Kansai International Academy

Kobe, Japan

Position Type: Teacher

Contract: Full-time

School: Elementary School

Location: Kobe

Closing Date: February 28, 2026

Job Start: April 2026


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The Kansai International Academy Group (関西国際学園) consists of several campuses in the Kansai and Kanto regions. This position is at the Kobe Campus. Kansai International Academy Kobe delivers the IB Primary Years Program with a focus on inquiry based bi-lingual learning in a student centered environment. The Kobe Campus is a CIS accredited early childhood through grade 12 school that offers the full continuum of the IB programme. The elementary program consists of grades one to six with students aged six to 12 years old.

 

Specialist teachers are responsible for delivering inquiry based lessons to all elementary classes on a weekly or bi-weekly schedule. They must implement and develop the curriculum of their speciality in collaboration with the grade level teams according to the IB Primary Years Programme requirements. The curriculum may include long term projects such as the school musical production, community exhibitions, unit summatives, and other events. Candidates with experience teaching students who are learning English as an additional language are preferred.

 

Current Opening: Drama Specialist

Expectations:

・Participating actively in grade-level planning meetings to set drama lesson and unit goals collaboratively with homeroom teachers

・Developing drama concepts, skills, and knowledge that grow year by year in all students over the course of the elementary program

・Directing, organizing, and producing the annual whole school musical production by collaborating with the Arts Team, homeroom teachers, and other staff

・Application of constructivist education through inquiry based approaches to all teaching and learning

・Differentiating learning for all students as necessary

・Maintaining and developing digital and analog organizational records for all classes in the drama program (KIA uses Google Workspace, Managebac, Seesaw and other digital tools in daily communications and organization)

・Contributing to school-wide development in collaboration with all teachers and staff

・Participation in school events and extracurricular duties as assigned

・Commitment and motivation towards continual professional development

・Open-mindedness to Japanese culture and customs in the workplace

 

Qualification and Experience:

・Bachelor's degree in Drama or Performing Arts

・A teaching certificate from your home country (or another English-speaking country)

・Teaching experience in a cross-cultural environment (preferred)

・Teaching experience with students whose English is not their mother tongue (preferred)

・Teaching experience in an IB school with elementary-age students(preferred)

・Experience in directing drama/theater 

 

Remuneration:

Travel expenses: maximum 25,000 yen per month

Relocation Allowance: for those eligible

Paid School Holidays: approx. 8 weeks per year

Teaching Certificate Pay: 30,000 yen per month

 

Training:

In-house Induction

Introductory IB workshop: for all teachers new to the IB

Continuing IB, safety, and general teaching professional development opportunities offered each year

 

We are committed to students' safeguarding and well-being. We expect all employees and volunteers are expected to share the same commitment. By applying, you are confirming that you have never harmed or been accused of any wrongdoing involving children. Successful candidates will be required to undergo relevant background checks.


Application Form

Section 1


1. Personal Details



2. Teaching Qualifications


3. Education


List all your school results and qualifications, most recent first. Please include dates as well as school and university names and locations.

Institution Name/Location Qualifications/Results Dates Action
From (YYYY-MM-DD) To (YYYY-MM-DD)


Section 2


1. Current Employment Details

If currently not employed please list most recent employment details and dates.


Current employer name*
Current employer postal address*
Current employer country
Current employer website
Current post held
Current monthly salary before tax, in JPY.*
Type of school
Number of students on roll
Date appointed (YYYY-MM-DD)

2. Previous Teaching / Employment Experience (most recent first)

Type of School Country Name of School/Company Post Held Number on Roll Dates Action
From (YYYY-MM-DD) To (YYYY-MM-DD)


3. Personal interests, including extracurricular activities


4. Details of any significant illness during last 2 years, including days off sick in last 12 months


SECTION 3


1. Referees

Referees must be previous Head Teacher or line managers. Colleagues will not be accepted as referees.


Name*
Position*
School Name / Company Name*
Address
Telephone/Fax
Email*
Professional relation to you*
May we take this reference now?*

Name*
Position*
School Name / Company Name*
Address
Telephone/Fax
Email*
Professional relation to you*
May we take this reference now?*

Name*
Position*
School Name / Company Name*
Address
Telephone/Fax
Email*
Professional relation to you*
May we take this reference now?*

2. Availability

Please indicate any dates you are not available for interview
Please indicate the date of availability to start working

SECTION 4


Declarations

This is a post which involves working directly with children. You are therefore required to declare whether you have any criminal convictions.


Please Note

>>If your application is successful, prior to taking up your post, you will be required to undergo a background check. This will require you to complete a separate consent form and to provide more than one piece of documentary evidence of your identity.

>>Although a criminal record involving offences against children is likely to debar you from appointment of this type of post, the existence of other criminal convictions will not necessarily be a bar to employment.

>>Any criminal record information arising out of the background check process will be discussed with you before any final decision is made about your employment.


Are you or have you ever been the subject of a disciplinary procedure related to your work with children? If yes please give details here.*

Do you have any convictions, cautions, reprimands or final warnings or equivalent in other countries in which you have lived? If yes please give details here.

Are you included in any list of people barred from working with children in any of the countries in which you have lived? If yes please give details here.

Visa Status and Validity Period (if currently in Japan)


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CHILD PROTECTION AT KIA


KIA places the highest priority in protecting the students in our care. By submitting an application form, you are stating that you have never harmed children, adolescents or vulnerable people either physically, sexually or emotionally. You are also stating categorically that there is no reason why you should not work in a school setting with children. You also confirm that you are free from any criminal record, spent or otherwise, in any jurisdiction, with regard to offenses (or cautions/warnings) which may be deemed relevant to employment with young people at KIA. You also consent to KIA conducting a full background check on you as a condition of any contract offer made, and understand that KIA has the right to rescind any offer of employment should there be any concerns raised through those checks. Prospective employees are also informed that any adult behaviors which contravene a professional standard of decency/respect, constitute sexual, physical or emotional abuse and/or are otherwise an infringement of a student’s right to physical and emotional safety are grounds for immediate dismissal. You understand that you will be asked to sign this statement at the time of accepting any offer of employment from KIA.


KIAでは、児童・生徒の保護を最優先に考えています。KIAの職務に応募をすることは、これまでに子ども、青少年、または弱者に身体的、性的、情緒的な危害を加えたことがないことを表明していることになります。また、教育施設・学校という子どもと関わる仕事をしてはいけない理由はないと申告しているとみなします。さらに、いかなる法域においても、犯罪歴、留置歴、その他の犯罪歴がなく、KIAにおいて児童・生徒と関わる雇用に関連していると考えられる犯罪（または注意・警告）に関与したことがないと確認します。また、応募の際の条件としてKIAがあなたの身元調査を行うことに同意し、それらの調査を通じて懸念が生じた場合には、KIAが雇用の申し出を取り消す権利があることを理解しています。また、候補者においては、雇用後に職業上の行動規範や尊敬の基準に反したり、性的、身体的、精神的虐待、および/または身体的、精神的安全に対する子どもの権利を侵害する行為が認められれば直ちに解雇となります。KIA からの雇用の申し出を受け入れる際には、この内容に同意する署名が求められることをあらかじめご理解ください。


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Only complete applications, including all the documents listed above, will be considered. It should be understood that nothing in this form constitutes a contract.