Japanese Language Teaching Opportunities

Concorde Education • Santa Monica, CA

7d • Onsite

About The Position

Concorde Education is seeking independent instructional contractors for potential assignments providing Japanese language and cultural enrichment services to K–12 students. Assignments take place in person at partner schools, with grade levels, curriculum, resources, objectives, and schedules varying by assignment. Contractors may choose whether to apply for, accept, decline, or ignore opportunities. Programs commonly last approximately 10 weeks and typically involve 1–4 instructional service hours per week after school. Opportunities become available throughout the school year.

Depending on the accepted assignment, instructors plan and facilitate engaging, age-appropriate Japanese lessons and cultural activities. Topics may include conversation, vocabulary, pronunciation, grammar, writing systems, and Japanese culture. Instructors adapt their teaching to students’ experience levels, available resources, site requirements, and program objectives, and help maintain a safe, respectful, inclusive learning environment. Concorde may provide curriculum guidance, lesson suggestions, resources, cultural activities, or objectives. Contractors may use their professional judgment and appropriate instructional materials within the assignment scope and site requirements.

This is a potential independent contractor assignment, not an employee position. Typical compensation is $50 or more per completed instructional service hour, depending on the assignment and agreed terms. Contractors may propose a rate, which Concorde may accept, decline, or counteroffer. Unless otherwise approved in writing, compensation is based on completed instructional service hours with students. Payment is generally made by direct deposit on the fifteenth day of the month following the month services were completed, subject to the accepted assignment terms and applicable law. Selection and placement are not guaranteed and may depend on assignment fit, agreed compensation, onboarding, background-check review, applicable clearances, and final written confirmation.

Requirements

• Strong proficiency in spoken and written Japanese.
• Experience teaching, tutoring, coaching, mentoring, or leading activities with school-age students.
• Strong communication, organization, and classroom facilitation skills.
• Availability to provide services for the accepted assignment schedule and communicate schedule issues as soon as reasonably practicable.
• Ability to create engaging, age-appropriate language-learning experiences that encourage student participation and confidence.
• At least 60 college credits where required by the applicable assignment or site.
• Complete any required onboarding and assignment-specific background checks, clearances, or compliance steps before services begin, where applicable.

Nice To Haves

• Relevant background as a Japanese teacher, world language educator, bilingual professional, interpreter, translator, college student studying Japanese or education, tutor, or language instructor.

Responsibilities

• Plan and facilitate engaging, age-appropriate Japanese language sessions.
• Introduce students to Japanese vocabulary, conversation, pronunciation, grammar, writing systems, and culture through interactive activities.
• Adapt instruction to student experience levels, site requirements, available resources, and program objectives.
• Support students’ speaking, listening, reading, writing, pronunciation, and cultural understanding through activities such as games, discussions, and projects, where applicable.
• Maintain a safe, respectful, inclusive, and age-appropriate learning environment.
• Communicate assignment-related needs or significant concerns with Concorde and school staff, as appropriate.
• Complete a brief session completion form after each scheduled session.
• Follow applicable site safety, visitor, classroom, technology, emergency, and student-protection procedures.

What This Job Offers

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