Staff
The College’s Senior Management Team consists of the Vice-Chancellor, the Director of Academic Programmes, the Dean of Students, the College Manager, and the Finance Manager. There is a full complement of well-qualified academic staff, all of whom have university degrees, and many of whom hold higher qualifications. All are highly experienced and qualified in the teaching of English as a second language.
The College also employs British university students either from the University of Kent or from Canterbury Christ Church University as Conversation Teachers. Their role is to “socialise” the College’s students by offering one-to-one conversation classes to enhance fluency in spoken English and to introduce them to various aspects of British society, typically through their own cultural and sporting interest groups. In exchange for the service they provide, Conversation Teachers receive free board and lodging at Chaucer College. They are expected to conform to the College’s rules, which can appear to be quite stringent (it should, however, be noted that young people in Japan are not legally adults until the age of 20).
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