Full Time English teacher – Tokyo/Kanagawa, Ages 0-12

Job Requirements

• Applicants must be native-level English speakers.
• Applicants must have a bachelor’s degree or above.
• Applicants must have a valid visa and work permit (we can provide visa sponsorship for renewal or change of status).

Experience teaching children as an English teacher, pre-school teacher, eikaiwa teacher is preferred but not required. Any experience working with children could be relevant.

Job Description

Overview:

GnoKids is a children’s English school with eight locations and growing in Tokyo and Kanagawa. We are seeking outgoing, enthusiastic, experienced teachers who love spending time and having fun with kids. We see ourselves as being at the cross-roads between regular Eikaiwa English schools and international schools, in that we have a strong focus on natural communication between our teachers and students, have extensive lesson and homework materials, and teach longer (90 minute) classes.

 Our Staff:

We aim to provide the best working environment for all our employees. Our company provides opportunities for career development and advancement for all teachers in areas such as curriculum development, social media, training and management. We strive to help our teachers gain not only teaching experience, but expand their horizons and learn new skills while working at GnoKids! Our team is highly international, friendly and easy to work with. We believe that teachers who enjoy their work environment will teach more enjoyable lessons for our students!

 Position Details:

• Full-Time Teacher
• Contract Employee (with an opportunity to become a Full-Time Permanent Employee/seishain)
• Five-day workweek: Tuesday ~ Saturday
• 8 hour workday (including a 45 minute lunch break). The most common schedules are 10:30~18:30 or 12:15~20:15.
• Potential working locations: Jiyugaoka, Seijogakuen-mae, Kyodo, Higashi-Nihonbashi, Shirokane-Takanawa , Tama-Plaza (Kanagawa), Musashikosugi (Kanagawa), Moto-Yawata (Chiba).

 Compensation and benefits:

• Starting Salary: 270,000 with annual increases, based on performance.
• Bonuses for contract completion (160,000).
• Transportation is fully reimbursed.

Paid vacations (25 days total):

• Golden week (3 days)
• Christmas (2 days)
• Summer and winter (5 days each)
• 10 additional paid days off in the first year (increasing yearly)
• The company will enroll you in, and pay 50% of the fees for health insurance, pension and employment insurance.

 Requirements and Qualifications:

• Applicants must be native-level English speakers.
• Applicants must have a bachelor’s degree or above.
• Applicants must have a valid visa and work permit (we can provide visa sponsorship for renewal or change of status).
• Experience teaching children as an English teacher, pre-school teacher, eikaiwai teacher is preferred but not required. Any experience working with children could be relevant.

 Our Method:

GnoKids uses an entirely original, detailed curriculum. We have original textbooks and videos for homework. Our classes are based around Project Based Learning, meaning lessons are structured around a project theme to give context to the language we’re teaching. We strongly believe in ‘learning through doing’ and our classes are very hands on.

At GnoKids, our ideal is true team-teaching. Classes have two teachers who should be equally involved in teaching a successful lesson. Having two teachers provides chances to model natural English exchanges to the students, create a fun atmosphere, and give the students more individual attention. We have small class sizes, with a maximum of 10 students per class and maintain a 1:5 teacher to student ratio to maximize students’ opportunity for production and teacher interaction.

Part-Time positions also available.

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