Please read the information on Tutorial English below, then click on APPLY at the bottom of this web page.
Tutorial English Overview
Tutorial English is a program of communication classes for Waseda University students. The primary goal of the Tutorial English course is to improve students’ speaking skills, regardless of their level when beginning the course. Tutorial English is a compulsory course for students from several university departments; other students take it as an elective. Class sizes are small, with a maximum of four students. All lessons are conducted exclusively in English. In each lesson, students learn various expressions to perform a particular set of communication skills. To maintain standards for instruction and student assessment, tutors are required to use the course textbooks, called Reach Out, in every lesson, according to a set schedule.
The Tutorial English classroom is student-centered; most of the interaction in class should be among students. The tutor acts as a facilitator, defining lesson objectives, monitoring student interaction and providing constructive feedback. The course textbooks have been designed with this approach in mind. The guiding principle is that students should do as much as possible during the lessons: read instructions, decide roles for activities, self-correct and, above all, take initiative during all communicative tasks, conversations and discussions. Ultimately, the course is designed to help develop language skills through active participation and exchange.
Teaching Schedule
Tutorial English follows a quarter system. Each quarter is five weeks in length. There are four quarters: Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter. One 10 unit Reach Out textbook is taught in one quarter. Tutorial English lessons are ninety-minutes in length, and one unit is taught in each lesson. Tutorial English lessons are taught during Waseda University’s Periods 1-5. Period 1 starts at 9:00 a.m., and Period 5 ends at 6:00 p.m..
Part-time tutors teach a minimum of six and a maximum of twelve lessons each week. Tutors’ schedules are fixed on a weekly basis, but tutors have a different schedule each day.
After tutors finish a lesson, they must assess students’ performance based on the lesson objectives. For each lesson taught, tutors need to enter assessment scores for each student in the class, and then write a lesson comment to the whole class. These are sent to students via the Tutorial English Website. At the end of each quarter, tutors are required to write a review sheet for each student.
Employment Conditions
Term of Contract
per semester (two quarters)
Teaching Hours
90 minutes/lesson
20 minutes (estimated)/lesson for inputting assessment scores and comments to students
Part-time tutors must be available:
– to teach at least 4 periods on both Thursday and Friday
– to teach at Tokorozawa campus
Lessons will be assigned based on your availability.
The minimum number of lessons assigned to a part-time tutor is 6 lessons/week
The maximum number of lessons assigned to a part-time tutor is 12 lessons/week
Payment
Lesson rate: 5,350 yen/90-minute lesson
(Lesson rate includes hourly rate of 2,900 yen/hour x 1.5 hours + Can-do Assessments and Comments 1,000 yen/lesson)
Review sheets: 1,000 yen/student/sheet
Tokorozawa Allowance: 2,000 yen per teaching day at Tokorozawa campus
Local transport expenses: Paid per trip, based on the most reasonable commuting route to the campus, up to 50,000 yen/month.
Please Note
-This contract is for the Spring 2020 Semester (Spring and Summer Quarters) only.
-Part-time contracts are renewable on a semester basis depending on performance/scheduling needs.
-Prior to the start of each semester, part-time tutors are required to complete a Part-time Schedule Preference Form
-Part-time tutors are required to attend an initial two-day training workshop prior to their first semester of teaching.
-Additional information on employment conditions will be provided at the interview stage.
Application
Please note you will be required to enter your personal information, work history, contact details for two references, teaching availability and provide answers, of 200 words each, to two essay questions (1. After reading about Tutorial English on this website, and drawing from your experience as a teacher, how will you be successful working in this program? 2. Please describe your strengths and weaknesses as a teacher.) after clicking on the Apply button below.