Hi everyone! Currently in Japan on a student visa and hunting for a teaching job. I don’t have teaching certifications, but I’ve taught calculus and physics (part time instructor in college and full time in senior high school) back in my home country. I hold a physics degree. Any tips or recommendations on how to land a good teaching position here without certifications? I’m not really picky, I just want a good pay work. Thanks a bunch!
by mayweeder
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“good pay” teaching work without certifications doesn’t exist in japan.
I’m kind of curious what system your home country has that you were teaching without a license, but as far as Japan is concerned, you won’t get in to uni teaching without masters at minimum (and likely more to be competitive), and you won’t get in to international without a teaching license from your home country and a couple years of experience using it.
The only options for no license is ALT/eikaiwa, and these notoriously don’t pay well.
My advice is to look into other fields.
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You won’t find good pay in Japan. Not a chance. Unless you land university or international school jobs. And you’ll be worked to the bone.
Salaries in Japan are 70% lower than Korea. Salaries in Korea are 50% lower than China.
If you want pay, you know where you want to go.
Good luck.
If you have fluent or near fluent Japanese and are an outstanding instructor with a track record for helping students pass entrance exams way above what they normally would be capable of, there is good money to be made in juku/cram school teaching. Without that, there is no “good pay” without certifications.
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