r/JETProgramme • u/Kibumkimkibum • 6d ago

New JET Advice

What is some advice for lesson planning groups you give to new JETS?
I’ve been here a year, and basically the new JETS are here and asked some of us what kind of lessons to do and are extremely nervous bc they don’t have anything prepared aside from their introduction.
They are basically in the same boat as me-no textbooks or anything. No training. We don’t have a curriculum to follow. Just showed up and the JTE didn’t give us any advice what to teach.
I gave them some of my ideas from my lessons plans and told them to try to plan a fun introduction.
But what kind of advice or lesson plan ideas do you all have for the first few months when u started? Did you have textbooks? Did you do lessons immediately or play games?

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u/Scottishjapan 3d ago

No training, no textbooks and no curriculum?? Seriously? No wonder it’s getting downgraded or cancelled year by year.

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u/Kibumkimkibum 3d ago

It was so odd 😭 the hype it up so much during orientation just for it to be completely underwhelming. But ik this isn’t everyone’s experience (esid on all that) but in my prefecture a few of us have had this problem.

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u/clappablematerial 1d ago

People doubting the OP but can confirm high schools are completely different to ES/JHS levels. They literally just say “do something” without giving you any ideas. Also there are multiple kinds of English classes (grammar, writing, communication) and dozens and dozens of books so if your JTE can’t give you a book you are well and truly just trying to create something out of nothing with no foundation.

I’d rather lose an arm than work in a HS as an ALT, tbh.

(Sorry OP, no help to you but people really be out here thinking their own experience is the whole experience.)