Curious about people’s various experiences with remote learning, different degree programs, the quality of the education, and what you’re up to nowadays if you’re finished with JET
edit: Would love to know the specific school and program, too, if you’re willing to share
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I got a master’s in IT to switch fields. Did it the last two years on JET. Didn’t have a background in tech before that (undergrad was International Studies).
I did an online program via an American university. Quality was so-so, but good enough.
Went ok. I’ve been working in a fintech company for a year and a half now.
I’m doing a Masters in TESOL online with the School I did my undergrad at. I miss in-person class discussions, but I like the relatively self-paced nature of the courses. I started my Masters when I worked at a JHS/Elementary position. I had ample deskwarming time to get all my work done. I transferred to a SHS position last year and there are weeks where I feel like tearing my hair out trying to balance all my assignments and my JTEs responding to my “what’s the lesson plan today?” with “Idk, anything you want is okay.”
My plan is to help ELLs back in the States once I finish up on JET.
I’m just being lazy to look, but is there a sort of “best practices” specific for SHS lessons, year 1 and 2, online somewhere
Going well! I have one more class left and I’ll have my masters in Clinical Psychology. It only took a year (deskwarming time was plenty enough for me to do 2-3 classes a term although it was a lot of work) and I will take my home state’s licensing exam sometime in the winter when I go home to visit (at my university, I have up to a year post-graduation to get licensed).
I had decent grades in undergrad, so I got a little bit of a scholarship. Kept greater than a 3.7 GPA during my coursework so got more grants to cover costs, so minimal loans were taken out to cover the cost of grad school.
I’m doing a second bachelor’s with the University of the People. I’m still not far into the programme (started in January this year), but it’s going well so far. Hopefully it will help me transition into a different career path, but only time will tell.
Edit: Bachelor of Science in Computer Science.
Finishing up my MA in Educational Psychology with certifications in Neuropsychology for teaching and learning and Human Development. It’s an online only program through Ball State University. Started last year in January due to desk warming and wanting to up my experience/knowledge. I’ve also been out of school for a little bit and wanted to see if I’d be interested/ could do the work towards further studies / PhD. Not a fan of my advisor bc they are pretty absent but I have enjoyed my classes. I’m applying for PhD programs this year.
I was going to do my Masters thesis while on JET (only the final thesis, I’d already finished my coursework). Personally I decided against it and postponed it until I’m home. I’m only here for 1 year, I wanted to enjoy my time in Japan without my Masters looming over me. Obviously other people may be different but my advice is enjoy your time on JET and wait til your back in your home country to fully focus on your education.
I did a conversion masters in computer science and cybersecurity. I was lucky I had the spare time whilst on JET to study but I agree with other commenters here, without face-to-face classes it can be challenging. The time difference between myself and my professor was rough!
Glad I did it in my last two years! I stayed for four in total, it allowed me to enjoy my placement and secure a job when I moved back!
My coursework for Economics was completed, but I had a final research paper to write, so I’m in the process of doing that in my downtime.
Just an extention of some previous research I had regarding the transition from high school to college. I had a contact in Institutional research that I helped with some projects while doing stats courses at University, so I had some nice datasets that were for internal use only that I got to build from. Primary indicator for college attendance rate of high school seniors for any given high school is actually the areas housing prices. Income, on its own, is not a strong indicator of a school’s college attendance rate for HS graduates. There are three distinct groups, Consistant High attendance rate schools, Consistant lower attendance rate schools, and inconsistant lower attendance rate schools, with mean college attendance at roughly 68%, 74% and 82% for the three groups. Changes in socioeconomic variables from year to year do not have a significant correlation with college attendance rates. It is almost all captured by housing value, which can be attributed to Tiebout sorting, or ‘voting with your feet’, a situation where people will move to an area that most closely reflects their political values. Families who value a school will pay extra to move into that school district, while families without means or without desire will move to school districts where the cost of housing is cheaper. This creates three groups: Wealthy and education motivated, wealthy and education disinterested, and poor, which likely correlate to the three groups I mentioned earlier, with poor communities being the most inconsistant with college attendance.
Fun stuff.