is in control of a class is fairly laughable, especially to the students, most of which will see him as a mouthpiece (that human tape recorder) or anomaly because of appearance, not as a serious instrument of teaching English.
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I beg to differ. :)
Glenski, AFAIK, you have never been on the JET programme. You have never taught with a JET ALT. You have never seen what the norm is over the range of JET ALTs nationally. I don't see that you have, in short, a basis for speaking from on this.
Why do I care? Because IMO you're substantially mistaken in all your assertions about JET. :)
Yes, there *are* JET ALTs that fit the model you give, but if you looked at even the CLAIR surveys you'd see that they're now in the minority. The JET programme is not a static thing. It has changed over time and it continues to change. IMO your view of what it is to be a JET ALT is at least ten years out of date from what is now common.
IMO the people that fit your description better are the private dispatch teachers, and then only because they're generally not in an effective position to be anything other than a HTR. |
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worlddiva
Joined: 03 Mar 2004
Posts: 137
Location: Montreal, Quebec, CANADA
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| Posted: Thu May 20, 2004 11:58 pm Post subject: my personal jet experience... |
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Just a quick note:
I applied for JET-2004 and was rejected.
I called the embassy to ask them why they did not accept me, this is what they said:
1. I did not have enough classroom teaching experience...I think you got this one covered.
2.I did not have recent international experience.
3. I did not have basic Japanese language skills.
4. My letter was too much in the form of an essay than a letter (whatever that means?!) 
Apparently, the caliber of applicants has increased over the years, so my suggestion is to get your application reviewed by someone at your local embassy before you send it in.
Hope this helps. |
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