Internship & International Opportunities Teach Abroad The UCLA Career Center has many teaching opportunities for you to explore!  Below are a few of the most popular, but stop into the Career Center, Room 200, for more information about teaching abroad.

Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program
The JET program invites young college and university graduates from overseas to participate in international exchange and foreign language education throughout Japan. Established in 1987, the program has earned a high reputation both in Japan and overseas for its efforts in human and cultural exchanges and has become one of the largest-scale cultural exchange programs in Japan. JET seeks to help enhance internationalization in Japan by promoting mutual understanding between Japan and Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Portugal, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. The program is based upon intensifying foreign language education in Japan and upon promoting international exchange at the local level through fostering ties between Japanese youth and JET Program participants. JET participants are invited to Japan and are placed in Host Institutions throughout Japan. Host Institutions consist of 47 prefectural and 12 specially designed city governments, individual city, town and village governments and some private schools. The JET participants sign their contracts with their Host Institution. Contracts are for one year commencing on the day after the arrival in Japan, renewable in certain circumstances by mutual consent between the Host Institution and the JET participant. A JET participant may not renew more than twice. Host Institutions provide the JET participant with the transportation costs to Japan and approximately $32,000 remuneration per annum (after exempting from income tax), which is sufficient to cover average expenses in Japan. Host Institutions also assist the participants in finding accommodations. 

Check our schedule for information sessions and workshops.

Applications are available on-line and the deadline is usually the early part of December.

AEON Corporation
AEON Corporation is a privately owned and operated Japanese company and was founded in 1973 for the purpose of teaching English conversation to Japanese people. Aeon is the largest and one of the oldest conversation schools in Japan with over 225 schools located throughout Japan. Aeon employs more than 2,000 people, including a select foreign staff of about 450 instructors. Aeon recruits its foreign teachers from throughout the USA and Canada. To be considered for a teaching position with Aeon, candidates should have an excellent command of the English language and a four-year college degree (any major) as well as a genuine interest in the culture and people of Japan. Japanese language ability is not required. Positions are filled monthly throughout the year and application should be made four or five months in advance of anticipated date of departure. 

Aeon provides a work visa before departure, a one-week paid training in Japan, a subsidized fully furnished apartment, over three weeks of vacation a year, free accident and sickness insurance, and a return ticket plus bonus.

For more information, see Janet Sosa, International Programs Counselor in the Career Center, Room 200.

Hess Language School
Hess Language School offers recent university graduates a unique opportunity to live and work in Taiwan. Hess Language School is the largest private English language school in Taiwan. It has 50 branches with 30,000 students island-wide. The company employs native English speakers from the US, Canada, Great Britain, Australia, and New Zealand. No experience is necessary because extensive training and a step-by-step Teacher's Book prepares you for teaching your own classes. Head teachers are also available to help with specific questions. 

Normally teachers work between 18-20 hours a week, leaving time for study and travel. The salary is sufficient for both living and traveling expenses. Teachers must commit to working for at least one year, beginning March, June, September or December. 

For more information, see Janet Sosa, International Programs Counselor in the Career Center, Room 200.