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Sweetsee
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hiring season?
teaching certificate, which one? |
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Doglover
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| Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 12:30 am Post subject: Re: international schools |
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| Sweetsee wrote: |
hiring season?
teaching certificate, which one? |
You need a registered teaching licence from your own country as well as previous teaching experience in an elementary or junior high school , or an international school. Generally ALT or eikaiwa or "English teaching" is not considered proper work experience. |
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Sweetsee
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| Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 12:33 am Post subject: |
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So much for that idea.
Thanks Lover. |
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Doglover
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| Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 12:39 am Post subject: |
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| Sweetsee wrote: |
So much for that idea.
Thanks Lover. |
There are non-registered or non-accredited international pre-schools which are just playgroups for Japanese and foreign kids, but are not recognised by overseas accreditting bodies. Some have foreign teachers but the hiring criteria are not as stringent as a place like ASIJ or Osaka International School. I think YMCA runs such a school for japanese parents who want their kids to play with foreign children. |
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Sweetsee
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| Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 12:47 am Post subject: |
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I see, thank you.
May I ask about your own current position? |
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Doglover
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| Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 12:56 am Post subject: |
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| Sweetsee wrote: |
I see, thank you.
May I ask about your own current position? |
Full time university teacher.
2 kids
Excuse me for asking but is your current contract up for renewal from April and you are looking for a new job? (I know you are an ALT) |
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Sweetsee
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Ah, yes and no. They will renew my contract in April(last one they said) but I am thinking about April 2007, when we too will have 2 kids. I will be job hunting this summer but have begun researching and I am thinking about doing a CELTA course. I doubt I will get a job like yours but I may be able to get part time university work, like before. At the same time, I believe the future lies with young children and I may go that route.
May I ask how long you have been at your school? |
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Doglover
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| Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 1:43 am Post subject: |
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| Sweetsee wrote: |
Ah At the same time, I believe the future lies with young children and I may go that route.
May I ask how long you have been at your school? |
I am on a 3 year contract and this is my last year. I fully expect I will not be renewed next year, though this is the first time they have hired full time contract teachers (they have foreign tenured professors).
My life is a continuous circle of 3-year musical chairs when it comes to working in Japan. |
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Sweetsee
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| Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 5:04 am Post subject: |
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| You have something from April? |
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Doglover
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| Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 5:17 am Post subject: |
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| Sweetsee wrote: |
| You have something from April? |
until March 2007.
Maybe we should swap jobs. |
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Sweetsee
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| Zackley, we're on it! Tennis courts? |
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womblingfree
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| Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 12:38 am Post subject: Re: international schools |
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| Doglover wrote: |
| Sweetsee wrote: |
hiring season?
teaching certificate, which one? |
You need a registered teaching licence from your own country as well as previous teaching experience in an elementary or junior high school , or an international school. |
Is an MA in TEFL/Applied Linguistics + experience sufficient? |
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Doglover
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| Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 1:42 am Post subject: Re: international schools |
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| womblingfree wrote: |
| Is an MA in TEFL/Applied Linguistics + experience sufficient? |
In an international school you are teaching regular subjects to bilingual children of mixed marriage couples, and native speakers. Its a regular elementary or high school in a foreign country (Japan) and lessons are taught IN English. You are not teaching English as a Foreign Language to non-native speakers but English as a means of instruction.
Im not sure why an EFL degree in TESOL would be of use in that situation but stranger things have happened. Maybe if you are teaching kids to speak English but these kids are already native speakers and bilingual.
Teaching experience as an ALT , a JET or working at a Japanese educational institution teaching English is not considered work experience for the purpose of getting international school jobs.
Proper elementary or high school experience teaching regular subjects in ones home country or at other international schools (3-5 years experience preferred) is what they are after.
My daughters kindergarten teacher worked at a teachers aide before taking over the class herself.
here is a list of accreditted international schools in Japan.
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theoldman
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To get a job in an "real" international school, you usually require a teaching licence from your home country. To get this you usually require a B.Ed. or B.A./B.S. with Dip. Ed. or Pdgce??? (British qual.).
However some international schools do run ESL courses as part of their curriculim, because not every student is a native speaker. In this case you will sometimes see international schools looking for full-time ESL teachers. Recently Columbia International School (Saitama) was looking for ESL teachers, so an M.A. in Linguistics or TESOL would probably have met their requirements. |
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