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  • Date March 17, 2025
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Teach in a Cambridge-certified International School! 

UIA International School of Tokyo (UIA) is one of the few Cambridge-certified international schools IN TOKYO with students from Early Years to Grade 12. Cambridge curriculum and assessments are designed to encourage students to develop and become confident, responsible, reflective, innovative, and engaged learners.

UIA is a rapidly growing school with over 570 students and is welcoming dedicated and highly motivated Primary and Secondary School Teachers, who will engage and inspire UIA students. 

At UIA, we aspire to create culturally sensitive, environmentally responsible, global citizens who are prepared to represent and are capable of becoming the leaders of tomorrow’s generation.

Position Title

Music Teacher

  • G1-G5
  • G6-G10
Function/DepartmentTeaching Staff/Lower Secondary
Reports ToLower Secondary Head
Position TypeFull Time
Position StatusUIA International School of Tokyo (UIA) is a Cambridge Assessment International Education  (CAIE) centre in Tokyo. 

🟦Position Objective

UIA is seeking a qualified MUSIC teacher who will support the needs of UIA students.

The role of the music teacher is essentially to develop and maintain a successful music education program which includes knowledge, appreciation, curriculum development and performance. The aim is to build students’ musical competence through engaging lessons as guided by the Cambridge curriculum.

The role may involve some performance responsibilities as part of the UIA community.

🟦Responsibilities

  • Aligning classes to meet the requirements of the Cambridge curriculum
  • Plan, prepare, and deliver engaging lessons to students based on students’ needs & abilities
  • Practises effective classroom management 
  • Assigns, corrects, and marks students’ work
  • Assesses, records, and reports students’ progress
  • Conducts homeroom duties (if applicable)
  • Participates actively in parent-teacher meetings
  • Collaborating with teachers and staff in organising school wide events
  • Capable with ICT management ie. online learning platforms, integration of educational technology in lessons, device use etc.
  • Fulfill additional school duties (bus duty, lunch monitor, recess, ECA etc.)

🟦Working Environment

  • 8:15-16:30 (Full time)

  • Salary – Negotiable based on qualifications, experience, and education.

    Staff will be supported by subject appropriate professional development.

  • Monday to Friday
  • National Holidays
  • 3-week Summer vacation
  • 3-week Winter vacation
  • 10-day Annual paid holiday

🟦Requirements

  • Bachelor Degree in music education from a recognized, accredited university
  • Preferred experience working with the Cambridge curriculum
  • Demonstrated knowledge and experience teaching in an international school’s environment

🟦Child Welfare

UIA International School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The expectation is that all staff, volunteers, and contractors share this commitment.  Safe recruitment practice and reference checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed.

🟦Benefits

  • VISA sponsorship (if applicable)
  • Health insurance
  • Social insurance
  • Employment insurance
  • Pension
  • Paid vacation
  • Transportation allowance (up to 35,000 yen per month)

🟦Terms of Employment

  • Probation Period: 3 months
  • Referee request: 3 referees (including direct conversation)
  • Background Check: current country (if applicable)

🟦Recruitment process

If you are interested in joining our UIA community, please send us your cover letter and resume  by completing the form below or via email at recruitment@uia.jp.

Due to the volume of applications received, we will contact only selected applicants for an interview.

We look forward to receiving your application!

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Fill out the form below, and we will be in touch soon.

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MEDICAL INFORMATION

  • If your child is sick at school, we will contact you. Please kindly arrange the pick-up within 1
    hour. Sick students are not allowed inside the school bus.
  • If your child has any lice, please do not send him/her to school. If your child has skin issues,　please let the nurse knows.
  • Please check your child’s temperature every morning, if your child has some fever (37.5), sore throat, cough or any symptoms, please do not send them to school. 
If you cannot be reached to give your consent to emergency procedures, you hereby give your permission for UIA International school of Tokyo to seek medical treatment for my child in case of injury or illness, which occurs while participating in school-sponsored activities. 
 
This will be used only if we cannot contact you directly at the time of injury or illness.

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MEDICAL INFORMATION

• If your child is sick at school, we will contact you. Please kindly arrange the pick-up within 1
hour. Sick students are not allowed inside the school bus.
• If your child has any lice, please do not send him/her to school. If your child has skin issues,
please let the nurse knows.
• Please check your child’s temperature every morning, if your child has some fever (37.5), sore throat, cough or any symptoms, please do not send them to school.

If you cannot be reached to give your consent to emergency procedures, you hereby give your permission for UIA International school of Tokyo to seek medical treatment for my child in case of injury or illness, which
occurs while participating in school- sponsored activities. This will be used only if we cannot contact you directly at the time of injury or illness.

SOCIAL MEDIA

I hereby agree to permit UIA International School of Tokyo to take photographs of my child during school activities for the purpose of educating students, promoting the school, or promoting public education. The school may publish photographs of my child and/or samples of work done by my child in a variety of ways. The publications could include, but are not limited to, school newsletters (online and in hard copy), UIA International School of Tokyo’s Internet and Intranet websites, content-sharing websites such as Facebook or YouTube, annual school magazines and local newspapers. Published photographs and work will be viewable by third parties.

We agree to the following:

      1. The school may publish photographs of my child and samples of my child’s work as many times as it needs in the ways mentioned above.

      2. The child’s photograph may be reproduced either in color or in black and white.

      3. The school will not use my child’s photograph or samples of my child’s work for any purpose other than for the education of students or for the general promotion of public education and the school.

Any photographs taken by the school will be kept for no longer than is necessary for the above-mentioned purposes and will be stored and disposed of securely. Whilst every effort will be made to protect the identity of my child, UIA International School of Tokyo cannot guarantee that my child will not be able to be identified from the photograph or work.

BUS INFORMATION

Parents are not allowed inside the school buses.

For Kindergarten students, parents/legal guardians MUST be at the bus stop wearing the lanyard for pick-up and drop.

If a parent/guardian is not present at the bus stop at the scheduled time for the bus arrival, the student cannot get off the bus. We will wait for 1 minute and try to contact parents. After that, we will bring the child back to Kiba campus.

Parents/Guardians will be notified and are required to visit the Kiba campus to pick up their child. In such a scenario, a penalty will be charged to the parents at the hourly rate of ¥11,000.

UIA will consider adding a new stop for students from Kindergarten to Grade 2 in the area of the existing routes.

The school bus may arrive earlier or later than the scheduled time, depending on traffic conditions. If the bus arrives early, they will wait until the scheduled departure time. If the bus does not arrive at the bus stop within 20 minutes after the scheduled arrival time, please contact 080-1187-9407.

Parents should report to the 3F to drop off or pick up their child.

If you want to cancel the bus service for the day, kindly inform us well in advance

INVOICE INFORMATION

Payment will need to be made within five business days of the invoice being dispatched.

Please kindly note that once the payment is made, no refund will be provided.

The two-weeks discount is only applicable for parents enrolling for Week 1 + Week 2 at the time of application. In case a student adds Week 2 after enrolling in Week 1, the two-weeks discount will not be applicable.

Please note that the final deadline of payment is July 8, 2024 by 3PM

Enrollment will be automatically cancelled after those dates if payment has not been made.