The International Early Years Orientation Certificate: Enrolments open today! 12 March 2018
Learning and Working with A-JIS
Aoba-Japan International Schools Group is a fast expanding group of international and bilingual schools nurtured by Business Breakthrough University – Japan’s largest online university. A-JIS has a dynamic approach to blended learning, inquiry-based education and building social capital. With a full Kinder-High School campus running all three prestigious International Baccalaureate programmes in Tokyo’s Hikarigaoka, the group has five satellite primary and pre-school international and bilingual campuses throughout the city. Working with A-JIS is exciting, demanding, fulfilling and full of possibilities for educators with a global vision for Japan.
We are proud to offer the International Early Years Orientation Certificate. Primarily for newly qualified teachers wishing to experience and enter the world of global education, the IEYOC is the first in a suit of hands-on, postgraduate certificate courses that lead to a greater capacity for the educator in international and bilingual education and the possibility of a career pathway within the group or elsewhere.
Educating in a Global Japan
Now you have qualified as an educator, have you considered where it can take you and how
you can help your community? Japan is globalising. The future lies in global participation and involvement and that means our young people will need to grow as confident global citizens. They therefore need teachers to help them start out on this path.
PILOT COHORT STARTING THIS APRIL!
Dates: Registration to 30 March (or until places are full) – in the first case contact ieyoc@aobajapan.jp
Timeline: 15th-30th March: Interviews/Pre-reading/preparation begins;
2nd April – 21st June: Research and Learning on Campus
Number of places: 5
Commitment: 4 days per week on campus; 6-8 hours research off campus
Costs: As you are helping us pilot this course, the costs to
you are only transport, food and your feedback.
Certificate outcomes
In addition to gaining practical experience of international/bilingual education, the
participant will gain a certificate of achievement along with a portfolio that will contain a record of their research and expertise. Assessment will be ongoing and participative and will involve the following evidence: Progression through a running blog Observations, co-Planning, co-Teaching and solo teaching classes with a mentor Research into a focus area of pedagogy of your choice.
