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maggietulliver · Joined: 06 Oct 2011 Posts: 19

Anyone had any involvement with the Coco Juku School? I see it is a new English conversation school, but know nothing other than that....

They have requested a Skype interview + lesson plan + lesson plan enactment. There was no mention of pay rates, location etc.

Hmm.

Bigs · Joined: 03 Jul 2005 Posts: 20

Had the interview - despite not doing too well (in my own opinion) in the interview / demo lesson - still got offered a position. Have gotten the visa and am waiting for them to sort out travel.

Not much else to offer at this stage though... sorry...

maggietulliver · Joined: 06 Oct 2011 Posts: 19

Thanks for the reply.

I have been reading some kind of dodgy stuff online about them (lawsuits etc)...have sent an email enquiring about the locations, pay rates etc. with no reply as yet...

Will wait and see, I guess...

Let me know if you receive any more info Smile

OneJoelFifty · Joined: 06 Oct 2009 Posts: 463

Bigs · Joined: 03 Jul 2005 Posts: 20

I have knowledge of pay - standard entry level salary for ESL in Japan, and know where I will be going.

Hell if worst comes to worst I'll take my visa, enter the country then worry about it... don't see it coming to that though.

mrmarsit · Joined: 14 Sep 2012 Posts: 11

All your answer are on their website.

I tanked that demo to but I thought did rest right.

BigInJapan · Joined: 14 May 2012 Posts: 5

If its helpful, I currently work for coco juku and might be able to provide some info. Pay rate can be found on the site but to add it is required that you pay into the pension. The company is a part of Nichii Gakkan so it's a big company in Japan so you are never going to be screwed out of payment like what may happen at other schools. The hours are standard, 9 hour days with a one hour lunch break. Because its very new as a company most schools are not busy so I recommend people with no or little experience to still apply as you can ease into the job rather than being thrown right Into the deep end so to speak. Just in case it isn't mentioned you do get paid for the training week. If anyone has any specific questions feel free to write here again or pm me and I'll try to reply as soon as I can. Forgive any mistakes here today I've made this on my phone. Good luck with looking for a job

mrmarsit · Joined: 14 Sep 2012 Posts: 11

I tanked my interview.

I hope it was lack of exp.

But can ya walk through the interview u had ?

BigInJapan · Joined: 14 May 2012 Posts: 5

My interview was so so I felt haha. I did a written test which I wasn't 100% convident on but felt I did ok and also a demo which I bombed. They said ok let's start this again. After that I was asked the usual questions why this company etc. I left thinking I wouldn't get a call back but they asked me for a second interview which I felt I did really well with. I didn't have a lot of experience at the time either so I'm sure they where aware of that and it doesn't count against you as much, since they want you to teach using their method so you would be kinda starting over in that aspect anyway.