Our Policy
In 2003, ALT-nagano.com was formed to provide teaching assistants (ALTs) for English education in elementary and junior high schools.
Through many years of experience in the business, ALT-nagano.com recognizes the importance of ALTs in the enrichment of English education in schools.
ALT-nagano.com believes that acquiring communication skills through the learning of English has significant meaning for children to broaden their possibilities for the globalizing future.
In order to meet the expectations of every school and maintain a high level of quality staff, ALT-nagano.com provides professional ALTs along with all-around support that includes matters that schools and administration can otherwise not provide.
- Contracted Schools
- Number of Contracted Schools
Elementary Schools 31
(Matsumoto City, Azumino City, Matsukawa Village,Yasuoka Village)
Junior High Schools 8
(Matsumoto City, Azumino City, Matsukawa Village,Yasuoka Village)
High Schools 1 (Matsumoto City)
Our Support for English Education
ALT-nagano.com provides detailed assistance to administration and schoolsto attain their requirements of English education.
- Support services specific
- We strive to meet the requirements of every school and those of administration in order to enrich the English skills of children.
- We introduce supplemental points and application examples as needed to aid in fostering English expression skills for children.
- To guarantee high quality education, we are able to provide curriculum-based lesson plans when necessary.
- Taking advantage of our community-based business, we act quickly and flexibly to deal with problems in emergencies.
Maintaining High ALT Quality
ALT-nagano.com strives to maintain a quality of ALTs.
We provide support to ALTs to keep them highly motivated in teaching and in their daily life.
- Requirements of ALTs
- Personality
Interested in Japan and highly motivated to teach here.
Willing to try hard to adapt to Japanese culture and communicate with others.
Interested in joining community events.
Effort Toward Education
Able to create lessons plans and put forth effort to improve teaching skills.
Experience
Having extensive teaching experience in Japan or other countries.
- Education for ALTs
- We boost ALT teaching motivation through regular workshops.
- We propose new ideas that we receive from ALTs to schools and strive to incorporate them in lessons in order to increase the presence and effectiveness of ALTs.
- We listen regularly to the needs and concerns of schools in regards to ALTs and strive to find ways to improve them through interviews with ALTs.
- We support ALTs in their daily lives to help provide a balanced lifestyle and help ensure focus when teaching.
- Community Participation
- ALT-nagano.com encourages ALTs to join the community and interact with people.
- Participation in events in the area around one’s school.
- Participation in school sports festivals.
- Participation in volunteer firefighting squads.
- Introducing one’s home country and food at community events.
- Holding international exchange events.
Our Special Achievements
- Junior High School English Communication Class (Azumino City)
- In this after-school class taught at junior high schools, we put great importance on “communication skills”
which are not practiced enough in normal English classes. The teachers are ALTs who teach students entirely in English during the lessons.
- English Curriculum and Teaching Book Development (Elementary School Level)
- ALT-nagano.com in co-operation with Azumino city, started a unique home stay program forjunior high school students.
During spring vacation, a group of 2nd year students go to Australia and home stay with an elementary school family.
During the home stay, the students attend the elementary school as teacher assistants, visit a high school, go to ahistorical theme park as well as go sight seeing around the city.
While at the alementary school, each student is assigned to a classroom to assist the homeroom teacher for the day.
The students also assist in the Japanese language classes and get to teach a class about Japanese culture.
