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[SheikMilkShake]

Konnichiwa minna san

Just thinking of getting back to Japanese teaching scene.
Do they do set an age limit on ALT these days?
I used to be an ALT, and that was quite a while ago.

Thanks

Cheers
Have a great day

[mitsui]

Over 40 is possible.
Do you mean for Tokyo? There is demand for teachers there.

[SheikMilkShake]

hi Mitsui
Thanks for your help.
I like Tokyo but was there for 1 yr with NOVA. The teaching hours were demanding for me but I totally enjoyed the course and the students. I must say it was the highlight of my stay in Japan.
I also was an ALT in Tohuku but the schools preferred to change ALTs yearly. Some villages started to combine and close schools due to lack of kids. We did nothing but enjoying shochu and also great ops on weekend for trekking seemed like only fun ( for me) and eventually, I moved back to Tokyo.
I would prefer Gunma or ( not Saitama) or Yokohama if I ever applied for ALT ops.
Cheers!
Have a great day!

[mitsui]

I know an ALT in Kawasaki who is over 50. Plus he is from Costa Rica.

I doubt you would have a problem with getting work in Gumma.

Yokohama has cut ALT work, however.

[rxk22]

[mitsui]

It must be dispatch as a way to save money.
It is getting worse, where teachers get paid by the hour in Tokyo, instead of by the month.

[rxk22]

[RM1983]

[rxk22]

[quote="RM1983"

Quite a few Phillipines are working as ALTs, people who have finished uni and whatnot. They get paid by the day I think.

Im likely to cut it down to part time if I can bring some side work to fruition. People keep it as easy money while they work on Other Things I think. A flexible thing like that can be good[/quote]

That there are. I met quite a few while at Interac. Just shows that cost cutting is more important than actual teaching in the ALT field. I know that Filipinos can have native level English, but in the ALT field that never seems to be the case. While in training, I heard some JLT like mistakes.