Full Time Preschool/Kindergarten/Afterschool/International Native English Teacher (Direct Hire)

Job Requirements

・English：Native level.
・The applicant must currently be living in Japan.
・Visa：required; sponsorship for renewal available
・Education：Bachelor of degree preferred
・Licenses：must have or be willing to obtain a valid Japanese driver's license (AT only OK)
・Work days/hours：8h/5days in a week, 118 days of annual leave.
・Japanese Level：JLPT N2 (Half-Iinternational program teachers)

Job Description

There are two types of position:

1. Standard English teacher

There are multiple classes in Dream English, and you will be in charge of some or all of the following lesson types depending on your shift, and you will be responsible for teaching and preparing for them.

Morning Kindergarten Class (seika) (9:30~11:30): 20 or 30 minute lessons team-taught with a bilingual Japanese teacher. One or two homeroom teachers (who only speak Japanese) will also be present. Lesson content includes songs, games and interesting activities. There are currently 5 teams teaching the morning kindergarten classes.

Extracurricular Kindergarten Class (kagai) (14:30~15:15 and 15:20~16:05): Weekly 45 minute lessons team-taught with a bilingual Japanese teacher. Lesson content includes alphabet and phonics, songs, games, and a craft or writing activity.

Extracurricular Elementary School Class (D classes) (15:40~): 1-3 times a week, depending on the class. Usually team-taught with a bilingual Japanese teacher. Lesson content includes English conversation, phonics, grammar, and also preparation for the English proficiency exam (Eiken and Eiken Jr.)

Morning Activities (asakatsu) (8:45~9:15): Early morning lesson at Dai-Ni Yakushiji Kindergarten (the 2025-2026 school year will be the final year for this class). This is a thirty minute two or three time a week lesson taught with a bilingual Japanese teacher. You will do various activities and crafts based on the alphabet and other topics. This class is a prelude to our half-international program.

2. Half-International Program Teacher

This is a new program which began last year at Dai-Ni Yakushiji Kindergarten. From 9:30 to 12:00, Monday to Friday, a native teacher will stay in the kindergarten class and do English activities as the main teacher and also join the Japanese daycare to participate in some activities as a sub teacher. Communication with Japanese nursery school teachers is required, so we require the candidate to have JLPT N2 level or higher Japanese ability. A Japanese bilingual English teacher will also support the native teacher. The native teacher in the half-international program will be working with it exclusively, so you will not be required to carry out afternoon extracurricular lessons.

During hours in which you do not have any lessons, you may stay in the staff room and prepare lesson plans, materials, etc. We conduct monthly meetings to discuss lesson planning, events, curriculum and other topics.

<Appeal Points>

・Team-teaching style
・Lessons basically conducted all in English.
・We teach the four skills: Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening
・Make teaching materials and lesson plans in our office.
・Wi-Fi connected iPads and laptops are available, along with projectors in the classroom. Every teacher has their own work PC and work smartphone.
・After your first year, after discussion with management there will be an opportunity to convert to permanent full time (seishain).

<Job type>
・One year contract, full time (40 hours a week)
→After one year, based on mutual agreement, we may offer permanent employment (正社員) with bonuses and severance pay (available after two years employment).

<Salary>
・Full time : 275,000 - 310,000 yen per month
→Starting salary amount will be decided based on skills and experience

The following will be paid separately from the monthly salary:

・Transportation: If you are commuting by car, based on your distance from the kindergarten, we pay from 800yen to 20,000yen per month.
・Housing: We offer housing allowance up to 40,000yen a month for single teachers living close to the kindergarten.
・Bonus: There will be a small bonus of about 100,000yen in your first year (契約社員, keiyaku shain). For permanent full time employees (正社員, seishain), you will receive three bonuses throughout the year, totalling about 3 times your monthly salary.

<Requirements>

・Must have experience working with small children.
・Must be able to interact well with children, and report to other staff properly.
・Must be a native speaker of English.
・Must currently live in Japan, and must reside within reasonable commuting distance from the kindergarten or be willing to relocate (at your own expense).

<Preferred>

・Ability to speak Japanese at a conversational level.
・Must have common sense while working at a Japanese company.
・Must have or be willing to obtain a valid Japanese driver’s license (AT only OK).

<Working Hours>
・Monday thru Friday, 9:00 to 18:00 (includes a 1 hour break) on most days.
→Shift may change to 8:00 to 17:00 during school vacation periods.
→Overtime available: If you are in charge of the morning class (8:45~9:15) or late after school class (17:40~18:30), you will be paid at our overtime rate.

<Holidays>
・Saturdays, Sundays and National Holidays off.
→However, we will ask you to work four holidays per year (may be a Saturday, Sunday or National Holiday) for kindergarten events and trial lessons. You will have a total of 118 days off per year.

<Location>
・Yakushiji Kindergarten, Shimotsuke-shi, Tochigi.
→5 minutes from JR Jichii Medical University (Jichiidai) Station by car

・You may commute by car, train and/or bicycle. Car is preferable.

・We also hold lessons at Daini Yakushiji Kindergarten and other nursery schools in Shimotsuke and Utsunomiya. You may travel to these locations by company car.

<About the Area>
・Easy access to Oyama, Utsunomiya, Mibu, Tochigi, Chikusei, Yuuki, Moka and the nearby city of Shimotsuke.

<Benefits>
・Max 20 days (first year, 14 days) of paid vacation
・Can convert to full-time regular staff.
・Full social insurance with Shigaku Kyousai (Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporation for Private Schools of Japan or PMAC)
・Visa sponsorship.
・Transportation allowance
・Housing allowance (conditions apply; only single employees living in close proximity to the kindergarten are eligible)
・Worker's accident insurance
・Severance pay (If you work for us 2 years or more)

<Others>
・When we receive your application, we will respond by email. Please check your Inbox. If we don't receive a response by email, we will be unable to contact you.

Dream English website: https://yakushiji.ed.jp/english

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