re: Teaching Overseas

I taught in Camp Japan after graduating from LSU. Was awesome. Would do again in a heartbeat. I worked for a private company but the JET program is where all the jobs are.

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The Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme (???????????????? Gogaku Shidoto o Okonau Gaikoku Seinen Shochi Jigyo?) or JET Programme (JET????? Jetto Puroguramu?) is a Japanese government initiative that brings college (university) graduates—mostly native speakers of English—to Japan as Assistant Language Teachers (ALTs) and Sports Education Advisors (SEAs) in Japanese kindergartens, elementary, junior high and high schools, or as Coordinators for International Relations (CIRs) in local governments and boards of education. JET Programme participants are collectively called JETs.

Participants currently come from a total of 40 countries. As of July 1, 2014, 4,476 participants[1] (in CIR, ALT, and SEA positions) were employed on the programme, making it the world's largest exchange teaching programme. Of that number, about half are from the United States (2,457), with Canada (495), the United Kingdom (383), Australia (315), New Zealand (255), Ireland (86), and South Africa (93) making up the majority of JET participants.

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