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Mike Oxlong wrote:Here's a wacky thought...
Make the program one that only accepts and places professional teachers. Those who majored in and graduated with education degrees. Then, those who are accepted go to some facility (one for US/Canada, one for the UK, one for Australia/NZ) in their own country to undergo several months of training in Japanese language, Japanese ed aims, and team-teaching. Schools in Japan wanting one of these sorts would have to send one of their English teachers to some sort of twin facility in Japan over the summer vacation to also be trained in team-teaching, Western ed aims, and English communication.
Mike Oxlong wrote:Here's a wacky thought...
Make the program one that only accepts and places professional teachers. Those who majored in and graduated with education degrees....
Taro Toporific wrote:Imagine the Japanese engRish teachers having to compete on level ground.
GomiGirl wrote:Professional teachers wouldn't come as they wouldn't put up with the poor salary options. Offering peanuts is fine for the kids who are Native Engrish speakers with a pulse on a gap year adventure, but it is not an interesting prospect for real teachers. They would go straight to International schools.
AssKissinger wrote:JET pays better than most new teachers make in America. Do you mean if they did away with JET and tried to get professional teachers just off the market?
Christoff wrote:If we are speaking about New York State, it is utterly untrue. most JET teachers get between 250,000 and 300,000 a month, that is about 3k us. note the DoE teacher pay chart: http://jd2718.wordpress.com/the-new-uft-contract/new-uft-nyc-doe-teacher-pay-scale-salary-charts/
Samurai_Jerk wrote:JET teachers get 300K a month tax free plus a lot of them get housing subsidies. If you factor that in it's like making 45 or 50K. Probably about average for a teacher in the US but better than someone fresh out of college would make teaching.
Christoff wrote:lets not forget is you are a us citizen you are still liable for 100% of your us tax obligation making you way poorer
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Iraira wrote:That's only for the portion of your income over $91,400 (as of 2009). 2555-EZ, baby!
AssKissinger wrote:I think it would be sad if JET dies. A lot of people have had amazing experiences because of this program.
Screwed-down Hairdo wrote:JET is an enormous waste of money ...Stop funding the idea of English-speaking yobbos Japan experience..
Taro Toporific wrote:Don't blame JET for Japan's poor English
Sept. 7, 2010| The Japan Times Online
....a debate is raging over whether JET should be left as is, cut or abolished entirely.
Essentially, the two main camps argue: a) keep JET, because it gives outback schools more contact with "foreign culture" (moreover, it gives Japan a means of projecting "soft power" abroad)]Japan's psychotic -- [SIZE="3"]yes, psychotic [/SIZE]-- system of language teaching[/B]...more...
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