塾長(じゅくちょう)

じゅくちょう
noun
cram school director; private school head
1. cram school director; head of a private academy; juku director
The head or director of a juku (private tutoring school or cram school). Can also refer to the head of other types of private academies, such as martial arts dojos or traditional schools of learning.
塾長(じゅくちょう)が直接(ちょくせつ)指導(しどう)する授業(じゅぎょう)がある。
There are classes taught directly by the cram school director.
新(あたら)しい塾長(じゅくちょう)は保護者(ほごしゃ)との面談(めんだん)を大切(たいせつ)にしている。
The new cram school director values meetings with parents.
塾長(じゅくちょう)は三十年(さんじゅうねん)の教育(きょういく)経験(けいけん)を持(も)ち、地域(ちいき)の子(こ)どもたちの学力(がくりょく)向上(こうじょう)に貢献(こうけん)してきた。
The school director has thirty years of teaching experience and has contributed to improving the academic abilities of children in the area.

Compound of 塾(じゅく) ('cram school; private academy') and 長(ちょう) ('head; chief'). Follows the standard 〜長(ちょう) pattern for leadership titles: 校長(こうちょう) ('school principal'), 社長(しゃちょう) ('company president'), 部長(ぶちょう) ('department head').

USAGE:

  • Most commonly refers to the owner-operator of a 学習塾(がくしゅうじゅく) (academic cram school)
  • Can also apply to the head of a 道場(どうじょう)-style academy or a historical 私塾(しじゅく) (private school)
  • In historical contexts, refers to the head of famous private schools like 慶應義塾(けいおうぎじゅく) (Keio University's predecessor)

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 塾長(じゅくちょう)を務(つと)める: to serve as cram school director
  • 塾長(じゅくちょう)の方針(ほうしん): the director's policy
  • 塾長(じゅくちょう)自(みずか)ら: the director personally
  • 塾長(じゅくちょう)挨拶(あいさつ): greeting from the director

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 校長(こうちょう): school principal — the head of a formal public or private school
  • 講師(こうし): instructor; lecturer — a person who teaches, but not necessarily the head
  • 塾(じゅく): cram school — the institution itself, not the person who runs it
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