By Eden Law (Fukushima-ken, 2010-11) for JQ magazine. Eden lived and worked in the core city of Iwaki on JET, and is JETAA New South Wales‘s webmaster, meaning he is the voice on all the online and social media for the Sydney-based chapter like Twitter, Instagram (both @jetaansw) and Facebook. At the start of […]
[FRIDAY DEADLINE] Job: Director of External Affairs at US-Japan Council
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Thanks to former AJET Chair Kay Makishi for passing this on. Please note that the deadline seems to be this coming Friday. Posted by blogger and podcaster Jon Dao (Toyama-ken, 2009-12). Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email. ———————————————————————————————————— Overview: The registration deadline (June 13) for this position within USJC’s Tokyo office is quickly […]
TOMODACHI 2014 Emerging Leaders Program Info – Apply Now
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Thanks to AJET Chair Kay Makishi for passing along this great post-JET opportunity. Posted by blogger and podcaster Jon Dao (Toyama-ken, 2009-12). Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email. ———————————————————————————————————— Overview: Deadline: June 15! The U.S.-Japan Council’s TOMODACHI Emerging Leaders Program invites a select group of young Japanese American professionals from across the country […]
By Eden Law (Fukushima-ken, 2010-11) for JQ magazine. Eden is JETAA New South Wales‘s webmaster, meaning he is the voice on all the online and social media for the Sydney-based chapter like Twitter, Instagram (both @jetaansw) and Facebook. Outside of JETAA, he doesn’t exist, and is merely a concept of a shadow of a […]
Re: Cultural Identity
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Via AJET Chair Kay Makishi. Posted by blogger and podcaster Jon Dao (Toyama-ken, 2009-12). [Kay’s Note: This is a really good article that adds more to the dialogue concerning how we determine identity– written by a Fukuoka JET. Check it out!] ———————————————————————————————————— For many of us who work in the high school system, I’m sure you had a tearful, reflective […]
MOOCs on English Teaching [英語教授法 無料オンラインコースのご案内]
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Thanks to AJET Chair Kay Makishi for passing on this interesting ESL professional development opportunity which she received via the US Consulate in Fukuoka. Posted by blogger and podcaster Jon Dao (Toyama-ken, 2009-12). Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email. ———————————————————————————————————— Overview: The U.S. Department of State recently announced the launch of Shaping the Way […]
Student Delegates Sought for Upcoming Japan-America Student Conference (Deadline March 31)
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This isn’t for JET alums per se. But if you know anyone who might be interested, it’s a great way to help support the future of Japan-US relations. Please note the March 31 application deadline. Thanks to AJET Chair Kay Makishi for pointing JASC Executive Director Yuuki Shinomiya towards JETwit. Posted by blogger and podcaster Jon Dao (Toyama-ken, 2009-12). Click […]
Job: [Teach For Japan] Openings in Development, Recruitment, Training and Mentoring (Tokyo)
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[Steve’s Note: Some very interesting and JET-relevant job openings with Teach for Japan received directly from the organization. (The listing is in Japanese because a high level of proficiency is required to work there.) Thanks to AJET Chair Kay Makishi for putting TFJ in touch with JETwit. A little background in English: “We currently have […]
Thanks to AJET’s Sarah Stout and Kay Makishi for passing on this JET-relevant opportunity. Posted by blogger and podcaster Jon Dao (Toyama-ken, 2009-12). Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email. ———————————————————————————————————— Overview: Each year, an independent committee of six experts – three each from the United States and Japan — selects one outstanding Japanese […]
Japan Times article on ALTs and discipline in the classroom
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Thanks to AJET Chair Kay Makishi for bringing this to JETwit’s attention. Notably, in addition to the current JET who is quoted, Aaron Miller (Ehime-ken, 2002-04) is also quoted in connection with his recently published book on discipline in the Japanese education system and the writer of the article is a current JET. On a related note, a […]
AJET launches “JET Community Service Tracker 2013-14”
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I’d heard about this great idea from AJET Chair Kay Makishi a little while ago, and now it’s up and running! A really innovative way to show another form of Return On JET-vestment: JET Community Service Tracker 2013-2014 https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1QzQif7qeluJBzfnCgQuseZ4FVJlnMETaN65mEBYh6cA/viewform This year, National AJET has set some very ambitious goals for JET community involvement: 1,000,000 yen […]
Book: “This Japanese Life” published by JET alum blogger Eryk Salvaggio
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Thanks to AJET Chair Kay Makishi for the heads up on Fukuoka JET alum Eryk Salvaggio who writes the blog “This Japanese Life” and recently published a book by the same name. You can read more about Eryk in this Japan Times interview with him from 2012. About the book: http://thisjapaneselife.org/this-japanese-life-the-book/ Most books about Japan […]
JET alum publishes new book on corporal punishment and discipline in Japan’s schools
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Thanks to AJET Chair Kay Makishi for passing along info about this interesting new book by Aaron Miller (Ehime-ken, 2002-04). About the Author (via Amazon.com): Aaron L. Miller, PhD is Assistant Professor and Hakubi Scholar at Kyoto University, affiliated with the Graduate School of Education, and Visiting Scholar, Stanford University Center on Adolescence. His academic […]
