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windsofchange
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
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Location: NZ
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 Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 8:37 am Post subject: help please! |
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Any advice on this topic would be great.
The impression I'm getting is that the chances of finding a decent teaching job in Japan these days is minimal.
The sketch appears to be;
get to Japan with a big company eg, GEOS, Nova, etc. Then network out to find a better gig.
I want to work at a Uni but I'm not sure if my credentials cut it.
I have four years of ESL teaching experience plus CELTA. I also have only an MA(not a BA). The MA is a degree in Drama(Text and performance) which I have used to good effect in NZ for for years teaching and lecturing in EFL as well as having my own company teaching public speaking skills to business people.
Does anybody have any advice for me? |
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PAULH
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Posts: 4672
Location: Western Japan
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| Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 9:12 am Post subject: Re: help please! |
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| windsofchange wrote: |
Any advice on this topic would be great.
The impression I'm getting is that the chances of finding a decent teaching job in Japan these days is minimal.
The sketch appears to be;
get to Japan with a big company eg, GEOS, Nova, etc. Then network out to find a better gig.
I want to work at a Uni but I'm not sure if my credentials cut it.
I have four years of ESL teaching experience plus CELTA. I also have only an MA(not a BA). The MA is a degree in Drama(Text and performance) which I have used to good effect in NZ for for years teaching and lecturing in EFL as well as having my own company teaching public speaking skills to business people.
Does anybody have any advice for me? |
I thought gigs were what budding rock musicians did. Most of here are on one year contracts.
If you are looking for jobs from outside the country the big 4 or the JET program are about your only way here, short of buying a ticket and job hunting when you get here. The deadline for JET is well past this year.
You will need a minimum of a BA to get a work visa (but if you have an MA that should be enough for immigration)
To get a university job (part time) you need:
A masters degree in TESOL, English or linguistics. Drama is out in left field though I have known teachers to teach drama in English.
teaching experience in japan preferred, teaching Japanese students. ESL experience overseas is not weighted that highly.
Connections
Japanese ability preferred but not essential as most job ads are in Japanese. Those that aren't have lots of people applying for them
With no publications you can only get part time work but you will still need a sponsor for your visa. Japanese ability also recommended for full time jobs. |
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Glenski
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN
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| Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 10:43 am Post subject: |
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The impression I'm getting is that the chances of finding a decent teaching job in Japan these days is minimal.
The sketch appears to be;
get to Japan with a big company eg, GEOS, Nova, etc. Then network out to find a better gig. |
That's about it unless you have some stellar qualifications. See a post by taikibansei to give you an idea what it takes to get some university jobs (gigs) here, and what he has for credentials.
Paul may be a bit stiff about the use of the word "gig", but not me. I often call my teaching jobs, for schools or private lessons, gigs.
Drama itself is not taught very much in English here, but there are a few universities and perhaps language schools that offer their English courses taught as "English by drama" or some such thing. If you want to do this, it might help if you do a Net search using those parameters.
Jobs in university are posted in English and/or Japanese at the following three sites more than other places.
http://jrecin.jst.go.jp/
www.jacet.org
http://www.thes.co.uk/ |
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windsofchange
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
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Location: NZ
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| Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 11:16 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for the helpful advice. You never know-if I look around enough I may jusy be able to land that gig.  |
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