Teacher-Student.com(Access Japanese Inc.) Matching System Teacher Agreement Welcome to Teacher-Student.com matching system teacher user agreement, 1. Eligibility Currently, Teacher-Student.com(Access Japanese Inc). is only able to serve legal residents of the Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba and Kanagawa areas. 2. Teacher-Student.com (Access Japanese Inc) Responsibilities Teacher-Student.com(Access Japanese Inc) staff members are only responsible for attending initial introductory trial lessons, at which they will be expected to facilitate teachers and students. Teacher-Student.com(Access Japanese Inc) is not liable for any financial transactions between the student and his/her teacher, and thus can not be held responsible for any missed payments, cancellation charges, or other fees that the student and his/her teacher may have agreed to. These are the sole responsibility of the student and his/her teacher. 3. Teacher Responsibilities Responsibilities of all teachers include punctuality and the provision of lesson materials based on the teacher's prior assessment of the student's expectations. Canceling should only be considered when absolutely necessary. If the teacher cannot continue to teach due to unavoidable reasons, the teacher must let students and Teacher-Student.com(Access Japanese Inc) know at least 1 month in advance. Teachers are responsible for handling their own income tax issues. No tax is deducted from Matching System lesson fees. 4. Your Profile Online teacher profiles must be completed accurately. Information found to be less than truthful will be deleted, and will result in a routine investigation of the teacher in question. It is imperative that we have your (mobile) phone number for smooth communication with you, but we will not disclose it with the student until they decide to take your lesson. 5. Teacher Fees Teachers receive the lesson fee directly from students at the end of each lesson. To avoid any discomfort on the students' parts, do not negotiate your fee with the students. We would like you to emphasize that you do not raise your fee for your existing students because it would be unfair to them. All fees are non-negotiable and unchangeable once the fee is agreed between the teacher and student. Transportation fee WILL NOT be paid for lessons given at the teacher's selected teaching locations. Please include travel expenses when setting your fee based on the stations that you listed as your preferred teaching locations. When the lesson takes place at a cafe, teachers and students are required to pay for their own expenses including transportation, beverages, and food. Please note that the maximum lesson fee allowed is 3,500yen. We understand that your profile maybe on other web sites but please try to keep your fee the same. 3000yen is the average market rate. Two students take lessons together; the lesson fee should be 60 minutes lesson fee x 1.5. Three students take lessons together; the lesson fee should be 60 minutes lesson fee x 2. 6. Trial lesson (about 30 minutes) Trial lesson fee will not be paid. An advisor will attend the first trial lesson with a prospective student. We request that the teacher fill out a Student Evaluation Form any time during the trial lesson. 7. Cancellation We, Teacher-Student.com, don't have a cancellation policy, however, the teachers and students should maintain a respectful attitude towards each other when it comes to cancellations, and cancel reasonably ahead of time. If a teacher would like to have their own policy about cancellations, please include it in your teacher profile as a part of your comment to the students. 8. Process of Termination If teachers have plans to return to their home country within 6 months of staying in Japan and cannot commit to at least 6 months of teaching through www.Teacher-student.com, please notify us as soon as possible. Under any circumstances, if teachers are no longer able to continue teaching a student, please notify us and your student immediately. Please do not privately introduce your student to another teacher who is not registered with Teacher-Student.com(Access Japanese Inc.). If you know somebody who is able to take over your students' lessons, please have him/her register with Teacher-Student.com(Access Japanese Inc.). We would like you to then inform us and your students of the new teacher's full name. This is important and necessary because we sign a contract with the students for a predetermined period of time, which makes us liable to provide the student with certain services. We just need to make sure that the new teacher agrees to our policies. 9. Prohibited Activities We, Teacher-Student.com (Access Japanese Inc.), prohibit the soliciting of potential or current Teacher-Student.com(Access Japanese Inc.) students on an individual basis by any registered teacher of Teacher-Student.com(Access Japanese Inc.). Teachers who own their school may use their own space, but under any circumstances should not use Teacher-Student.com (Access Japanese Inc.) as an agency for their own business. Even in teaching the Teacher-Student.com (Access Japanese Inc.) students in their own school, we still expect that all of the rules and regulations of Teacher-Student.com (Access Japanese Inc.) be strictly adhered to. We prohibit teachers from asking their student(s) to pay upfront for a block of lessons. All fees are non-negotiable. If we receive complains from students and after investigating the matter find the teacher in the wrong, the teacher's registration will be deleted. 10. Selection Process of Teachers How do you get chosen as a teacher? Our students will look at the profiles of the English teachers in our database. Then, a coordinator will contact you about the trial lesson. However, existing students are allowed to contact teachers directly. If they email you, please kindly reply, even if you are unavailable. 11. Use at Your Own Risk Registering with Teacher-Student.com(Access Japanese Inc) and displaying information on our website must be conducted at your own risk. 12. Changes to this Agreement The right to make any alterations to this agreement remains that of Teacher-Student.com (Access Japanese Inc.) provided any such changes are proceeded by notification to all teachers by email. By registering with Teacher-Student.com(Acceess Japanese Inc), it is assumed that you are in accordance with all the terms of this agreement. 13. Period of Agreement This agreement is valid from when Access Japanese approves your registration and activate your password, until you request to have your profile removed from the Teacher-Student.com(Access Japanese Inc.) website. Likewise, Access Japanese is committing to this agreement the moment we activate your password. 14. Governing Law The laws of Japan shall govern this agreement in all respects. It is further understood that irrevocable consent is given by the parties to the non-exclusive personal jurisdiction of the Tokyo District Court. |