I live in Saitama right now and have a decent gig (3m/year, rent subsidy, school holidays off, no bonuses) at an Eikaiwa juku for kids age 3-15. But I am interested in getting public school experience in Saitama to later qualify for their special teacher licensing program. Most of the posts I see talk about going from dispatch to direct hire, but I don't see anything about getting hired from a juku to a direct hire position. Is this at all realistic? Or would I lose out to someone with ALT dispatch experience in any instance?
My resume: Canadian citizen, Linguistics BA from top 100 uni (I've heard top 100 matters somewhere?), CELTA, N2, 1.5 years teaching kids in Japan, 2 years teaching adults in Canada.
by JesseHawkshow