I know I’ve been spamming quite a bit here! For those curious, let me give you a bit of a low down on what’ll happen next!
April:
Send in all of the necessary paperwork
May:
Start moving out, throwing out things I don’t need, selling others
Get my placement information in mid May
Graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in History
Move out
June:
Get my placement information in early June if it hasn’t come in May
Hopefully get in contact with my predecessor, if applicable (most participants have a predecessor but some don’t, like Tokyo ALTs)
Attend an optional orientation
July:
Start getting ready for the big move
Turn in my proof of graduation
Say my final goodbyes to everyone
Depart for Tokyo on July 23rd and arrive on the 24th for a 3 day orientation
Be taken to my placement by representatives of my prefecture
Likely introduce myself to the staff I’ll be working with
Probably work, depends on the situation. Even though Japanese summer break starts in July, teachers are still expected to show up for clerical duties at the school and stuff which might also apply to me
August:
Prefecture orientation
Then in late August, actually start interacting with my students!
When I get to Japan, I can be one of 3 types of ALTs (Assistant Language Teacher)
Prefecture ALT- An ALT who teaches in various schools around their assigned prefecture
Municipal ALT- An ALT who teaches in 2 or 3 (sometimes more) schools within their town/city
Base ALT- Increasingly rare ALTs who work at one specific school. Most Tokyo ALTs, from my understanding, fall under this category. Even though they’ve been increasing Tokyo ALTsin time for the 2020 Olympics, getting Tokyo is still a crapshoot. I don’t really want any of the major cities as I asked for a rural placement. Of course, I’ll make the best of it and I’d still love a Tokyo placement.
Now, this is just a rough outline. After all, the once official but now unofficial yet De Facto motto of the JET program is ESID- Every Situation Is Different and all.
For those curious where I requested to be placed, I asked for rural placements in Gifu, Aomori and Okinawa. Requests are just that- requests and are not guaranteed. In fact, more often than not you’ll get somewhere completely opposite of where you asked for according to what I read. But hey, I’m up for anything!
As a side note, yes I will still continue doing art and working on Werewolf Hostclub in Japan. That was the plan from the very start. I kind of want to try debuting it at Kemoket sometime in the future. Now that I’ll have a steady job, once I get into the swing of things, it’ll be easier for me to focus on Werewolf Hostclub knowing I have a good paying job to take care of the bills!
Anyway if anyone has any questions, please feel free to ask me!
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