Yokohama City Elementary Schools Start Verification of "School Building Where New Teachers Are Not Sole Homeroom Teachers"
Yokohama City Board of Education announces the launch of a "school building" initiative to ensure new teachers are not assigned homeroom duties alone, starting verification at model elementary schools. This is part of a nationwide first "team homeroom teacher system" to be implemented in all elementary schools from fiscal year 2026, aiming to foster children in teams and support new teachers' confident growth.
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Yokohama City elementary schools are creating an environment where children can spend their school lives with peace of mind, interacting with multiple teachers, fostering children "as a team."
**Japan's First! "Team Homeroom Teacher System" to be Implemented in All Elementary Schools!**
Starting in fiscal year 2026, Yokohama City will implement the "Team Homeroom Teacher System" in all 337 elementary schools, a nationwide first. This system is based on team-grade management, which involves creating team managers, and will distribute not only class instruction but also homeroom teacher duties.
**"School Building Where New Teachers Are Not Sole Homeroom Teachers" - Yokohama-style Startup Model - to be Implemented in Model Schools!**
Furthermore, instead of new teachers taking on homeroom teacher duties alone from the beginning of April, the "School Building Where New Teachers Are Not Sole Homeroom Teachers" (Yokohama-style Startup Model) will be implemented in model schools. This model provides a solid preparation period, such as team managers joining the classroom with new teachers.
The "Yokohama-style Startup Model" not only supports new teachers as a whole school but also ensures that team managers work alongside new teachers in subject instruction, classroom management, and homeroom teacher duties. This provides a period where new teachers can practice what they learned in training and apply advice from supervising teachers, thereby supporting new teachers to confidently engage in their work.
**If You Teach, Teach in Yokohama! Yokohama City Values Time Spent Facing Children**
Yokohama City is advancing initiatives to provide even more robust support for new teachers, responding to the desire to "become a teacher."
By having the entire school support new teachers as a team, an environment is created where those newly standing at the podium can grow with peace of mind, without having to face worries or challenges alone.
Why not start your teaching career in Yokohama City, which values time spent facing children?
**Accepting Applications Now! Teacher Employment Candidate Selection Examination [Summer Implementation]**
Application Period: Until 5:00 PM on Monday, May 11, Reiwa 8 (2026)
https://www.city.yokohama.lg.jp/kosodate-kyoiku/kyoiku/bosyusaiyou/seiki/kyouinsaiyou/siryouseikyuu.html
**[Website/SNS Information]**
* Board of Education Official Note "YokoEdu!"
"I want to be a teacher in Yokohama!" Interview with teachers about their real working styles.
https://yokohamacity-edu.note.jp/n/n9dd9d523e251
* Yokohama City Teacher Recruitment Video
Teach in Yokohama ~Because you can work with peace of mind, you can truly face the children~ | Yokohama City Teacher Recruitment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wo2jMmEs8Bs
**Japan's First! "Team Homeroom Teacher System" to be Implemented in All Elementary Schools!**
Starting in fiscal year 2026, Yokohama City will implement the "Team Homeroom Teacher System" in all 337 elementary schools, a nationwide first. This system is based on team-grade management, which involves creating team managers, and will distribute not only class instruction but also homeroom teacher duties.
**"School Building Where New Teachers Are Not Sole Homeroom Teachers" - Yokohama-style Startup Model - to be Implemented in Model Schools!**
Furthermore, instead of new teachers taking on homeroom teacher duties alone from the beginning of April, the "School Building Where New Teachers Are Not Sole Homeroom Teachers" (Yokohama-style Startup Model) will be implemented in model schools. This model provides a solid preparation period, such as team managers joining the classroom with new teachers.
The "Yokohama-style Startup Model" not only supports new teachers as a whole school but also ensures that team managers work alongside new teachers in subject instruction, classroom management, and homeroom teacher duties. This provides a period where new teachers can practice what they learned in training and apply advice from supervising teachers, thereby supporting new teachers to confidently engage in their work.
**If You Teach, Teach in Yokohama! Yokohama City Values Time Spent Facing Children**
Yokohama City is advancing initiatives to provide even more robust support for new teachers, responding to the desire to "become a teacher."
By having the entire school support new teachers as a team, an environment is created where those newly standing at the podium can grow with peace of mind, without having to face worries or challenges alone.
Why not start your teaching career in Yokohama City, which values time spent facing children?
**Accepting Applications Now! Teacher Employment Candidate Selection Examination [Summer Implementation]**
Application Period: Until 5:00 PM on Monday, May 11, Reiwa 8 (2026)
https://www.city.yokohama.lg.jp/kosodate-kyoiku/kyoiku/bosyusaiyou/seiki/kyouinsaiyou/siryouseikyuu.html
**[Website/SNS Information]**
* Board of Education Official Note "YokoEdu!"
"I want to be a teacher in Yokohama!" Interview with teachers about their real working styles.
https://yokohamacity-edu.note.jp/n/n9dd9d523e251
* Yokohama City Teacher Recruitment Video
Teach in Yokohama ~Because you can work with peace of mind, you can truly face the children~ | Yokohama City Teacher Recruitment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wo2jMmEs8Bs