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Himalaya
Joined: 06 Jan 2007
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 Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 9:32 pm Post subject: Montessori Schools in Japan?????? |
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Hi I am wondering if there are many English Montessori Schools in Japan. I am a certified Elementary Montessori Teacher, and I am interested in moving to Japan. What is the average wage? (if there are Montessori Schools)
I am also hoping someone can help me figure out what the average savings are for someone who doesn't drink and does her own cooking. I am assuming the start up costs are expensive, and I understand my question may be a bit vague. I apologize. I lived in Taiwan for a while and I am drawing my own conclusions based on my experience there, although I believe it will be quite different. It is all I have to go by. I hope someone can help.....
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DNK
Joined: 22 Jan 2007
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Location: the South
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| Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 10:31 pm Post subject: |
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Curious myself. I've heard, don't know if it was in the FAQs or just from my perusing the many threads, but 70,000 is a reasonable amount to expect if you're decent with your money and not in the middle of Tokyo. If you don't drink at all and did your own cooking and were quite frugal, I'd imagine it could be somewhat more.
There was an ad for Montessori in the latest Ohayo Sensei, but no figure was given, and I couldn't find it on their website. The average typical job is 250,000 yen. I wouldn't accept less, personally, but I'm too picky as a few people here already know 
Apartments are 43,000-60,000yen/mo, then you'll lose ~8% for taxes your first year from that 250,000. That's what I've heard at least.
Here's from one of the FAQs at the top of the board 
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You will have to pay for certain things every month while you are here:
Taxes: direct taxes, resident tax, consumption tax
Rent
Apartment utilities (gas, electricity, water/sewage)
Health insurance (private or national health insurance)
Telephone (land line or mobile phone)
Food & drink
Car parking space (if you have a vehicle)
Insurance
These will generally run about 130,000 � 150,000 yen per month. That means the remainder of a basic paycheck for most eikaiwa teachers is reduced to 100,000 � 120,000 yen each month. How much of this you save depends on your lifestyle and location.
So, consider the �extra� things that you often pay for. Deduct their costs from the above figure.
Reading material (books, magazines, newspapers)
Long-distance phone bills
Internet-related costs
Snacks
Transportation (whatever is not paid by your school/company)
Video rentals
Postage and envelopes
Souvenirs (for yourself, friends, family) plus shipping charges
Medical costs not covered under insurance
Entertainment (drinking, dancing, movies, museums, etc.)
Photographs (developing) and film purchases
Travel costs for sightseeing, accomodation costs
Gym fees; club fees
People who have learned to cook can save money. Finding the all-you-can-eat/drink establishments is also a boon. Knowing how to save money with cheap video rental days, cheap photo developing places, 100-yen shops, etc. will also help. A basic (but very general) rule of thumb is that a moderately thrifty person should be able to save about 70,000 per month from a standard paycheck of 250,000 yen. |
MOD Edit: Please refrain from posting ads for jobs in the forums.
Note: I'm fairly sure shinjuku is in the middle of Tokyo, so good luck with that. |
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johanne
Joined: 18 Apr 2003
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There are several English Language Montessori preschools, but I haven't heard of any elementary ones. Check out the websites of international schools in Yokohama, Tokyo and the Osaka/Kobe/Kyoto regions. Several of them have a Montessori pre-school programs and I would think would be paying at least 350,000 yen a month for a full time position, although I don't know anyone working in one so I can't be sure. I'm judging more from the minimum that elementary homeroom teachers are making in international schools. If you google Montessori and Japan you'll probably find others that are not part of an international school.
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