Is there a reverse JET?

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1. The US has a LONG list of exchange programs. Several involve teaching, such as the Teachers of Critical Languages Program, but nothing really comes close to the scale of the JET program.

   https://exchanges.state.gov/non-us/alphabetical-list-programs

2. JICA sends Japanese people to developing countries, I think mostly as teachers. That’s all I’m aware of.

3. I don’t know if there’s a program or if it’s the BOE but two of my teachers have taught Japanese in my home state for about a 3 months stretch but that’s the closest I’ve heard of something.

4. There’s J-LEAP (Japanese Language Education Assistant Program) in the US: https://www.laurasian.org/jleap-about

5. The Japan-America Society sometimes swaps workers. I know the Chiba one and Houston one did before COVID.

6. I’ve known some Japanese teachers who have gone to Australia and taught Japanese. I don’t know exactly how that’s worked though

7. There’s the JOI Program (Japan Outreach Initiative). It’s on a much smaller scale, but sends Japanese citizens to the US to teach about Japanese culture.

8. Yes, via JICA or the Japan Foundation. Usually they get sent to developing countries though, not the US or anywhere that already has decent Japanese education.

9. TEJ?