何より楽しいのは、一人ひとりの生徒が成長する姿を
保護者と一緒に見守れることです。

入社してすぐに、全くアルファベットが読めなかった生徒を担当しました。その生徒がインタラクティブコースを受講することで著しい成長を見せ、単語から文章単位で読めるようになり、英検3級に合格するまでになりました。そこに辿り着くまでの成長過程を間近で見られる幸せは、アミティーでしか味わうことができないものです。入社当時は9名だったインタラクティブ受講生も、3年後の現在、1００名弱となり、四日市校の全生徒の3人に一人が受講するまでとなりました。生徒の成長を見られる幸せが、入社当時の1０倍にもなったのです。これからも、生徒さん一人ひとりとたくさんの思い出をつくりながら、私も教師として成長していきたいと思います。

Amity was everything and nothing like I had expected it to be, all at the same time. It is an exciting, scary, wonderful, and hilarious place to work. It is also very professional, and everyone is very kind and helpful. I was grateful for my past experiences in Japan, and with Japanese people, because those experiences helped me adjust to working at Amity. Despite all that, I still had to adjust aspects of my life to fit into my new role here in Japan. Unlike most Native English Teachers at Amity, I do not work at only one Amity school. I have a split position, meaning that I work at two schools during the week. This has been challenging and rewarding because I have learned how to view the same situation from many different perspectives, and to become a more flexible person. I now have many skills that I can apply to all aspects of my life. The job is also incredibly rewarding because you work so closely with the students. Teaching, no matter what the subject may be, is rewarding because you see results on many different levels.

Working for Amity has been a great experience for me. From my very first day I always felt there was a great support network throughout the company, and especially at my school, which made adjusting to teaching and living in another country an easy and enjoyable experience.
Working with children, and teaching them English is always exciting and at times a challenge. To hear and see their improvement over time is very rewarding, especially when it’s their first time to speak with a foreigner, or a baby saying their first words in English. Amity gives you the opportunity to work with children of all ages, from babies to high school students. It is exciting to see their enthusiasm to learn a new language and to know that this experience with a native teacher will increase their confidence around foreigners in the future.

Amity is hands-down the best company I've worked for. The moment I stepped off the plane, I was relieved to find that an optimistic, energetic trainer from Amity's head office recognized me and guided me across several towns to our training facility. I spent the week there, learning the ins and outs of "How to teach English without explaining in Japanese," "How to make Harry Potter practical in the classroom," or "How to keep cool when a one-year old starts crying and saying that you're a monster" (And yes, that really happened).

That was two years ago, but that first week set a wonderful template for my experiences with the company to date. My coworkers are consistently helpful and fun; the head office is always resourceful and pleasant to interact with; on a weekly basis, I receive fantastic portraits of myself from five year olds. And in the Amity classroom, there's nothing more moving than hearing a student speak their first words in English.