The next full time position will commence in June. We have filled the April position. We will need to contact applicants by phone and we also hope to be able to conduct interviews. We are a small friendly school located in the capital city of Ibaraki Prefecture which is an area surrounded by countryside. We are looking for kind, sincere, trustworthy and reliable individuals who have confidence teaching Kids and Adults. The successful applicant must be a diligent person who will come to class each week on time and endeavour to be consistent in their teaching efforts and to do their best to look after the students. Teaching experience and a little Japanese ability would be preferable but is not a prerequisite. We will wait until we have received all applications before we start asking people to attend interviews.
Thanks again for your application.
Regards,
Mark Allan and Yurika Kunitomo
Following is a further description and outline of conditions.
The pay is \290,000 for 24 hours/week work(preparation time not included)
Mito is located about 100 Km north of Tokyo in Ibaraki Prefecture. It is 20
minutes away from the Pacific ocean and the beach resort of Oarai. The
population is around 230,000. Mito is the capital city of Ibaraki so it
attracts many people from the surrounding towns and villages. Ibaraki is an
agricultural country area. Other cities in Ibaraki include Tsukuba Science
city.
LCC, KSK and Sophia English schools are owned and run by Mark Allan and
Yurika Kunitomo.
LCC has been teaching English for 30 years and is the oldest privately run
school in Mito.
We have three main schools each with 2-3 classrooms. We also have a few
classes at other venues such as community centres, Kindergartens or
companies. You don't need a car to get around although some teachers do prefer to have a car and this can be arranged.
We offer pleasant students, lovely surroundings and a good financial arrangement. Our salary package is dependant on hours worked and the size of the classes as well as taking into account the ability or performance of the teacher. LCC supplies a fully furnished apartment, with no key money or landlords / agents fees to pay. There are several apartments of differing size and costs, for couples and singles. All the financial details will be provided and can be discussed at a later stage.
The classes are small and friendly. There are usually 4 students in each class (max 6).
The students want to learn and are positive and happy. It is a fun
atmosphere to work in. We find that our students respect the teacher and are
attentive so we a sure the teacher will find it a rewarding experience.
We use standard ESL textbooks in most of the classes and download material from the net. Half the classes are adult
classes and we expect the teachers to do their own thing and organise their own classes with a view that the students are learning English and having a good time. Half the classes are children's classes of various ages. We do have a curriculum in place which covers all aspects of early learning including phonics, games, songs, theme of the month, and other textbooks for reading, speaking etc. The exact schedule for each teacher varies from time to time. Classes are usually in the evenings so teachers often don't have to come to school until around 5.30pm. We employ 5 Full time teachers. Each day there are about 4 hours teaching time. We have classes from Mon-Sat. Classes vary in length. There are 55min classes for children and 60/80 min classes for Adults.
Vacation times as listed in our contract are;- Sundays,
about one week in Summer, Winter 10-14 days, 1 week known as ﾂ'golden week',
National holidays- 9 days in a year. It might be possible to have two days off depending on the schedule. The total working days amount to 47
weeks a year.
We worked together for a couple months in Kyushu before she was transfered to the Big Apple. Send me a pm if you want and I can tell you more about her and the kind of teachers she looks for if you're really concerned about the app process.
