JETAA Chicago – Illinois, Wisconsin & Indiana is in need of JET alumni mentors to help educate and onboard the next generation of Outgoing JETs! If you are interested in learning more about being involved in the 7th annual Survival Series that will take place this year, please fill out the Alumni Mentor In-take Form! Being located in the Chicagoland area is not required. Illinois suburban and JETAA subchapter alumni in Wisconsin and Indiana are welcome and wanted! All JET alumni must fill out this form and be confirmed by the JETAA Chicago Outreach Coordinator to be featured officially as a JETAA Chicago Alumni Mentor for the 2022 Survival Series initiatives. We encourage our alumni to share their creativity and ideas to engage the next generation of JETs, especially in the new normal of COVID-19. The 2022 JETAA Chicago Survival Series will use a virtual format of events, articles and other online resources. Questions? Ideas? Please email the JETAA Chicago Outreach Coordinator, Constance Judd at outreach@jetaachicago.com
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The Consulate General of Japan in Chicago will hold a 2-day virtual Q&A with JETAA presenters for Outgoing JETs, and they need volunteers! If interested, please consider the following:
$50 honorarium for participation Date: Friday, June 10th and Saturday June 11th Time: TBA Location: Zoom Tentative topics (these are from last year): l Life as an ALT & CIR l Placement/Community l Money Matters l Cross-Cultural Communication l Team-Teaching l Japanese in Japan
Contact:
julianne.medrano@cg.mofa.go.jp
The Japan America Society of Chicago will be hosting their virtual 2022 Illinois Japan Bowl: Japanese Culture Trivia event on Saturday, March 19 from 10:00-2:00 pm.
This has been another challenging year for students and teachers, and our goal for this year’s event is to create a fun space to expand student’s knowledge and interest in Japanese culture and language. Students will be participating in all aspects of Japanese culture and language individually, however they will register for the event in teams of three. Each individual score will be added to create a final team score. All questions will have multiple choice answers.
Since this year’s competition will be held via Kahoot, we are currently seeking the below volunteers:
Question writers (help a team lead in level 2, 3 or 4 choose and confirm 75 questions for each level, as well as create additional questions/answers. For level 3 and level 4 teams, fluency and/or heightened knowledge of Japanese language/culture required)
Room monitor (monitor each level of competition via ZOOM)
Tally volunteer (assist with tallying of team scores for each level)
Our goal is to have all questions and answer choices complete by the end of February.
If you are interested in volunteering please email kono@jaschicago.org no later than Monday, January 31.
Thank you so much for all of your support!!!