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| Take the ALT teaching job at a senior high school! |
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Lover
Joined: 14 Feb 2005
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 Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 11:46 pm Post subject: What is the best teaching job in Japan? |
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I am sorry everyone! I had posted this thread yesterday, but for some reason it got moved or blocked. This is so unfair! Because of some troll, my thread gets blocked!
Anyway, I have to decide by tomorrow which job to take. Right now I am leaning to the language school, because I don't have to be at the school if I am not teaching. I can do my lesson planning anywhere at anytime.
While being an ALT I have to be at the school from 9 to 4p.m.
I think teaching as an ALT would be easier and at the langauge school more challenging. The pay and benefits at both places are the same. |
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King Kong Bundy
Joined: 04 Oct 2004
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| Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 11:57 pm Post subject: |
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I personally would pick the langauge school for the reason you stated. I right now work at two high schools. I spend so many hours doing nothing, because lesson planning is not complicated.
But you have to think which job will give you most satification! |
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Sweetsee
Joined: 11 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 12:01 am Post subject: |
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If you want to be home by five and up early, ALT.
Single and want to party, other.
Maybe you should do the one first and then work your way up to the other like most of us.
Where's that school at, the high school I mean?
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Gordon
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
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Location: Japan
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| Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 12:04 am Post subject: |
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| Go with your gut feeling. Only you know what you need and all the job details. Don't ask us. The jobs are quite similar, so one is not clearly better than the other. Who would you get along with better? |
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Lover
Joined: 14 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 12:13 am Post subject: |
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| Sweetsee wrote: |
Bad enough there is F all on this board these days but now this. Anyway, I liked this one as it pertains to my current employment:
Where's that school at, the high school I mean? |
What is F? The high school is in Saitama and the langauge school is in Tokyo.
Gordon: The jobs are not the same. At the language school I will be teaching either private classes and class up to 8 people as the largest. I also teach alone at the langauge school, but team teach at the high school.
At the high school, my smallest class with have 30 students, a few classes will have 45 students.
I wish someone would give past experiences of teaching in either of the two situation. I have studied in Japan before but this will be my first teaching job in Japan. |
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Mike L.
Joined: 28 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 12:14 am Post subject: |
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| Bad enough there is F all on this board these days but now this. Anyway, I liked this one as it pertains to my current employment: |
Agreed!
Anyways I'd take the high school job. It could lead to a better job down the road.
You can also teach at night or have free time. The eikaiwa gig will take you out of circulation at the best time to be making extra cash.
Heck you could even work PT at an eikaiwa if you wanted to while doing the HS job. |
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Sweetsee
Joined: 11 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 12:31 am Post subject: |
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F as in...ahhh...February, that's it!
Girls school? Maybe it's my job, wouldn't surprise me.
Honestly though, how do you like to spend your free time because that will be an important consideration? |
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Gordon
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 12:32 am Post subject: |
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| OK, I'll help. I would take the HS job, better hours, and like Mike said, may open up future possibilities down the road. You will meet more influential people who can help you if you need it, whereas an eikaiwa job will lead nowhere. |
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Gordon
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| Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 12:36 am Post subject: |
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| Sweetsee wrote: |
F as in...ahhh...February, that's it!
Girls school? Maybe it's my job, wouldn't surprise me.
Honestly though, how do you like to spend your free time because that will be an important consideration? |
Maybe you should take the eikaiwa job Sweetsee since he might take your HS job.
What does F mean??? Must be nice to be innocent. |
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Brooks
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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Location: Sagamihara
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| Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 1:14 am Post subject: |
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30-45 students in a class is a lot. I have worked at a language school in Shibuya, and it was easier to teach adults than high school kids.
At high school, some classes are required, so some of the kids are forced to learn English. It is easier to teach people who want to learn.
My wife teaches many people who want to study overseas at an eigo gakko. They do their homework and don`t complain.
As an ALT, it would depend how much freedom you would get. Do you have to team-teach? Can you teach and plan by yourself? What kind of text do you have to use?
If you just want to stay a year in Japan, try the eikaiwa.
Also, would you like to live in Tokyo? Not everyone likes it. |
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Sweetsee
Joined: 11 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 6:26 am Post subject: |
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Sorry and I do apologize for the indiscretion. It was a dreadful thing to say.
F means: if you see Kay...
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