Question 1

Q1: Is this for a position as a teacher or as a teacher’s assistant?

Accepted Answer

This is a full-time position as a classroom teacher. Teachers do not have assistants. At times, you may be asked to team teach a specific class.

Question 2

Q2: Is there an age limitation?

Accepted Answer

According to the retirement age requirement at Kobe College, you must be 63 or younger when you begin your position on April 1, 2027.

Question 3

Q3: Is the announced salary for one year or two?

Accepted Answer

It is for one year.

Question 4

Q4: Is the position open to applicants outside of the US/non-native English-speaking countries?

Accepted Answer

There is no citizenship requirement. If you are a native-like speaker of English who meets the application requirements, you are eligible.

Question 5

Q5: May the reference questionnaire (Document D) be answered in Japanese or is English preferred?

Accepted Answer

Because they are reviewed by English speakers, English is preferred.

Question 6

Q6: Does the Gottschalk Teacher have to be fluent in Japanese?

Accepted Answer

Knowledge of Japanese language is not required to teach in Kobe College High School. Teachers are asked not to speak Japanese to students both in and out of the classroom; however, Gottschalk Teachers are expected to acquire basic conversational Japanese skills to meet daily life situations and make the most of new relationships. A year of language study is provided.

Question 7

Q7: Is Kobe College a Christian school?

Accepted Answer

Kobe College was founded in 1875 by Congregational missionaries. It provides excellent education based on Christian principles.  All students and faculty, regardless of their religion, attend a twenty-minute non-denominational chapel service each morning which focuses on these principles, especially examples of humanitarian good deeds.

Question 8

Q8: Is there training for the CREW method?

Accepted Answer

Typically, a first-year Gottschalk Teacher co-teaches with a Japanese teacher to learn the CREW method.

Question 9

Q9: What is the size of the provided housing and how far is the housing from school?

Accepted Answer

The provided housing has 2 bedrooms plus a living-dining-kitchen area. The bigger bedroom is about 188 square feet, and the other bedroom is a bit smaller.
It takes about 10 to 15 minutes to walk from the housing to the school. A good portion of the walk is a hill.

Question 10

Q10: Is the Gottschalk Teacher required to live in the provided furnished housing?

Accepted Answer

The Gottschalk Teacher is not required to live in the provided housing. If they choose not to, the Gottschalk Teacher must find other housing, procure a contract, and pay for it themselves. The school does not assist in finding, furnishing, or financing other housing.

Question 11

Q11: Is this position suitable for teacher that has a family?

Accepted Answer

Kobe College will take care of the Certificate of Eligibility for the Gottschalk Teacher and the Gottschalk Teacher’s legal spouse and family. 
Only a Gottschalk Teacher’s legal spouse and children can live in the housing provided by the school. No pets are allowed.
If coming with children, the Gottschalk Teacher will have to find childcare/schooling and enroll them on their own. Kobe College does not have a support system for these types of family needs.
A couple and 1 or 2 small children might be able to live in the provided housing comfortably.

Question 12

Q12: Can people of all genders apply/be hired?

Accepted Answer

Kobe College High School does not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations.

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