Japanese Language Guide

Hakuba International School is a new international boarding school (opened in 2022), located in the beautiful Hakuba Valley in the Japanese Alps. Our school is dedicated to answering the driving question: What kind of education enables people and the planet to flourish? Our focus is on personal and environmental well-being, combined with deeper learning methods to develop leaders who can solve the world’s most complex problems.

We are an intentionally small school, serving approximately 55 students in grades 7-11 during the 2025-26 school year, and adding one grade per year until 12th grade, reaching an eventual full size of 150 students. We call our faculty members guides, in the spirit of serving by a student’s side to create highly engaging learning adventures. For more about our school’s background and methods, please visit www.hakuba-is.jp.

Japanese Language Guide

• Personal Qualities: We’re looking for faculty who genuinely enjoy spending time with adolescents outside the classroom, are excited about building a new school, are ready for the startup experience, and are passionate about a more holistic, humane approach to education. We believe learning is naturally fun and playful, and we try to live that way too. Our faculty are interested in co-designing curricula with students and seek to build relationships with students characterised by high trust and agency. We offer faculty significant creative autonomy so that you can bring your gifts into action.
• Requirements: This is a full-time faculty role, supporting both middle and high school students in developing Japanese language skills. An expected teaching load of 4 classes will range from first-language speakers studying at an advanced level to non-native speakers in beginner and intermediate levels.

• Support middle and high school students in developing Japanese language skills.
• Teach 4 classes, ranging from first-language speakers at an advanced level to non-native speakers in beginner and intermediate levels.