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TESall.com's Guide to Teaching English in Japan
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Japan PrimerJapan is the quintessential English teaching experience; most people know someone who knows someone who taught in Japan. It is a popular teaching destination, and with good reason! The pay is great and the people are for the most part gracious and accommodating. Japan itself offers all the comforts of home while still providing a window to the country's rich past.The Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme remains the best known way for new teachers to experience Japan. JET pays more than the average teaching job but only requires teachers to assist in the classroom. Ekaiwa (conversation school) jobs are much more numerous, however, with huge chain schools like Nova and GEOS employing thousands of teachers throughout the archaepelago. While Japan isn't the road to riches it was in the 1980s and early 1990s, it remains one of the most lucrative teaching markets in the world. Teachers can expect to make a minimum of 250,000 yen per month and can usually save US$750 or more of that. It is also one of the most open teaching markets with non-degreed teachers from certain countries having access to this amazing experience via working holiday visas. The hiring season is year-round with a definite peak during the summer when the JETs arrive. TESOL certificates are seldom requested and almost never required. Jobs with the major chain schools can be secured from abroad with most offering in-house training and orientation upon arrival. Better paying jobs with non-chain schools usually require applicants to be in-country and to have some experience. Japan isn't as wild as Korea or Taiwan as far as the employment market goes but research remains vital. Teachers planning to accept jobs with major chain schools or placements through the JET Programme need to understand the nature and limitations of their positions. Disillusionment is an issue in Japan but more often than not it is the result of unrealistic and uninformed expectations. Know before you go!  Train in Thailand then teach in Tokyo! |
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EFL Teaching LinksGaijinPot.com is "Japan's No. 1 Jobs Site for Foreigners."ELT News has jobs, news, message boards and much more. A great "one-stop" site for teachers considering or already in Japan. Ohayo Sensei is "The Newsletter of (Teaching) Jobs in Japan." Jobs in Japan hails itself as "the mother lode of Japan job info" and lives up to it! Huge resource of links and postings. Big Daikon is the place to go if you are interested in the JET Program(me). Townpage is the Japanese "Yellow Pages." Search for "language schools" to find contact information for over a thousand schools in Japan. Aeon Inter-Cultural The homepage of the major chain school. Nova Group is Japan's largest (and most famous/notorious!) chain school with branches from Kyushu to Hokkaido. GEOS is another large chain in Japan with additional branches worldwide. ECC is a chain school with over 300,000 students across Japan. General InformationJobs in Japan's Japan Links is the self-proclaimed "mother lode" of links for expats in Japan.The Japan FAQ: Know Before you Go calls itself "the complete guide to working, visiting and living in Japan." GaijinPot's Living Resources includes information on everything from accommodations to visas and forums. The Daily Yomiuri Online is an English language daily with weekly Education section. The Japan Times Online is the homepage of the country's most popular English-language daily. Mainichi Interactive is the English-languge website of the popular daily newspaper. Click here to ask questions about teaching English in Japan!
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