Recruitment of Group Leaders for *EIH 2025 January is opened!
*English Immersion Hour (EIH)
If you are looking for some events or activities that you would like to contribute to the development of Japanese English education, especially for elementary and junior high school students, while learning some personal skills for yourself, this might be for you!! No experienced needed! Most important be open minded and be committed. Please read on!
Kumon Institute of Education Co., Ltd, Global Network Team (GNT) is recruiting Group Leaders (paid volunteers), both International and Japanese, university, college students and non-students, who are enthusiastic, energetic, passionate, enjoy working with children and adults and are willing to commit their time in our English Immersion Hour (EIH) program for Japanese elementary and junior high school from 3rd to 9th grade students, who are currently studying with Kumon English as a foreign language program.
Our hope for the children joining our EIH event
We hope that children are able to
- experience the results of their daily English learning in just a short period time.
- communicate with people of different backgrounds and nationalities while staying at home.
- not be afraid to challenge themselves using English.
- feel that they have tried their best and enjoy communicating in English.
If you are new to our EIH program click the ‘About EIH’ button to read more and understand about EIH.
Incentives for Group Leaders participating in the EIH program!
- Gain skills in interacting with Japanese elementary and junior high school students online, have fun and meaningful experiences with them.
- Experience and broaden your perspective by working with EIH group leaders from different countries and backgrounds.
- Receive ¥2,500 for every session participated (maximum of 3 sessions per EIH event day) in addition to the 2 compulsory trainings (1 & 2) session participated. Terms & Conditions applied.
- An opportunity to work together with one of the well known and longest educational company in Japan and more than 60 countries around the world.
Group Leaders impression video is not available currently.
Click on to the link below to watch a digest video (2:53) of EIH in the report page (Japanse only) and scroll down.
https://kumon-eia.com/eih/report/2022-12/
Basic Requirements
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| Category | Contents |
|---|---|
| Students or non-students | High school, Vocational, Undergraduate to Post graduate or non-students |
| Age | 18 years to 45 years old |
| Nationality | No particular country |
| Language skill | English (simple and easy to understand for Japanese elementary & junior high school students) |
| Contact | E-mail and another contact detail (e.g. LINE, WhatsApp, Facebook or phone number in Japan) |
| Experience | Previous work experience with children is not required. Enjoy working with children and adults, be open-minded and a positive attitude team player, always thinking and asking oneself “is this the best for elementary and junior high school Japanese EFL students?”, and are passionate about bringing out their potential and develop it within a short period of time. |
| Schedule | NEW applicants to EIH program – MUST attend both training 1 & 2 AND EIH event day. Training 1 (2~3 hours) will be held on Sunday, Dec 22, 2024. Training 2 (2 hours) will be in Jan 18 (Sat), 2025, one day before the actual EIH event day. The Event date: EIH Jan 19 (Sun), 2025. Currently all training sessions will be held in the morning starting at 10am Japan Standard Time (JST). EIH event will be held throughout the whole day from 8:30am~16:30pm (with breaks in between). Therefore, kindly keep yourself available throughout the EIH event day. |
| Equipment | 1. Computer with working camera, working microphone and be able to share screen to others. 2. Stable internet connection. 3. Latest ZOOM (Downloaded) Familiarity with Zoom software is desirable but not a must. |
| Japan Bank Account | Applicants residing outside of Japan are welcome to apply as long as there is a Japan bank account that you are able to provide for transaction of the appreciation fee. |
Recruitment Process, Requirements and Application
- 01 Apply and complete the questions through the online application, click [APPLY HERE] button below
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**For first-time applicants applying to the EIH program, please read the page about EIH for you to have an understanding what we are aiming for as a Group Leader of EIH. Also do watch the digest video for you to have a better image of facilitating a group of Japanese elementary and junior high school students.
**Please be careful, if you missed your interview day without informing the GNT office through email, your application will be void and you need to re-apply for the next EIH event. If youu wish to change your scheduled interview date, please inform the GNT office at least one day before your scheduled interview day. - 03 Only successful applicant will be contacted by the GNT office after the application deadline is over to receive the interview date and time. Please respond to the email to confirm your interview date and your attendance as soon as you have received the email or by the deadline. Do check your email including your spam inbox mail too.
- 04 You will receive your interview result by email. Successful applicants MUST complete a self e-learning course (part of the group leader training) before participating in the online training. Group Leaders do not have to create their own program. All activities have been prepared and designed by GNT, except for the ‘Let’s Travel’ activity.
- 05 Successful applicants MUST participate in the online face-to-face training , the EIH event and feedback session at the end of EIH event day. Finally, submit to submit the feedback questionnaire by the given deadline. **Please be careful about late confirmation, submission and frequent cancellation. It will affect your future participation in our KEIA activities.
- 06 Upon completion of the process and fulfilment of all requirements, including submission of questionnaires, group leaders will be rewarded with an appreciation fee accordingly.
EIH Event Dates for 2024~2025
EIH May 2024
May 26 (Sun)
CLOSED
EIH July 2024
Jul 21 (Sun)
CLOSED
EIH September 2024
Sep 22 (Sun)
CLOSED
EIH November 2024
Nov 24 (Sun)
CLOSED
EIH January 2025
Jan 19 (Sun)
Dec 1st (Sun), 2024
Application for the position of Group Leader for EIH January 2025 is still open!
Note: In order to have a higher chance of advancing to the next stage of the hiring process, be sure to submit a short video of self-introduction through the application form and fill in ALL the required parts in the application form. Missing any unanswered part may affect your application! The outcome of your application will be evaluated not only on the basis of the above requirements, application form or interview, but also on the video and other factors.
For inquiries please contact the Global Network Team (GNT) by e-mail at:
Global Network Team office hours:
Monday to Friday (10:00 -17:00). Saturday, Sunday & Public holidays (Close) All inquiries will be attend to in the next working days.