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Japan > Schools
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The
Schools
- Over 200 schools based primarily in the vast
suburbs around Tokyo, although in recent years
schools have also been opened in prime central
Tokyo locations
- They are very much part of the local neighborhood,
providing a friendly, professional service to
many kinds of students
- Each school is usually made up of between
1 and 6 classrooms (typically 3 or 4)
- The larger schools will have over 400 students,
whilst newer and smaller ones may have as few
as 100
- All schools are equipped with course books
and classroom materials
- There are Japanese receptionists and school
managers (JRS) at every school to deal with
student enquiries and the problems of the day-to-day
administration of the schools
- Outside the classroom, teachers are expected
to fulfill tasks asked of them by the JRS (e.g.
interviewing prospective students, helping to
place a new student in a suitable class etc.)
Materials
- SES Japan uses its own course materials almost
exclusively. They are specially written for
the Japanese and SES study context.
- The school employs textbooks from leading
EFL publishers (OUP, CUP, Longman etc) in the
case of higher level, business, ESP (English
for Specific Purposes) and exams students (Toeic,
Toefl, IELTS, Cambridge)
- All schools are stocked with all the basic
texts, tapes and teaching materials required:
flashcards, puppets, fruit baskets, Lego, paints,
crayons, TV/Video etc
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- There is no enforced 'Shane method', and
teachers are encouraged to use their own ideas,
as long as the monthly syllabus objectives and
text book pacing are met
- All students have text books
Head Offices and Head Schools
- Extra 'ideas books', reference materials
(including grammar and dictionaries) and photocopiable
resources are in regional offices and district
head schools, as are photocopiers.
- Weekly visits are required to head offices
in order make extra photocopies, meet with academic
managers, check their pigeon holes, etc
- Directors of Studies and Japanese Teacher
Affairs (TA) staff (to help teachers with accommodation
issues) are based in head offices
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