page_title: ECC (eikaiwa)
section_title: Teaching staff
hierarchical_section_title: ECC (eikaiwa) / Teaching staff
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: ECC総合教育機関本部を撮影
context_page_description: ECC Foreign Language Institute is one of the major private English teaching companies or eikaiwa in Japan. It is part of the ECC group.
  ECC is based in the Kansai region of Japan and also has many branches in the Chūbu and Kantō regions. As of March 2020 it has 188 Foreign Language Institute schools across Japan, as well as 24 Airline Institute schools and 12 Global Communication Senka locations. It has over 400 native English speakers as instructors.
  In November 2013 it was reported that ECC had 379,267 students studying seven different languages.
context_section_description: A large proportion of the foreign instructors employed at ECC are recruited abroad. A large number of these are recruited in Canada, where regular recruiting sessions are held. Periodic recruiting sessions are held in Australia, the US, the UK and more recently in New Zealand.
  Half of the average teacher's weekly schedule is composed of English lessons for children, with the remainder of the schedule made up of different types of adult lessons.  Some teachers are also chosen to teach at businesses and universities. ECC does have limited voluntary overtime, mainly during the peak holiday periods when attendance is high.
  Newly hired teachers receive two weeks of training before being placed in classes, though more training is required for those chosen to teach more challenging types of classes. There is also annual training for those who continue past their first contract.
  ECC foreign instructors are not required to be qualified English teachers, hold any EFL qualifications or have any previous teaching experience.
caption: ECC Headquarters, Osaka
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