Greetings Shiga.
I wanted to make a brief announcement to tell everyone that my office will most likely be restricting the use of the kenchopa@gmail.com account. They are concerned that the use of freemail (gmail, yahoo) is not secure and are worried about the private and personal information of the schools and stufents. As a result I may have to switch to the prefectural email. This will make regular communication and information/file...
This is a reminder for U.S. citizens.
To vote in the upcoming U.S. election/primaries, you must register for an absentee ballot with your state. It only takes a few minutes, and does not affect your voting status if you decide to return to the U.S. later this year, so don't put it off. Register today!
To register for an absentee ballot:
Attached are both the example essay template and my essay from last year in order to give and idea of what the ALT experience article looks like.
ALTs in the past have written articles with a wide range of themes from experiences, heartfelt goodbyes or messages to their CO, and even things such as poems and food recipes. How you want to write your own article is up for you to decide, but please keep in mind that your CO, the BoE, and other...
I'm sure many of you are beginning to plan for travel during the long winter holiday (be it home, other destinations in Asia, or elsewhere). For some of you, this will be your first trip abroad since coming to Japan, so I would like to remind everyone of a few important documents/procedures to take care of before leaving the country or taking more than three days off of work.
1) Overseas Travel Notice Form (海外渡航届 kaigai tokō...
Brief summaries of the elective workshops held at this year's SDC conference on Friday Nov 25th as written by the presenters:
Workshop A
Practical Communication Skills: Thriving in the Workplace
A crash course on workplace communication skills on how to make your ALT/JTE relationships thrive. Develop creative and practical solutions to everyday communication challenges.
The Re-Contracting Decision
The decision to leave JET or...
