Discuss the state of the teaching industry in Japan with your fellow teachers! Use this thread to discuss salary trends, companies, minor questions that don’t warrant a whole post, and build a rapport with other members of the community.
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I had two consecutive classes on Thursday with my first grade university students, in which the students did exactly what was expected of them, including actively participating in quite a complex discussion task (in English). This semester has been rough, so it really felt good. Any other success stories this week?
I’m glad to see an uptick of interest in international travel.
Felt a little disheartened a while ago when I read a paper about a topic I’ve done a fair amount of research on and didn’t see any of my work cited.
I wish my school would install a service elevator. We have a student with a disability and it hurts my heart to see him struggle up the stairs everyday. They have this stair-lift-wheelchair hybrid thing that is honestly very ancient and requires more work to use than an elevator imo. I’m also well aware of the funding and possibly safety codes (paperwork) any type of project like this would require, but even still I think he (and other students) deserve to be in an accessible learning environment…thx for coming to my ted talk…
I know most of my Japanese co-workers don’t love this part of it, and foreigners think it’s insane, but I love the work schedule of being a regular public school teacher.
I teach at JHS as a regular licensed teacher, and work like 60 hours a week, and yeah it’s exhausting, but if they told me I couldn’t work with the b-ball team anymore, or that I didn’t have to check the kids 連絡帳 or something, I would be devastated.
I am applying for a job that requested both an English and Japanese resume.
I received a Japanese resume layout from my language school, and was wondering if anyone has any advice on what (and how) to write in these sections: (alt position)
志望動機
学生時代に学んだ事、頑張った事
自己PR（自分の特性、長所、特技、一番大切にしている事など）
What do you think of the new JREC?
It seems discombobulated to me.
I know a lot of folks when they come to japan want to be placed as close as possible to a Big City. And I get it- most people just want to put in their hours at work and then go live it up with nightlife or something.
With the caveat of Every Situation Is Different, I’ve recently had the opportunity to do some teaching in a very countryside-type city. It’s been years (specifically, not since my first year in japan) since I was teaching in a much more remote location; the type of place that only has one train to take you straight to the Big City after about an hour or two. Anyways, I’m seeing just how much of a huge difference there is between city kids and country kids. And I gotta say, I’m practically enjoying the country kids better. There are a couple other factors involved, but overall: countryside kids seem to have a better appreciation for foreign teachers than city kids do… for what I hope will be obvious reasons.
I have to admit, I enjoy the conveniences of being close to a city too much, but I didn’t realize how much I’d missed working out in the countryside.
Does anyone know of international type preschools/kindy’s that might be in Osaka that’s not TGAP? TGAP dropped the ball with my COE. I already have the flight and mailed them everything for over $100 including $60 worth of photos. I might as well ask about Saitama and Tokyo too since I have business there too.
Would teaching IB foreign language off 4 semesters of instruction with no grammar teaching be considered an impressive feat?