i blow my conch and summon my PA comrades-at-arms

Yeah they're trying to send it to all JETs via their COs as part of the strengthening-the-relationship thing.
So your JPA should have shared it with you as your CO, if not because you're a PA.
They're going to change the password next year, they said.

Haha yeah wth!

What if I want free mental health counseling too yo!?

Sorry, ever since Love Knowledges falling-out with JET around 5 years ago, PAs here have had zero involvement with SDC.

Municipal ALTs still attend it, but it's done completely by the BOE


I guess I should be thankful?

how long is your discussion?

What happened 5 years ago?

Is it a HIMITU!? 

my preds did it a few times


i thought about doing it a few times



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Personal visits for what purpose? To check up on whether they're alive and taking care of themselves okay?
It may be feasible with that number of JETs but I don't think it's that...necessary...
I personally think that doing so would probably make the ALTs think they can rely on the PA for anything and everything. :S

Yeah..... like I dunno....

I feel like it would be fun to do just to get out of the office and travel around my KEN and check out everyone else's offices/schools.

But then I'm like..... is it really necessary?

All of our JETs are always so SIKKARI SITERU <3 jitenshaa sorafi asawo Valefi 2.0

YES IM GOING TO EAT ALL THE FISH PATTY CYLINDERS

I'd be totally happy for you to come and have a chat. Like, the talks would probably revolve around bbchan and nerd stuff, but the fact that KENCHOU CIR IS ALWAYS WATCHING is taking an interest might make the peeps here take us and our proposals a little more seriously (wishful thinking).

But honestly, making them see that JET is actually a big thing and that we have contacts and shit could be a god thing.

NANIYORI it would be good for us to kibuntenkan.

Call up, schedule a visit, I'll reserve a meeting room for you!

NO DON'T DO IT


_{because then I'll get jealous}


I wish I could visit my all my CIRs

We do this in Silent Hill

In addition to asking about any issues with work and personal life, we are also theoretically supposed to get a copy of their contracts (only 1 of 3 muni BOEs actually gave us this last year) and a sample weekly schedule

last year we basically went as a formality...but this year we might actually try to make them useful, especially since we have a new BOE this year with four JETs and where the 担当者 has limited English at best?

guess we'll see

What we've started doing for lesson idea exchange is a science-fair style thing called "Poster Presentations", where a bunch of ALTs make a poster about a lesson activity and present for 10 min to a small group. This works because:
+ everyone gets to choose which lessons to see, so no one complains that it wasn't relevant to them
+ ALTs prepare lessons so you don't have to prepare content
+ we have each presentation repeat twice, for 6 rounds total--that way presenters can see presentations too. But you have more people so you may have to adjust accordingly.
+ can cover more types of lessons/age ranges/etc.
+ works better if you make a form for people to fill in their lesson plan, then we put it in the booklet for everyone to read and take home easily
+ posters add a visual that doesn't require technology (avoiding possible technology problems)
+ add breaks in between each time slot and it will eat up your whole two hours while you walk around and mingle
- lots of work in the beginning to explain how it works, but much easier once people understand it
- difficult to evaluate. Always a びｔｃｈ to format on the survey. If you have a ton of presenters you could have them evaluate it as a whole to save yourself the headache, but individual assessment can be done--I can send you a copy of our form if you want.

If you're going to do Q&A, our big thing in recent years has been guided discussions with well-planned groups.  Basically you put a bunch of discussion questions in your booklet/on a powerpoint and have people discuss those (ex. How do you bounce back after setbacks/stay motivated? What productive things do you/can you do on weekdays after work? What is one specific technique you've used/can use to break the ice with someone?)--keeps people productive, positive, and feels like less of a free-for-all, also it lets you cover work and non-work topics without being awkward or all over the place.  If you mix up the groups by area, grades taught, and years on the program, you can give everyone a good 刺激 and perspective-check without having to know everyone's personalities.

I have a lot of random stuff on my comp/notebooks about SDC so feel free to PM me for more.

Also OK I guess the forum is down for forever... by the way I made a PA FB group for anyone who is a PA including ALT PAs.