🏫 Sky English School
📍Tokyo, Japan
💰 Competitive Salary

Job Description:

Teach Kids English In Tsukuba, Japan!
Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Posted by: Sky English School
Contact: skyenglishschool.tkb@gmail.com
SKY English School www.skyenglishschool.com is a family owned and operated private English conversation school located in Tsukuba, Japan. A great place to live, full of parks, opportunity for adventure, very affordable and only 40 minutes by train to Tokyo!
SKY English School Purpose: To equip people with fluent English skills for life.
Our objective:
We are looking for a native English speaker who loves kids and wants to teach English to small children. We are seeking a teacher for a 1 year contract with the possibility of an extension. Candidates should have prior experience teaching children (not necessarily English), ESL/EFL teaching experience, have a Bachelor’s degree in any field and TEFL/TESOL certification, preferably CELTA or DELTA.
About you:
You must love playing with kids, helping kids learn and have a passion for teaching English. Candidates should demonstrate a friendly demeanor, effective communication skills, and a commitment to professional development as a teacher. We seek a team player who communicates well and be willing to learn the Pacific Language School (PLS) teaching system and curriculum. We seek someone ambitious to contribute ideas and creativity to our school and who is genuinely curious and interested in living in Japan.
About us:
We are a sister school to Pacific Language School in Tokyo and use the innovative and creative PLS curriculum and teaching system, as well as PLS materials for teaching English to kids through “serious fun”. Our school opened in 2020 and is growing with over 80 students. Most of our students are in preschool or elementary school. We also have students in Jr. High School and teach Adults.
Training:
Upon hiring, SKY English School will provide teacher training in house and through seminars at PLS in Tokyo. Teachers are also expected to learn on the job through studying the teaching manual and watching extensive teaching videos using the PLS system.
Responsibilities of your role with us:
Planning lessons, record keeping, teaching classes of up to six students max, teacher meetings, training seminars, helping with school events, cleaning the school, meeting and supporting customers and staff.
Job Compensation and Benefits:
Pay is 300,000 yen a month, with incentive bonuses rewarded for meeting agreed upon Key Performance Metrics. Work hours are 40 hours a week.
We are offering a renewable annual contract.
Vacation time is negotiable starting with two weeks in August and 10 days over Christmas and New Years
Starting Time Frame: We are looking for a teacher who can start in the Winter of 2025. The contract can be renewed annually from March of each year.
Assistance will be offered for integration into the town, locating housing, and familiarization with local culture and official paperwork with City of Tsukuba, as well as visa sponsorship.
Email: skyenglishschool.tkb@gmail.com
To Apply, please provide:
(1) Cover letter (Background, experience teaching and working with children, training, your interests and goals, reason for applying and why you ‘stand out’)
(2) Updated resume including current job and / or most recent work references
(3) Scanned University degree and ESL teaching certificates
(4) Color photo (taken within 6 months)
(5) Proof of nationality and citizenship
*Please send large data emails separately.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an initial Zoom interview, followed by an in-person interview and teaching demonstration in Japan (if you live there), or in Vancouver, Canada on August 1, 2025.
10 Things Great About Tsukuba
A growing, safe, spacious new city with lots of green space, parks, and not crowded
Convenient location, only 40 minutes from Tokyo by express train
Interesting cultural and historic areas nearby
Affordable with low cost of living and excellent social and medical services
Many outdoor activities like hiking Mt. Tsukuba, blueberry picking, great bike paths, sports like tennis, swimming, pickleball, sightseeing, ect
Tsukuba University with multicultural events and activities
Top research space center, particle accelerator and museums associated with science
Relaxing Japanese hot springs
Many Anytime Fitness gyms throughout the city
Big malls and movie theaters, with excellent dinning out opportunities
And much, much more!
To apply, email skyenglishschool.tkb@gmail.com