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cr1127
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markle
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| You know what would really be great is a bunch of answers to fequently asked questions (lets call them FAQs for short) and put them at the top of the page so there really easy to see then if we could make stay there, like they were stuck there (we could call them 'stickies'!!) that would be really helpful then no-one would need to ask these questions all the time .... in a perfect world.....#??!$%&#= |
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maya.the.bee
Joined: 23 Sep 2005
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Location: Stgo
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not that i actually know from personal experience but the general consensus is...
- without a masters, experience in japan, and published papers, no uni work for you.
- you could get high school work, but it seems to be about connections
- you could be an ALT, connections needed again?
- you could work at an conversation school
and, it appears easier to find a job once in japan, hiring is done abroad but convo schools want you here & now.
pay is going down for convo schools (?). 250000円/month was the starting wage.
don't expect much in the way of benie's. at most subsidized apt. you should be enrolled in the national healthcare. probably work saturdays if you go the convo route.
school starts in april ends in march, with a summer break which just ended.
your school should arrange your visa and once you have it, it's yours.
but yeah...check out the FAQs
happy hunting. |
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southofreality
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
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Location: Tokyo
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Glenski
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Posts: 12844
Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 2:03 pm Post subject: Re: interested in teaching in japan |
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| i've been trying to sort out answers from this forum, but it's quite extensive, so i figured i'd just ask. |
Have you tried the four huge FAQ stickies at the top if this page?
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a little about me...i'm a u.s. citizen, with a b.a. in anthropology. i received my t.e.f.l. certificate in guadalajara, mexico, then proceeded to teach there for a year in a language school, mostly business english. i then made the move to china, where i am in my second year here at the same college, teaching oral and writing.
i'm not so much a "newbie", but japan plays by a different set of rules. what kind of teaching jobs are feasible for me? what is the best way of finding jobs in japan? i understand some organizations prefer to hire you from your home country. this really isn't possible for me right now. |
You are probably going to be eligible for entry level work in Japan. That means conversation school (eikaiwa), JET programme ALT (if you return to your home country for the interview), or dispatch company ALT (not one of the best positions at this moment because of the disreputable employers, but still a growing number of them).
Hardly anyone will consider you while you are still in China. The extremely few that do are the type who do phone interviews. Realize the significance of that.
You are going to have to return to the States or come to Japan for 99% of the opportunities.
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| also, does the school/organization help you with acquiring visas and residency permits? |
Some do. Some don't.
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| what would be a fair salary for someone with my qualifications? what benefits, if any, are standard? for example, is housing included? paid vacation? how much vacation time is standard? |
"Fair" meaning average, what you can expect is that with the dispatch ALT jobs or eikaiwa jobs, salaries run 180,000 to 270,000 yen/month (most of them centering around 220K to 250K and going downward these days). Those are pre-tax figures. Benefits will vary, but they aren't very much. What were you expecting? You are legally entitled to 10 days of paid vacation starting after 6 months' work, and most employers offer roughly a week in spring (Golden Week), a week in August (Obon), and a week to 10 days around Xmas and New Year (note I said around Xmas, not on it). Many places avoid helping you to make copayments into health insurance. National health insurance is 2500 the first year and ten times that thereafter. If you get corporate health insurance, though, you'll probably pay that tenfold figure from the very beginning. Most employers seem to pay for commuting expenses. Housing is case by case, but I'd say most have something to provide from previous teachers, and they are furnished with secondhand goods, but don't expect employers to pay more than the deposit.
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| and in general, when does the school year run? how many hours per week is a standard work week? do you work saturdays? |
Academic year begins in April, but eikaiwas don't always follow that schedule. Many (most?) do in some fashion because it is also the beginning of the fiscal year. Eikaiwas will have you in the classroom 25-30 hours a week, and anything else like prep time may or may not be counted towards your salary. Some places will have you working 8 classes a day with 10 minutes' break between classes, while others may only have 2-5 classes a day. On the other hand, dispatch ALTs and JET ALTs get placed in public schools, so your schedule can be quite varied, and you may even be assigned to work in more than one school at a time. Public schools don't operate on Saturdays (but this may also be a case by case thing; the educational system is in flux right now to reinstate a twice monthly half-day Saturday schedule for public schools, but I don't know if that will include ALTs). Eikaiwas run whenever clients are available, Monday through Sunday, and that means you may not get 2 consecutive days off for a weekend.
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| any cities/towns/schools i should avoid? |
Every city has its good and bad points. What sort of climate or size city do you prefer/hate?
Schools to avoid often get deleted from discussion forums because they are paid customers. It is wise to post your question, but expect PM's for answers that don't get deleted. |
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