Position: Primary Division - Kindergarten
Start Date: April 1st, 2025
Contract Length: 1 year, renewable annually to a maximum of 5 years
About Tamagawa Academy
Tamagawa Academy was established in 1929 by Kuniyoshi Obara and was built upon a balanced educational philosophy encapsulated in Zenjin (‘Whole person’) education. Information on the school’s educational philosophy is available in English on our website: https://www.tamagawa.jp/en/about/mission/
Tamagawa Academy has been authorized as an International Baccalaureate World School since 2009 and currently offers the IB Middle Years and Diploma Programmes bilingually in English and Japanese. In 2016 the kindergarten and primary school started a bilingual program in its elementary school and kindergarten to prepare children for the demands of studying the IB in English.
Required
- A valid teaching certificate / qualification for kindergarten (3-5 years old)
- Experience teaching kindergarten
- Native level English speaker or native-like English proficiency
Desirable
- Qualifications / experience in teaching English as a foreign language
- Experience living and working in Japan
- Ability to speak Japanese
Description of Duties
Main Responsibilities:
- Planning, teaching and developing resources for lessons
- Curriculum development
- Assessment
- Developing the classroom environment to support learning
- Supporting the daily needs of pupils as necessary
- Maintaining a safe, clean, tidy and healthy classroom environment that supports the physical, social and emotional well-being of all students
- Implementing strategies for language support within the classroom
- Preparing formal reports at designated times during the academic school year
- Participating in and supporting school trips
- Understanding and modeling the school rules and ethos and providing guidance to students on these when necessary
- Maintaining open communication with administrators, colleagues and staff
- Attending daily morning briefing and afternoon closing meeting
- Participating in professional development activities in line with school requirements
Other Responsibilities
- Classroom coverage for absent teachers
- Supporting traffic safety activities
- Participation in promotional and recruitment events
- Other duties as requested by the Director for Kindergarten
General Employment Information
Number of openings: one
Working Hours: 8 hours a day (with a break), three days a week (which days are negotiable)
Compensation: Salary (in accordance with the school's rules and regulations), transportation expenses
Social insurance: Health insurance, pension, workers' accident compensation insurance, unemployment insurance
Contract period: April 2025 – March 2026
After the initial contract, contracts may be renewed annually by mutual agreement (for a total employment period of five years).
Holidays: Sundays, Saturdays, national holidays, August 1 to August 31 and winter vacation
Vacations: Annual paid vacations, congratulation or condolence leave, etc.
Personal information: Personal information submitted will be used only for the purpose of employment selection and will be handled appropriately in accordance with the school’s privacy policy.
Measures against passive smoking: No smoking indoors, separate smoking areas (outdoors)
Official Recruiter: Yoshiaki Obara, Tamagawa Gakuen Educational Corporation President
Please note that, in order to calculate salary, we require CVs to be submitted using our own form. If you are interested in applying, please request this from the contact below:
Damien Pratt, Lead Teacher for Academic Affairs (K-5 Bilingual Programme)
email: bles@tamagawa.ed.jp
Please return your completed CV along with a copy of any teaching certificates and qualifications by January 31st, 2025.