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Fatboy



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 11:56 am    Post subject: University teaching positions Reply with quote
I would like to know what the range of pay is for someone teaching English at a university. I have an MA in TESOL and 10+ years experience of teaching in universities

Thanks for any information you can give
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Glenski



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 10:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
There is more than one type of university in Japan -- private, public, national (sometimes now called denationalized or corporation type). Each offers a different range of salaries.

For 2010 salary ranges of private universities in the Kansai region, look at this JALT PALE newsletter.
http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/4M64TDoDjMfLuA_FfqRZ4vJJV1UdMKP30mLxgUw9MBfodwFBFCjAmPvHa32JcjtDEM5Lb_FLE1QHbArAS4W1Z-8EiyJiANbo7XAmzcISxA/PALE_May_2010.pdf

For individual salaries that are currently offered anywhere in Japan, go to this JRECIN web site.
http://jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekTop?ln=1

If you want more info on getting a university job, I suggest you read all the links in FAQ Part 1 section on universities. There is also a recent article in JALT's The Language Teacher about this, but for now, if you are not a member, you cannot access it online. (issue 34.05, Sept/Oct): "The right stuff: hiring trends for tenured university positions in Japan"- by James McCrostie
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GambateBingBangBOOM



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 16, 2010 3:41 am    Post subject: Re: University teaching positions Reply with quote
Fatboy wrote:
I would like to know what the range of pay is for someone teaching English at a university. I have an MA in TESOL and 10+ years experience of teaching in universities

Thanks for any information you can give


Have you published several articles? I know people in Canada who've been teaching ESL for many years and have never published anything because they're teachers, not researchers- if they wanted to be researchers, they'd do a doctorate and become a teacher trainer (the way it is in most countries). In Japan, that isn't the case.
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Glenski



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 16, 2010 8:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Good point, and one you'll find in those links I mentioned!

All the years of teaching experience will only count so much in Japan for a university job. Publications, especially those that are single-author and in a peer-reviewed international English-only journal, are critical.
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Solar Strength



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 11:35 am    Post subject: Re: University teaching positions Reply with quote
GambateBingBangBOOM wrote:
Fatboy wrote:
I would like to know what the range of pay is for someone teaching English at a university. I have an MA in TESOL and 10+ years experience of teaching in universities

Thanks for any information you can give


Have you published several articles? I know people in Canada who've been teaching ESL for many years and have never published anything because they're teachers, not researchers- if they wanted to be researchers, they'd do a doctorate and become a teacher trainer (the way it is in most countries). In Japan, that isn't the case.


My observations are that most of the trainers and TESOL authors (i.e., University of Cambridge and OXFORD ELT) are not Ph.D holders. I've met a lot of authors at conferences and seminars and very few have doctorates. Most of them have M.A. degrees and they, of course, write a lot.

Also, not every university position in Japan requires foreign EFL teachers they hire to do research. Many jobs are teaching only positions and since they are terminal positions that end after 1 - 4 years, schools don't normally require teachers to research.

But, I agree, the publications are normally needed to get the next job, not to really keep the job you have now.

Back in the U.S. and Canada, especially if hired full time or as adjunct at the community college level, teachers don't generally need to research to keep their jobs.
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