Words and Terms
ALT Assistant Language Teacher (mostly English teachers but also includes teachers of Chinese and Korean)
BOE Board of Education (Osaka BOE is in Temmabashi, Osaka)
JET Japanese Exchange and Teaching program hired overseas by the Japanese Government (MEXT)
JTE Japanese teacher of English
MEXT Japanese Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
NET Native English Teacher
Offset A compensating equivalent, a balance
OFSET Osaka Fu Special/Super/Suburashi English Teachers union.
Suburashi Wonderful (in Japanese of course)
TEFL Teaching English as a Foreign Language
Questions
What’s the difference between NET and JET and ALT?
What are the official OFSET Union Demands?
If I leave my job, how can I get my pension?