Information for Your Successor

Please fill out as much of this as possible. If there are sections you don’t know about, or information you can’t provide, leave those blank, but try to include everything that might be of use to your successor.

Your Information

1.  Name: ______

2.  JET type: SHS ALT JHS/Elementary ALT CIR

3.  After-JET contact info:

E-mail address: ______

Address in home country: ______

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Emergency phone number: ______

1. School Information (Complete for each school)

1.  What is your school’s contact information?

Address (English and Japanese):
Supervisor’s Name: / Phone number:
Fax number:
Web page:

2.  Please write a brief description of your school. (Academic level, atmosphere, discipline, etc.)

3.  Please write the daily school schedule below:

Time / Activity / Time / Activity

4.  Please list the names of all teachers in the English department:

Teacher’s name / Grade / Teacher’s name / Grade

5.  Has anyone else at school been helpful to you before? In what way?

Name / Information

6.  What do you do at cleaning time?

7.  Does your school get English newspapers? If so, where are they kept?

8.  How does your school treat smoking? Where are the smoking rooms?

9.  How does the school feel about ALTs using the Internet when they don’t have classes?

10.  What dress code does the school expect of the ALT?

11.  How do you get school supplies (e.g. paper clips, pens, card paper, etc.)?

12.  Which schools in the neighbourhood also have an ALT?

School name / 2013/2014 ALT name (if known) / School name / 2013/ 2014ALT name (if known)

13.  Any special advice for how to get by successfully at the school?

14.  What yearly events does your school have?

Date or Month / Event (with description if necessary)

15.  How does your school deal with byoukyuu (sick leave) and nenkyuu (paid leave)?

16.  Is there an English club? If so, who is in it, when do they meet, and what do they do?

17.  What other clubs are there at the school?

18.  What are the possible ways to get to school? What do you usually use?

Method (eg bus, bike) / From where to where (e.g. station) / Approximate time

19.  What is the breakdown of your school semesters/terms?

Date or Month / Semester/Term (with description if necessary)

20.  When does your school have exams (or any other period of time when you don’t teach)?

What are your responsibilities? Is it mandatory to be at school during these times?

Date or Month / Semester/Term (specific information if possible)

2. Office Information (for CIRs/BOEs)

1.  What is your office’s contact information?

Address (English and Japanese):
Supervisor’s Name: / Phone number:
Fax number:
Web page:

2.  Which people have been helpful to you before? In what way?

Name / Information

3.  How does your office treat smoking? Where are the smoking rooms?

4.  How does the office feel about JETs using the Internet?

5.  What dress code does the office expect of the JET?

6.  Are there any special rules of etiquette to remember?

7.  Are there any other JETs in the same office/neighbourhood?

Office / JETs Name / Office / JETs Name

8.  Any special advice for how to get by successfully in the office?

9.  How does your office deal with byoukyuu (sick leave) and nenkyuu (paid leave)?

10.  What are the possible ways to get to the office? What do you usually use?

Method (eg bus, bike) / From where to where (e.g. station) / Approximate time

11.  Give an overview of the main functions of your job at your office:

Function / Explanation/Time frame

3. Your House

(Note to returning JET: First, make sure that your successor will live in the same building. If not, fill in only the appropriate parts.)

  1. When is garbage collected (list all applicable types)?

Type / Day/Date
Burnable (moeru gomi)
Non-burnable (moenai gomi)
Plastics
Metals (kinzoku)
Other:
  1. Do any teachers/members of staff/JETs live in the same building?

Name / Apartment number / Name / Apartment number
  1. Roughly how much are monthly bills, on average?

Bill / Amount
Water
Gas
Electricity
Phone
Keitai (cell phone)
Internet
Apartment/neighbourhood maintenance
Parking (if applicable)
  1. Which organisation is in charge of your apartment building this year?
  1. Which appliances/furniture are provided by your school/office (i.e. the ones you are not responsible for repairs to)?

Fridge / Kerosene heater
Vaccum cleaner / Washing Machine
TV / Other:
  1. Where is the fuse box? And what things tend to make it flip off (e.g. using oven and TV together)?
  1. Where are the water/gas/electric meters? Where are the main valves?
  1. Does the house have a problem with bugs? If so, what, and how have you fixed it in the past?
  1. How thin are the walls? Do you hear much from other apartments? Are there any restrictions on how much noise you should make? (How do your neighbours feel about parties??)
  1. How do you heat the apartment in winter?
  1. Do you have a problem with humidity? If so, how did you deal with it?
  1. Does the apartment come with a storage space/shed? If so, where is it?
  1. What is your apartment like? Describe the layout and facilities (How many rooms? Tatami or regular floors? What are the bathroom facilities? What are the kitchen facilities?)

4. Transport

1.  Where is the nearest tram/bus stop to the apartment? What time is the last tram/bus home?

2.  Where is the nearest train station to the apartment? What time is the last train home?

3.  What’s the phone number of the nearest (i.e. quickest to arrive) taxi company?

Name / Number

4.  What are the details of your vehicle? (if applicable)

Where is your parking space? How much is a full tank of gas/petrol? Give taxes/shakken details:

5. Neighbourhood Information

1.  Where is the nearest supermarket?

2.  Where is the nearest convini?

3.  Where is the nearest police station?

4.  Where are the good, friendly local izakayas (Japanese bars)?

5.  Where’s the nearest library? Does it have English books?

6.  Where’s the nearest gym? How much does it cost?

7.  Where’s the nearest public bath/onsen (hot spring)?

8.  Where’s the nearest clinic/hospital that has an English-speaking doctor?

9.  Where’s the nearest English-speaking dentist?

10.  Where’s the nearest ATM and how late is it open?

11.  Where’s the nearest video shop?

12.  Where’s the nearest 100-yen store?

13.  Are there any other apartments with JETs in them in the neighbourhood? Where?

14.  Where’s the nearest cinema?

15.  Where’s the nearest Post Office? What time does it close?

16.  Any good neighbours/bad neighbours to take note of? Why?

17.  Are there any special local attractions? E.g. museums, local culture, festivals, tourist spots, etc.

18.  Any more useful info about the neighbourhood/job/life in Japan?