Location:
Iwate, JAPAN

Start Date:
August 2012 ~

Salary:
starting at 250,000yen per month

Working Conditions:

ACTIVE ENGLISH ACADEMY has openings for dynamic English Teachers, individuals who relish the challenge of teaching in various settings, i.e. not only in-house at our various schools but also in the public school system in Oshu, Iwate, JAPAN. This combination affords you the wonderful opportunity of meeting and learning about life in Japan from students and colleagues of all ages and backgrounds. ACTIVE also runs an international kindergarten in Morioka, the capital city of Iwate prefecture where you can help out at fun events like Christmas Concert, etc. ACTIVE first opened its doors in 1992 with a handful of students and has in the last 20 years, grown to serve 5 communities in our prefecture.

Oshu is a city of approximately 130,000 in central Iwate. It is flanked by mountain ranges to the east and the west with easy access to major cities located to the north and south. (Tokyo is 2.5 ~ 3 hours south by superexpress train. Fukushima is about 200kms away.) The nearest ski resort is only a 40-minute drive while the nearest coast is an hour and a half to the east.
The positions offered are NOT for the faint-hearted, shy or those with communication or major homesickness issues. ACTIVE ENGLISH ACADEMY is the place for teachers who are independent, loyal, respectful, kind and most of all who have a strong desire to leave the place better than when they first came. Our Teachers must have a passion for teaching and helping the school reach out to the community.
Successful applicants will be a part of a DEDICATED, INCREDIBLE team of all-star teachers that anyone would be proud and honored to work with!

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Location:
Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba, Saitama, Shizuoka, and Aichi

Start Date:
Spring 2012 Term

Salary:
275,000 yen per month or more

Working Conditions:
We are urgently looking for candidates with the following background and experience for the Spring 2012 Term:
UNIVERSITY PROGRAM (FULL-TIME)
PROGRAM INFORMATION; We are looking for individuals who are highly motivated to teach at a Japanese university. Those who are interested in a rewarding overseas experience and enhancing their teaching skills should apply for this unique opportunity.

Requirements:
- Master’s degree or higher
- Total 3 years or more (or at least 6 or more terms/semesters) experience in teaching university/community college accredited courses (all subjects).
- Native speaker of English with a passport from one of the following English-speaking countries; USA, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Ireland, or New Zealand.
- Bachelor’s or higher degree and one of the following:
a) 500+ hours of actual EFL/ESL classroom teaching experience along with EFL/ESL teaching certificate and/or elementary/primary/secondary teaching credentials/qualifications
b) 1000+ hours of actual EFL/ESL classroom teaching experience in lieu of teaching certificates or credentials/qualifications
* No Japanese language ability is required.

OTHER;
- HOUSING is provided. We will arrange a fully-furnished single apartment with a rental fee of 81,000 yen per month (utilities and maintenance fees included).
- FLIGHT REIMBURSEMENT is offered up to 1200 USD for those coming from overseas for Westgate.
- WORKING VISA SPONSORSHIP is offered.
- Contract is RENEWABLE.

Contact Information:
About Westgate:
We have been providing conversation-based practical English lessons since 1983 and hire over 320 instructors every year.
Westgate is a major force in shaping the future of Japanese education.
We are a gateway to career development for highly motivated professional English instructors around the world.
Find out more about Westgate and apply at http://www.westgate.co.jp/
HOW TO APPLY
In order to facilitate the application procedure, applicants are required to go through the online application procedure. Please visit our website athttp://www.westgate.co.jp/ and submit the online application form.
CONTACT
Human Resources Department
EMAIL: westgate_recruiter@westgate.co.jp / westgate_recruiter @ westgate.co.jp
TEL: +81-50-3085-8666
FAX: +81-3-3836-0256

Location:
Sanyoonoda-city,Japan

Start Date:
February and August of 2012.

Salary:
JPY250,000 -

Working Conditions:
We are a small culture school located on the southern tip of Honshu Island, about 40 minutes by train from Shimonoseki – across the Kanmon straight from Kyushu island. Our city is called Sanyoonoda and it has a population of about 30,000 people. We teach “New Dance” and “English Conversation.” At present we have 6 English conversation teachers on our staff and 3 dance teachers. The dance teachers also carry out the day to day running of the school.

Full Time.
Our salary for full time teachers is from JPY250,000 – 270,000 for a maximum 98 hours monthly teaching schedule. Any hours taught over and above that figure being classed as overtime and remunerated at the rate of JPY2,500 per hour. Our teachers aren’t usually asked to put in office time, but are only sometimes requested to attend a teachers’ meeting that is occasionally held on Friday mornings.
BENDA additionally provides a contract completion bonus of JPY20,000 towards foreign travel costs.
Teachers who are employed by us receive approximately two weeks paid vacation over Christmas and the New Year, plus two consecutive days off per week and their relevant Japanese National holidays.
Unpaid vacation is also taken into consideration during light workloads and within the summer months.

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Location:
Iwate,Japan

Salary:
1. Competitive salary starting at 250,000yen per month
2. Completion bonus upon satisfactory completion of a 2-year contract
3. About 4 weeks of fixed, paid vacation per year
4. Fully furnished accommodation (private, not shared) with all the rental set-up fees by the school
5. Visa sponsorship

Working Conditions:
In-class teaching hours: 24~30 / week
Teaching children to adults. Ample opportunities to also learn from a variety of age groups.
Freedom to create own supplement materials to complement textbooks and curricula used in class, if teacher so wishes
Some administrative and PR work

Requirements:
1 University degree (Education degrees preferred)
2. Native English speaker
3 Teaching experience preferred
4. Happy, energetic, enthusiastic, confident person with a great sense of humour
5. Fantastic people skills: Big, ready smiles, approachable and good at problem-solving
6. Must love children and enjoys the challenge of teaching children & adults in a variety of settings
7. Strong work ethics: Industrious, conscientious, mature, loyal, honest, nurturing and responsible with an abundance of initiative and creative energy.

Passionate about making a positive impact in & out of the classroom and imparting solid values to students.

8. Must enjoy living and working independently in a multi-cultural environment
9. Preference for living in a smaller city (pop. 300,000), being closer to nature and all the things it has to offer!

Contact Information:
Email: FRIENDS ENGLISH SCHOOL 93-act-1@catv-mic.ne.jp.
Please include your
(1) cover letter
(2) updated resume
(3) university degree
(4) photo (no more than 6 months old)