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Riverjack
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 Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 5:33 am Post subject: Summer Day Camp at the American School in Japan |
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I was looking around for summer camp jobs on the internet today and boy, it's hard to separate the clutter from the good stuff.
Anyway, I happened upon this page http://www.asij.ac.jp/sdc/sdc-staff.html for the summer day camp program at the American School in Japan. It looks pretty cool but I wanted to know if anyone out there has worked this camp before and what their experience was? I tried searching the board but if anyone has posted anything about it before I couldn't find it.
I'm teaching in China now and headed back the states for the fall, but I was going to try to squeeze a quick camp job in to get a little extra cash before I head back. I did a winter camp and Korea and would like to avoid Korea if I can even though the money was good. I'll be traveling through so it'd be nice if they provided more than they did - this camp doesn't provide housing and only one meal...is that normal?
Any pointers to some good camps out there that are friendly to teachers coming in from overseas? I'm looking to be able to come out with some money but it doesn't have to be a huge amount since this will be my first time in Japan and it will be fun to see a little bit of it in those small day long breaks you get. What's the going rate for a month long camp job right now? I'm well qualified and have worked a lot of camps both language and non and both in the states and overseas. |
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canuck
Joined: 11 May 2003
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Location: Japan
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| Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 7:15 am Post subject: Re: Summer Day Camp at the American School in Japan |
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| Riverjack wrote: |
I was looking around for summer camp jobs on the internet today and boy, it's hard to separate the clutter from the good stuff.
Anyway, I happened upon this page http://www.asij.ac.jp/sdc/sdc-staff.html for the summer day camp program at the American School in Japan. It looks pretty cool but I wanted to know if anyone out there has worked this camp before and what their experience was? I tried searching the board but if anyone has posted anything about it before I couldn't find it.
I'm teaching in China now and headed back the states for the fall, but I was going to try to squeeze a quick camp job in to get a little extra cash before I head back. I did a winter camp and Korea and would like to avoid Korea if I can even though the money was good. I'll be traveling through so it'd be nice if they provided more than they did - this camp doesn't provide housing and only one meal...is that normal?
Any pointers to some good camps out there that are friendly to teachers coming in from overseas? I'm looking to be able to come out with some money but it doesn't have to be a huge amount since this will be my first time in Japan and it will be fun to see a little bit of it in those small day long breaks you get. What's the going rate for a month long camp job right now? I'm well qualified and have worked a lot of camps both language and non and both in the states and overseas. |
I'd say you're going to have a really hard time finding something over here, especially being outside Japan. How will you get a visa? In addition, there are loads of high school and university teachers on their holidays during that time, with a visa, that often work a little extra to double up on their income. I wouldn't get your hopes up. |
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ava77
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| Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 2:04 pm Post subject: Summer Day Camp ASIJ |
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| I did it last year! It is great super easy and the kids are wonderful mostly Japanese and much better behaved than the regular foreign students! I hope this helps. They hire people from all over I taught with people from Hawaii, Uk, Australia the States. |
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canuck
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| Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 2:14 pm Post subject: Re: Summer Day Camp ASIJ |
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| ava77 wrote: |
| I did it last year! It is great super easy and the kids are wonderful mostly Japanese and much better behaved than the regular foreign students! I hope this helps. They hire people from all over I taught with people from Hawaii, Uk, Australia the States. |
How much did it pay? |
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ava77
Joined: 03 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 10:02 pm Post subject: payment |
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| I think about $800a week I was an ESL teacher |
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canuck
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| Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 1:01 am Post subject: Re: payment |
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| ava77 wrote: |
| I think about $800a week I was an ESL teacher |
Thanks. A similar program in Osaka, but it is very hard to get into, is 420,000 yen for 4 weeks, about 3.5 hours teaching a day. |
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nawlinsgurl
Joined: 01 May 2004
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Location: Kanagawa and feeling Ok....
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| whats the program in osaka? |
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andrew319
Joined: 01 Oct 2006
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Location: Tokyo, japan
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| Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 1:02 am Post subject: |
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| By the way Ms. Ash, the director of Summer Day Camp is a very nice person to work with. You can talk to her about anything you want. |
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