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News from ALT Division
  • Homepage of W5 ALT Division has been opened.
    We will run articles about ALT and its supporting information. (Feb. 1, 2004)

Our basic policy of ALT business
  • Most of factors that Japanese people are not able to communicate in English at present are considered to be psychological aspects like prejudice against different culture and foreign people, timid feeling about English and lower motivation rather than English language ability itself.
    We will create an ALT system that may eliminate such psychological factors from children who play central roles in the future. For that purpose, we will try to assist you always keeping in mind that communication with individual heart and heart is the very original point of the ALT system, though we need to build a system to respond to voices of children and teachers who are actually using ALTs.

What does Assistant Language Teacher do?

Even "assistant" teacher, ALTs have various and important responsibilities to
Japanese young students. We introduce some duties of ALTs.

Team Teaching
  • TT (Team Teaching) is held anytime when ALT teach English both at Elementary and Junior high school.
  • HRT(homeroom teacher) or JET(Japanese English teacher) tell you their requests, or they will let you have full lesson, however you must remember, this is TT and you are an assistant.

Requests from the BOE*   BOE*:the Board of Education
  • Well mannered
  • Energetic
  • Like young students
  • Understand (not "know") Japanese culture and society
  • Generous children
  • Entertainer
  • Keen to be a part of school
  • Cooperative
  • Flexible
  • Speak Japanese (optional)
  • Each BOE has different requests, but these are the basic.
  • Each BOE has different requests, but these are the basic.

A day at school
Example          
8:20 arrive school 1:20 cleaning time
8:45

12:30
12:30
3-4 lessoon
(45min or 50min)
30-40 kids/class
Making plans,props
lunch with kids
1:50

3:30

4:30
1-2 lessoon
(45min or 50min)
30-40 kids/class
Making plans,props
Having meetings
Making plans, props
Join club activities
        4:30 Leave School
A year at school
1st Semester (Filed trip)
  •  April (New school year starts)
  •  May
  •  June
  •  July (from mid of July:Summer vacation)
  •  August (Summer vacation)
    		•
    2nd Semester (Sports/School festival)
  •  September (2nd semester starts)
  •  October
  •  November
  •  December (from Christmas, Winter vacation)
    		•
    3rd semester
  •  January (until the first week:Winter vacation)
  •  February
  •  March (Graduation)
    		•

    At the end...
    "ALT" is not only teacher but also "pal" to Japanese young students.
    "ALT" might be the first foreigner to them in their lives.
    Besides "Native Speaker", "ALT" means a lot.
    If you like to interact with young people, have some challenge,
    and you would like ALT position.
    Click to open ALT Q & A
    All the ALT job information is listed on our website: HJJ (HotJobsJapan). For registration, please click the banner below and enter your information at HJJ website. http://www.hotjobsjapan.net/

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