What is the maximum age for teaching English in Japan? -

In my 30s, would love to teach English in Japan but don t know when. Think Japan rocks but there are also other countries I love. Is there a cut off age for doing this and if so what is it? Thank you!

i don t think there is a cut off age

There s no quot;cut offquot; age. In fact, being in your 30s and up works in your advantage. The Japanese will see you as someone with more life experience and maturity.

Even with JET it s possible to be 40plus. The 40 age limit is in principle only. I was a JET and in my thirties no problems. At the conferences I saw quite a few mature age participants and quite a few of these would have been late 30s to mid forties. JET i think are actually are more interested that you will work out and stay in your placement at least for a year, so maturity and life experience can win out over a recent college graduate. Also they welcome married couples.

I ve met people in their fifties or possibly sixties doing that. You do need to have alot of energy though. It is a demanding job. Edit - I ve never understood why people thumbs down for reasonable, honest answers.;(

There is no official cut off date, although you might be too old for the JET programme. I know guys in their 50 s that are still teaching English. It depends on the school and whether or not your students like you.

It depends on the capacity in which you want to teach. Lots of the big programs have cut off ages (the JET program and AEON, for example), I think in the mid 30 s. But of course there is no mandated age limit for private contracts. Either way, 31 is definitely not too old.

For JET program, I believe the cut off age is 40. Otherwise, if you choose an English conversation school like AEON, GEOS, or ECC, there s no age restriction. I used to work at AEON and worked with folks well into their 40s and 50s. The English business is starting to shift heavily to children now so you should be in pretty good shape if and when you decide to come over. Good luck!