The Microgrant Initiative for American JETs, funded by the U.S. Embassy Tokyo, provides small grants to U.S. assistant language teachers working in Japan on the JET Programme to introduce American culture and English language to students in their classrooms and the local community. We are happy to announce that this year we have awarded a record number of microgrants to current ...READ MORE »
This fall, Ms. Casey Nealy joined USJETAA as Program Coordinator. As the coordinator for USJETAA, Ms. Nealy will be working to support the 19 JETAA chapters across the United States, JET alumni, and current JETs living in Japan. She will help manage USJETAA’s grant programs including the Micro-Grant Initiative for current JETs, the leadership program for JET chapter leaders, ...READ MORE »
About the Author: Alexander Childs is an 18 year old freshman in college. He is an intern at USJETAA and he is attending American University. He plans on majoring in international business because he enjoys traveling a lot. He wants to study abroad in Japan as a junior and learn Japanese. He first got into fashion when he was 10 years ...READ MORE »
On December 14, 2018, USJETAA Board Chair Paige Cottingham-Streater visited the JET Alumni Association of Hawaii and spoke at an "The Japan-U.S. Alliance: What is Your Role?" event hosted by the Japan-America Society of Hawaii (JASH).
Ms. Paige Cottingham-Streater, who is the Secretary-General of the U.S. CULCON Panel, Executive Director of the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission (JUSFC), Executive ...READ MORE »
We are pleased to announce the second round grant recipients for our chapter grant program with Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA: JETAA Minnesota and JETAA New England. JET Alumni Association of Minnesota: Forum for U.S.-Japan Organizations Program date: February 3, 2019 (TBC) To create stronger ties between Japan and Minnesota, JETAA Minnesota and the Japan-America Society of Minnesota (JASM) will co-host a ...READ MORE »
Can you help? USJETAA is working with the Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA to plan a town hall with both an in-person and virtual component addressing a key issue within U.S.-Japan relations. We would love to hear from the JET alumni community what topics you'd like to hear about. Loading...
October 29, 2018
USJETAA partners with the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo to award microgrants (grants of small amounts of funding) to current JET Program(me) teachers from the Unite States to support projects they hold in their schools and communities. The grant program concluded at the end of July. JET alumni Shantel Dickerson (Oita, 2016-2018) wrote an article on the Microgrant Program for AJET ...READ MORE »
by Bahia Simons-Lane
October 10, 2018
After meeting with so many chapters and hearing their stories as part of our leadership program, here are some general recommendations from USJETAA on how to deal with some of the most common issues:
Establish a board of directors to help with maintaining institutional knowledge and to support transitions.
Due to the volunteer nature of JETAA leadership, many ...READ MORE »
In September, JETAA Rocky Mountain hosted the JETAA National Conference in Denver, Colorado. This annual event brings together 1 or 2 representatives from the 19 U.S. JETAA chapters to discuss chapter business, share strategies, and learn about opportunities to support their chapters. For the first time, USJETAA was a co-sponsor for the conference and we were very happy to ...READ MORE »
Originally posted September 13, 2018; Updated November 26, 2018
A 6.6 magnitude earthquake struck Hokkaido on September 6, 2018, resulting in injury, death, power disruption, and property damage. Thanks to your efforts, USJETAA raised $335 to support recovery efforts on the ground.
One of the goals of USJETAA is to help alumni of the JET Program give back to the country ...READ MORE »
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