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meatbrain
Joined: 30 May 2003
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 Posted: Fri May 30, 2003 5:27 pm Post subject: Peppy Kid's Club info |
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I'm considering joining this company but i wanted more information first. I searched on the company name and didn't find anything.
What do you think about Peppy Kid's Club?
Thanks in advance... |
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Shonai Ben
Joined: 15 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Fri May 30, 2003 6:13 pm Post subject: |
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In a nutshell:
If you like to babysit,this is the job for you.No teaching involved really.
You will have classes starting at around 4pm and going continually until 9pm with almost no breaks in between.The majority of your students will be children in the ages from 3-12 and the occasional class of junior high students.You have to travel to Nagoya and undertake a week of intensive "training" before you are assigned a position somewhere in Japan.
If you really want to "teach",I would not consider this as an opportunity to do so.It is really just a babysitting job in disguise.
I realize that this is a really negative post but I thought I should warn you.
This is my opinion only.Good luck.  |
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icollin
Joined: 05 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2003 8:14 am Post subject: |
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I work for Peppy Kids and I think what the last post said is kinda true...BUT!!
It`s not a bad company and they do treat us ok...
Today I have 1 class only...not so hard! My hardest day as 5 classes and it`s once a month only...I do have a 20 minute break, but usually you don`t and you don`t really need them anyway.
The kids are from 2-12 (mostly) and it does seem like babysitting but I enjoy working with kids...if you don`t DON`T　TAKE　THE JOB！
If you want more info, mail me...
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Dominique
Joined: 26 Aug 2004
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Location: Juso, Osaka
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| Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2004 1:41 am Post subject: |
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During the information session, it seemed to me that you do teach older children and you get to dress casual which is a plus.
Most of these other schools, you have to dress business casual which is something I would have to get used to since I tend to be a jeans and t-shirt kinda girl  |
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utopianthreat
Joined: 24 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 6:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Dominique wrote: |
During the information session, it seemed to me that you do teach older children and you get to dress casual which is a plus.
Most of these other schools, you have to dress business casual which is something I would have to get used to since I tend to be a jeans and t-shirt kinda girl |
I think that there's something to be said for a place that will accommodate first time ex-patriates they way that Peppy Kids seems to be doing. And it could certainly open the door of opportunity to other options in Japan, including tutorial sessions, couldn't it?
The biggest complaint I've been hearing on these boards so far about Peppy Kids is the fact that there's not a whole lot of teaching involved in the process. Does this have more to do with the regimented agenda of the company or the individual teachers' own failing in making the environment in the classroom an enriching, educational one?
I'm looking for a chance to try my luck teaching young children and also a means to subsidize the travel that I must do now that I'm out of school. So even if the job isn't as teaching intensive as I was hoping for, it's a means of gradual immersion into the teaching-overseas thing. Am I speaking some truth here or does this sound a bit like a well-crafted state of denial?
Does it bother everyone that I finish all of my paragraphs with a question, somewhat rhetorical in nature? 
uT |
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rubber-robbie
Joined: 22 Sep 2004
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Location: Japan
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| Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2004 11:06 pm Post subject: PKC |
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I live in Japan and have tried to get a job with PKC, I have experiance with a kids school about the ame size a PKC, the company I work for is only part time, I have to travel to 37 different classrooms in Tochigi, have a car no problem, our kids are 1-12.
Now I applied to PKC in Nagoya a few times but each time getting the polite e-mail, will keep you on file, last time I was told that PKC had a freeze for the remainder of 2004.
Well, having read other forums, I don't beleive this, it felt like a NO THANK YOU, WE DON'T WANT YOU.
In our local area there is a PKC office, why don't they just give me an interview and then they can go from that...simple.
I read that PCK hires mainly from Canada, am I correct and why...
Oh, by the way I have a spouse visa till 2007. |
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