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THE 2016 JAPAN EXCHANGE AND TEACHING (JET) PROGRAM<\/strong><\/p>\n JET is seeking candidates who will hold at least a Bachelor\u2019s degree (any major) by July 15, 2016 for positions in Japan as Assistant Language Teachers (ALTs) and Coordinators for International Relations (CIRs).\u00a0 Applicants for both positions should be mature, flexible, adventurous and interested in learning about Japanese culture as well as sharing their own.\u00a0 Most JETs work as Assistant Language Teachers, a position which does not require previous knowledge of Japanese language (although it is valued), while a small number of positions for Coordinators for International Relations are available to those with excellent Japanese language ability.\u00a0 The JET Program selects applicants who are hired by contracting organizations such as public schools or local governments for one-year (usually renewable) paid positions, to begin in late July or early August, 2016.<\/p>\n The application period is a very short one: by the 5:30pm deadline on Friday, November 13. If students have any questions regarding the program, contact Susan Gill, JET Program Coordinator, Boston) at<jetdesk@cgjbos.org>. Interested candidates should visit the JET Program\u2019s new US website<\/a><\/p>\n \uff0aJETprogramUSA.org<\/a> **Bates graduates who worked for JET:<\/strong><\/p>\n This list was compiled by Keiko Ofuji<\/a> and maintained by Keiko Konoeda<\/a><\/p>\n Bianca Sanchez \u201917 (ALT), Kaylyn Kipper \u201917 (ALT, Ibaraki-ken) THE 2016 JAPAN EXCHANGE AND TEACHING (JET) PROGRAM JET is seeking…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":635,"featured_media":0,"parent":1157,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_batesModPostContentOverride_prepend":false,"_batesModPostContentOverride_append":false,"_batesModPostContentOverride_append_before_footer":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"class_list":["post-1160","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/asian-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/asian-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/asian-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/asian-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/635"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/asian-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1160"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/asian-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1161,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/asian-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1160\/revisions\/1161"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/asian-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/asian-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\uff0aDownload the application form<\/a>
\n\uff0aJ.E.T.A.A.<\/a> (The Japan Exchange & Teaching Alumni Association)<\/p>\n
\nGwyn Browning ’15 (ALT)
\nMichael Anderson ’12 (ALT, for 1.75 years, Toyama-ken), MacKenzie Vile ’12 (ALT, Akitaa-ken), Sarah Barger ’12 ??
\nIsrael Mesa ’11(ALT, for 1 year, Hyogo-ken)
\nIan Fontaine ’07(ALT, for 3? years, Tokushima-ken)
\nJulia Caffry ’10 (ALT, Ishikawa-ken)
\nLauren Patz ’09 (ALT, ???)
\nMatt Savas ’08 (ALT, for 2 years, Ishikawa-ken)
\nAlicia Dessain ’07 (ALT, Fukui-ken?)
\nLauren Kawana ”06 ALT, Kumamoto-ken)
\nChris Hoover ’02 (ALT, ???)
\nJosh Dennoncore ’02 (ALT, ???)
\nDavid Nesbitt ’02 (withdrawal)
\nKimberly Garvie ’01 (ALT, Okayama-ken) , Janel Ippolite ’01 (ALT, Okinawa-ken)
\nAlec Hansen ’00 (CIR for 3 years, Gifu-ken), Megan Tobin ’00 (CIR for 1 year, Ishikawa-ken)
\nLiz Purinton ’98 (ALT for 3 years, Nagasaki-ken)
\nHeather Thompson ’97 (ALT, Gunma-ken)
\nSarah McCrum ’96 (ALT for 1 year & CIR for 2 years, Oita-ken)
\nBen Krakawer ’95 (ALT) for 1 year, Hyogo-ken
\nWilliam Titus ’95 (ALT) , Kyoto-fu
\nMolly Johnson ’94 (ALT) for 3 years, Hokkaido
\nSusan Clapp ’94 (ALT) for 1 year, Miyagi-ken
\nJerad Bruno’94 (ALT)\u00a0 for 1 year, Hyogo-ken
\nJeffrey Smith ’94 (ALT for 1 year, Osaka-fu)
\nSteve Harris ’94 (ALT for 3 years, Wakayama-ken)
\nAdrian Morehouse ’94 (ALT for 1 year, Fukui-ken)
\nBarnaby Donlon ’93 (CIR for 3 years, Yamaguchi-ken)
\nEleanor Hogan ’89 (ALT for 1 year, Osaka-fu)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"