Update to Saitama City Employment post – info sessions; registration link
I posted about an opportunity to become a licensed teacher in Saitama City in this post last week,…
Union: An End to Interac Drug Screening?
An End to Interac Drug Screening? インタラックの薬物検査に終止符か？ In Collective Bargaining, management told the union that taking the Interac…
Punched in the groin twice now by a particular student, among various copious amounts of extreme disrespect and disorder
Hello, I am fresh out of college and in about the second month of my first job. I…
Amity Domestic Hiring
Just wondering if anyone here has recently applied to Amity through domestic hiring. How long did it take…
Other than giving a facade, what is the point of ALT training?
I've been doing this for far too long, and I've had to sit through a lot of these…
Concerns about NOVA
For context, I'm a native english speaker with a degree in japanese. I have decent experience teaching JP…
Freelance at Japanese kindergartens?
Hello! I read somewhere here in reddit that it’s possible to freelance at kindergartens by yourself (not via…
Has There Been a Salary Increase in Eikaiwa and Dispatch Companies Recently?
JET recently increased their starting salary for ALT from 280,000 yen to 335,000 yen per month starting this…
Interac hiring question.
Hi! Question, I was offered a teaching job for Jan 2026 haven’t started the document process or signed…
The “Do you read manga” question
A bit of a curiosity but I’m always confused when this question is asked during an interview. I…
Looking for advice/resources for a two-child informal English teaching side gig
Sorry for the weird title. It's kind of a weird situation so the title isn't super descriptive. Anyway,…
Struggling with JHS lesson planning
My district has me going to 12 different schools every month. Due to this, I have a hard…