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rickman
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 Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2003 4:55 am Post subject: Where to go after Nova? |
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| Where is a good place to jump to after Nova? Can the experience gained through Nova be applied elsewhere? |
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april
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| Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2003 6:40 am Post subject: |
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Within Japan or your home country?
For me personally, working with Nova itself didn't directly lead me to anything specific (because I need more qualifications to teach English as a second langauge in my home country). But what it did do was greatly improve my social skills, confidence, and other personal skills, which flowed through into all areas of my life. |
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rickman
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| Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2003 2:05 am Post subject: |
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| In Japan. I am considering leaving nova for different employment, but am unsure as to where to go next. |
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shmooj
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| Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2003 7:56 am Post subject: |
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Well where do you want to go next and what do you have to get there? We can't really help if we know nothing about you.  |
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Shonai Ben
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| Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2003 10:14 am Post subject: |
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If you want to continue in the eikaiwa world then I would suggest you start your job search before you jump the nova ship and have a new job waiting to step into.Start picking up the Japan Times on Monday morning.That is when the job ads are posted.Also check all the job boards on the net.Start looking for private students also and remember that you can steal them from nova.
You don't give us much info to go on but this will get you started.
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Gordon
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2003 12:01 pm Post subject: |
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| First narrow down where you want to live in Japan and start from there. |
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shmooj
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| Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2003 2:26 pm Post subject: |
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try looking through this every month
www.oyahosensei.com
you find work in there for pretty much every teacher you can imagine. LOADS of eikaiwa jobs all over the country. |
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PAULH
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2003 12:03 am Post subject: |
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| shmooj wrote: |
try looking through this every month
www.oyahosensei.com
you find work in there for pretty much every teacher you can imagine. LOADS of eikaiwa jobs all over the country. |
Shmooj
you mispelt the website
its http://www.ohayosensei.com
No wonder he couldnt find it. |
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shmooj
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 Thanks for pointing that out. Sorry about that. 
How'd you know he couldn't find it? Telepathy?
Also, seeing as how he's in Japan... perhaps he could have worked round my typo anyway 
It would be good to hear back from you rickman as to whether the advice has been useful or as to whether these suggestions suit you and your background...  |
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rickman
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| Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2003 11:58 am Post subject: |
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| thank you for the feedback. I am basically new to this whole world of teaching. I know that I will not last at Nova for the long term. Also, I understand that there is better money with better working conditions in this country. I am in Tokyo now. My only qualifications are: a universtiy degree from the states. I am considering sticking at nova for a few months to get some more experience, then jumping ship. I just do not know how marketable I am at the moment. |
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PAULH
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| Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2003 12:24 pm Post subject: |
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| rickman wrote: |
| My only qualifications are: a universtiy degree from the states. I am considering sticking at nova for a few months to get some more experience, then jumping ship. I just do not know how marketable I am at the moment. |
With the qualifications that you describe and a couple of months at a language school I would say not very.
The degree is only useful for obtaining the visa and is not directly tied to your teaching ability or aptitude as a language teacher.
Working at NOVA has a standardised one-size-fits-all, only-works-at-NOVA syllabus and will be pretty useless when applied to anywhere else.
working at NOVA will give you the opportunity to pay of any debts that you have, get on your feet financially and give you the opportunity to look around once you get here (good luck, seeing as you will likely be working from 1-10 pm most days and wont be able to attend many interviews).
I would also suggest that if you are thinking of quitting NOVA make sure you give sufficient notice (2 weeks is required by law) and that you have a job lined up before you hand in your notice. It may take you a while to find another one.
You will also likely need a letter of release from NOVA if you want to change your sponsor, so its not a good idea to 'burn your bridges' by leaving under a cloud. Find a job, hand in your notice and complete the 2 weeks. |
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