Hello everyone! So basically the title, I’m attending a Japanese university and will receive a teaching license by the end of my program. 教育学部英語選修 by the way. I’d like to stay in Japan after graduating but reading through some of the posts here it seems to be very difficult unless you are a native English speaker. I don’t know if this might help my case but, I attended a bilingual school for 12+ years and got an IB diploma. The last thing I’d like to do is go back home but even figuring out all the visa requirements as a non native seems quite complicated.
Thanks
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If you’re fluent in Japanese and will have a teaching license, your non-nativeness shouldn’t be too great a barrier. For forward-looking schools, you may actually be more desirable. Start talking with your professors: they’ll have connections at schools for student teaching and, likely, advice about where and how to apply.
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Do you mean you will be getting the 専修 license? Or do you perhaps mean the 一種 (for JHS or HS?)
Either way if you have a Japanese teaching license you are certainly able to apply for positions, though it is worth noting that, if you are aiming to work in a public school, you can never be a full-fledged teacher (教諭) but can be a full-time instructor (常勤講師). Functionally there aren’t many difference between the two roles, but full-time instructors are somewhat restricted in what roles they can obtain.
12 years at a bilingual school AND a teaching license for English specifically, which – on top of all else – you got at a Japanese university?
Yeah, you should have no worries about getting a visa. As far as I can see, you tick all the boxes and then some.