Directions
- From Sannomiya Station (三宮駅)
- Take the JR Kobe Line (JR神戸線) bound for Osaka.
- Get off at Sumiyoshi Station (住吉駅). The ride takes approximately 7 minutes.
- At Sumiyoshi Station, transfer to the Rokko Liner (六甲ライナー) bound for Marine Park (マリンパーク).
- From Sumiyoshi Station (住吉駅)
- Take the Rokko Liner (六甲ライナー) and get off at Island Center Station (アイランドセンター駅). The ride takes approximately 9 minutes.
- From Island Center Station (アイランドセンター駅)
- Once you exit Island Center Station, head south on Koyochonaka Avenue (向洋中通り).
- Walk straight for about 5 minutes (approximately 400 meters).
- Rokko Island High School (六甲アイランド高等学校) will be on your left.
Rokko HS is a very friendly, open school with incredible opportunities to get involved. Many of the teachers, including even non-English teachers, love practicing their English with you and will ask for your help on everything from personal resume and application editing, to event schedule drafting in English, to the more run-of-the-mill student essay and test review and feedback.
Some of the teachers are very interested in organizing ICPs and special English-inclusive events and would love to have your help. There is also an English "ESS" club you will be welcome to join and help organize activities for.
Regarding classes, there are several English-centered types of classes including English Communication and Expression, and Comparative Cultures. For the 1-nensei classes, you will most likely work with the other long term, native-English speaker at the school, a KATE from Australia - splitting up the classes and deciding upon a curriculum goal and specific lesson plans. For your 2 and 3-nensei classes, you will be able to devise and implement curricula of your choice, with feedback from the OTEs you'll be working with for those classes. In my case, I conducted lessons focused on presentation practice with student country posters, group songs with English lyrics, and short group skits - from popular English movies as well as self-prepared stories.