こんいちは (Konnichiwa) everyone,
Ninja Gaijin here and today I'll let you know about teaching English in Japan.
There are three types of English teaching positions available for Gaijins.
- Independent contractor.
- Assistant Language Teacher
- Private Teacher
Independent contractors are what companies like NOVA, GABA and other 4 letter words call their "employees". What this means is that although you are a contractor (of sorts), you do not get to enjoy ANY benefits - this includes transportation costs, medical insurance, flight charges, paid holidays etc etc. Up-side is that you can schedule as many classes as you wish. May it be 10 or 200, it's totally in your control. You will be paid a FLAT RATE for each class that you teach (there are several terms here such as a booked class, an open class and you will be paid IF AND ONLY IF you TEACH someone). Thus, your monthly income will fluctuate depending on how much time you put into your work.
Assistant Language Teachers or ALTs unlike the previous category has a fixed rate of income per month. You have to take a fixed number of classes (like 25-30 hours a week) and the rest of the time is spent grading papers and other administrative work. You just stand around while a Japanese teacher teaches the students. You have to give an example or two when asked and have no other say whatsoever. Remember the guy with the monkey that does tricks on the sidewalk? Yep, you're the monkey. Plus side is you get paid around 250,000 yen/month($2100) and other benefits.
Private Teachers have the most lucrative jobs. Teach when,where and to whom you want and get paid handsomely (which comes to around 3k - 4.5k yen ($25-35) per hour. Downside is to find students. Do exercise caution, as there are a lot of stalkers and creepers who can/will/may do some serious stuff (there was a report in which a teacher was murdered by one such guy). Then again, it's just one bad apple in the bunch.
Leave a comment if you have any questions or experiences.
The next time I will write about my experience in applying to one of these positions.
Until then.
さようなら
(Sayounara)
Private Teachers have the most lucrative jobs. Teach when,where and to whom you want and get paid handsomely (which comes to around 3k - 4.5k yen ($25-35) per hour. Downside is to find students. Do exercise caution, as there are a lot of stalkers and creepers who can/will/may do some serious stuff (there was a report in which a teacher was murdered by one such guy). Then again, it's just one bad apple in the bunch.
Leave a comment if you have any questions or experiences.
The next time I will write about my experience in applying to one of these positions.
Until then.
さようなら
(Sayounara)
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