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JustThinking
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 Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2004 7:56 pm Post subject: Teaching Positions Starting in the Summer |
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Hi,
I'm interested in teaching English in Japan this summer. Are there many positions beginning at this time of year (preferably at a university but really anywhere is okay)? And, if so, are they usually just summer-only positions or could you someone get a 6 month or year long contract that begins in the summer?
Thanks for any help.
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Nismo
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| Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2004 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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Schools usually recruit for spring, sometimes for fall. English corporations recruit year round, because most of them don't follow any set dates for classes (students can join at any time, therefore the same applies to teachers).
Teaching at a university will probably be the hardest job to get. You should have at least a masters degree, but you are more likely to land a position with a PhD. |
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taikibansei
Joined: 14 Sep 2004
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Location: Japan
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| Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2004 8:18 pm Post subject: Re: Teaching Positions Starting in the Summer |
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| JustThinking wrote: |
Hi,
I'm interested in teaching English in Japan this summer. Are there many positions beginning at this time of year (preferably at a university but really anywhere is okay)? And, if so, are they usually just summer-only positions or could you someone get a 6 month or year long contract that begins in the summer?
Thanks for any help.
JT |
F/t positions at Japanese universities usually require at least a 1-year commitment. 90% of them begin on April 1. The other 10% (usually to replace sudden, unexpected staff departures) begin at other times, though mostly in either September or October. To be honest with you, I have personally never seen a public job advertisement for a summer (I assume you mean June or July) start at a Japanese university--considering that the first semester goes from April until the end of July (the second typically starting at the end of September and continuing to the end of February), I'd imagine this type of position to be very rare.
I believe (though other people here know far more than me) that Nova, ECC, and the other conversation schools all will hire people starting in the summer.
Good luck! |
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Glenski
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN
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| I'm interested in teaching English in Japan this summer. |
Only for the summer? Pretty much no such animal in Japan. The only place I know that hires for 3-4 months is Westgate Corporation. Don't know if you are qualified, though, or when they are hiring.
http://www.westgate.co.jp |
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JustThinking
Joined: 09 Nov 2004
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| Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2004 7:15 am Post subject: Any other countries offer summer only contracts? |
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Hi and thanks everyone for the information. Since I have a teaching position here in the states I generally only have the summers for travelling. Does anyone know if there are any other countries (like Korea, for example, that pay ESL teachers reasonably well) that offer many summer only teaching positions?
Thanks for any help.
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bearcat
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| Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2004 7:34 am Post subject: Re: Any other countries offer summer only contracts? |
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| JustThinking wrote: |
Hi and thanks everyone for the information. Since I have a teaching position here in the states I generally only have the summers for travelling. Does anyone know if there are any other countries (like Korea, for example, that pay ESL teachers reasonably well) that offer many summer only teaching positions?
Thanks for any help.
JT |
As a teacher, need to look at this from a different angle.
Most situations for teaching here and in other countries here in Asia are businesses. Keeping students(customers happy) is pretty important.
Thus coming in to teach for a few months only then ducking out again is counter productive and in many cases cost prohibitive.
Granted there are some that you might find that will take you, but consider what kind of school/company they are very seriously that they would take a teacher for such a short time.
As far as visa's are concerned too you need to consider that many countries(Japan included) do not allow you to gain employment while on a tourist visa.... its illegal. And none are going to go through the paperwork and redtape to get you a work visa(which is a year to 3 year visa) only for you to work for two months.
Add to this accomodations. Japan requires sponsorship, keymoney etc for many apartments. Granted you may get to share a room in a home with someone for such, but again is that suitable to and for you?
And here's another flipside: What if during those few months you don't work out there? If they can so readily drop you into their school, they can just as well kick you out on the street at a moments notice... and if they were employing you illegally..... you've got no recourse.
Just think on the otherside of the coin on this. |
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freesolo
Joined: 02 Nov 2004
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| Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 10:09 am Post subject: summer in korea |
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| there are loads of summer camp jobs in Korea. try 'Englishspectrum.com' or 'worknplay.com' |
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JustThinking
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| Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 3:55 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the info freesolo. I'll check out those links.
JT |
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