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Monday, October 02, 2006

Closet Plan Retracted


Whoa - is this a sign? Less than 24 hours after my previous post, this email:

This is mainly a message for 3rd year JETs...
Some of you may have already heard that CLAIR has recently changed it's policy, and is now allowing current third year JETs to recontract for another two years.
If also after careful consideration the Contracting Organization deems the JET's work performance, level of experience and ability to be of an exceptionally high standard, they may choose to recontract the JET an additional two times(altogether, five years). Thus in exceptional cases, a Contracting Organization could conceivably have the same JET working for them for five years in total.
Contracting Organisations will soon be receiving information about this change of policy in English, and they have been asked to distribute to JETs in their area. If your CO doesn't have this information, and you'd like to know more about it please email me and I will get it to you ASAP.
If you are considering asking to recontract for a 4th or 5th year, please talk to your supervisors soon to discuss the situation with them.


posted by Angie @ 10:59 PM  

5 Comments:

  • At 3:17 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Oh man, 5 years? I was thinking, 3 might be doable with the added incentive that you can say you "completed" the JET program. But 5 years? I don't know what I want to eat for dinner tonight, much less what I want to be doing in 5 years.

     

  • At 10:00 AM, Blogger Angie said…

    Well, it is only for "exceptional" ALTs so there's no guarantee that you or I will qualify... :)

     

  • At 8:22 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Haha Angie, I'm sure they'd take you on for another two years without a doubt! I was thinking about trying to create a specialist PA job for myself in Matsuyama next year, but CLAIR now says that from next year the SPA jobs and 4th/5th year elementary positions will no longer exist... maybe I'll see if I can get a transfer... Not sure about doing a 4th year here in the mountains!

     

  • At 1:19 AM, Blogger Angie said…

    Sara - What are they thinking?!?! The PA jobs are too important to eliminate!

    Where would you like to transfer to?

     

  • At 6:50 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    They're keeping the PA jobs, but getting rid of the SPA jobs... maybe Matsuyama!

     

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