Have any DegreeForum alumni went on to teach in Japan?

[leland.kirk]

This is something that I'm worried about myself, but I plan on teaching in South Korea instead of Japan through the TALK program before I actually finish my degree. For that you have to send in a copy of your transcript. I'm slightly stressed about it because of all the classes I'll have on my transcripts that won't be taken through TESU. If I wasn't so impatient about going back to Korea, I'd just wait until I finished my degree to avoid having to send anything besides a copy of the degree itself.

I plan on knocking out at least 60 credits in order to get into the teacher's program and if I'm accepted then work as an English teacher in Korea for at least six months while finishing up the rest of my credits. After that... I'm not too sure, I like to keep my plans somewhat open-ended. Maybe I'll decide to apply for the EPIK program to continue teaching there longer or teach in Japan or China or pursue something entirely different.

The transcript was something I was super worried about initially for JET. but apparently you can use the transcript from the school you graduate from as long as all your classes have names, dates and number of credits earned. I remember seeing this for EPIK as well. I can't really find it on the TALK website but I've neither looked for very long nor been awake for long, aha. It's worth an ask if it's not on the site, but if your final transcript has everything, I doubt it'll be a problem. Otherwise people who went from junior colleges/community colleges to a university would be in the same hypothetical boat.

Best of luck!