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Latvietis · Joined: 20 Sep 2011 Posts: 11

Is it possible to land full year contracts in September or is this a rarity because of the school year starting in April? Is this a possibility, and when would be an optimum time to start applying/looking for postings?

Thanks!

Tsian · Joined: 10 Jan 2012 Posts: 85

Are you thinking in terms of teaching within the K-12 school system?

If you there are certainly some contracts which start around September, and there are always positions that open up when a replacement is necessary for whatever reason.

If you are thinking of language schools, then there are generally openings year around.

Ryu Hayabusa · Joined: 08 Jan 2008 Posts: 182

Some international school years start in September so they would want to hire around that time.

There are contracts for ALT positions that start in September but they are to replace people who have been fired or quit. The contracts would end in February, March, or April.

Also, some cash-strapped cities (like Suita, Osaka) only have money to hire ALTs for half the year. Last year Suita JHS ALT positions were only from Sept-Mar. So there are some contracts that start late due to financial constraints and not because of firing/quitting.

Glenski · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 12844 Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN

Fall openings may be for September or October. Figure 1-3 months in advance in order to apply, mostly because of visa paperwork and processing.

What are your qualifications, so that other posters can point you in the right direction?

seklarwia · Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 10:18 am Post subject:

In schools (not eikaiwa language schools), typically only JET and international school contracts will run from autumn until summer.

Otherwise most other public school contracts follow the Japanese academic year (April-March). So normally if you get a school job starting August/September then your first contract will only last until the end of the school year in March. If you stay on, any subsequent contracts will last a year starting in April - I've never heard of anyone getting a contract that ended in the summer having started in April or the previous autumn.

As far as I know, eikaiwa contracts work in much the same way (normally running until late March regardless of when they started) but I'm no expert in this area. So perhaps somebody else can tell you if it is at all possible to get a contract that ends late summer.

Inflames · Joined: 02 Apr 2006 Posts: 486

seklarwia · Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 10:52 pm Post subject: