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For more information on applying to participate in
the JET Programme - please check out this link to the Embassy of Japan
in New Zealand which has more detailed information and links to the
application forms!
Click here -->JET
PROGRAMME NZ INFORMATION
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- The
JET Programme
is Japanese government-run, by various Ministries including the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in cooperation
with a government organisation called
CLAIR
(Council of Local Authorities for International Relations) which has
overall responsibility for the Programme.
- JET Programme particpants (JETs) who have sufficient Japanese
ability may apply to enter the Programme as
CIRs
(Coordinators for International Relations). They tend to work for
local - prefectural, city or town - authorities, as interpreters,
translators, a means of contact for foreigners wanting to deal with
the authorities - whatever is required. Occasionally, CIRs visit
schools.
- Most JETs are
ALTs
(Assistant Language Teachers). They usually have a 'base school', a
senior or junior high-school, where they spend most of their time.
Sometimes, they may visit other schools. Rarely, ALTs may be rotated
through a number of schools, not having a 'base' school. They work
with Japanese teachers of English (JTEs) in the classroom, acting as
model native speakers of English to encourage and improve students'
oral and aural English. They may also help with points of grammar and
other structural aspects of English. ALTs are expected to assist JTEs
with lesson-, materials- and exam-preparation. They may also be
involved with exam marking, and whatever other duties their principal,
or their prefectural Board of Education, in the case of senior-high
ALTs, or local town office, in the case of junior-high ALTs, may
reasonably require of them.
- The Programme is unique for several reasons: its scale (in 2006,
there were over 5508 participants); the number of countries
participants come from (in 2006, 44); its level of organisation;
and the wide variety of situations JETs find themselves in.
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