I’ve heard a lot of mixed answers to if teaching experience is needed or if it affects your chances of being accepted. I currently have no experience so I was looking at some volunteering or classes I could do before JET. Luckily, I got accepted into a volunteering program to tutor migrants in English which starts in February. The problem with that is it’s generally a 6 month program but I submitted my JET application checking that I will be available for the early escort which is between April and July I believe. If in any case I get accepted and escorted early I probably will have to cut the volunteering short and maybe only have time to do the training program and tutor for around a month or two. That won’t be enough experience and I’m not sure if I can even use that as experience in my interview. Will this affect my chances of getting in?
Edit: I’m applying from Australia, so I’m not sure if it’s common to have experience when applying from here or not!
by maraenna