I'm a current third year JET and have been debating whether to stay or go. As part of this I decided to see how far I could climb the University ladder and try to get a place on a teacher training course!
For context, my undergraduate is from a 90th ranked diploma mill of no renown.
I have limited industry experience in my subject area. But, thanks to bring able to deliver an excellent mini lesson and my ability to coherently explain and give examples of lesson planning and delivery, iterating on feedback, real world classroom situations, working within a school and even a (limited) amount of behavior management. I comfortably secured several offers from several high ranking and prestigious universities.
Could I have done this with 1 year on JET? Maybe.
Just felt I should share my example of JET and ALTing being a positive for my career progression!
Tune in next year when I discover none of it mattered and real teaching is a completely different game!
by joehighlord