Quran and Arabic Teacher Jobs in SurabayaFrom Sukolilo and Gubeng to Wiyung and Sambikerep
Arabi is taking on teachers in Surabaya for every field it offers. Many of our teachers here already cover Quran recitation, Arabic, Islamic studies and tahfidz. Calligraphy teachers are still few, and tahsin remains open. Students in the city ask for Quran reading most, then Arabic, then Islamic studies, then tahfidz.
Teaching roles needed in Surabaya
| Role | Notes |
|---|---|
| Quran Recitation Teacher Often requested | Teach the subject that heads Surabaya's list of requests. Your beginners are in Sukolilo, Mulyorejo, Gubeng and Wonokromo, districts that many of our teachers also call home, and in Sambikerep, Gunung Anyar and Wiyung as well. |
| Quran Memorisation (Tahfidz) Teacher Strong teacher network | Guide memorisation in a city where tahfidz comes last among the subjects students request most, behind Quran reading, Arabic and Islamic studies. Many colleagues in this field live in Surabaya, so name the districts, Rungkut or Tambaksari perhaps, that you can cover. |
| Quran Reading Improvement (Tahsin) Teacher | Polish the reading of Surabaya students who have moved past iqra. Tahsin here is neither a crowded field like Arabic nor a thin field like calligraphy: some of our teachers offer it, and openings remain in areas such as Tegalsari and Kenjeran. |
| Arabic Language Teacher Often requested | Answer the request that follows Quran reading in Surabaya, which is Arabic. Many teachers of the language live here, and our teachers mostly have homes in districts like Wonocolo and Lakarsantri, so your nahwu and your free hours are what you add. |
| Arabic Calligraphy (Khat) Teacher Few teachers so far | Fill the single field Surabaya is short of. Quran recitation, Arabic, Islamic studies and tahfidz have many teachers in the city, while calligraphy has few, whether you look at Ampel, Sawahan or Tandes. Khat Naskhi is a sound start for beginners. |
| Islamic Studies Teacher Strong teacher network | Take on akidah akhlak and fiqh for Surabaya families, who ask for Islamic studies ahead of tahfidz when they register. Many of our teachers of this subject live in the city, and the role still accepts applicants from Gubeng, Wonocolo and beyond. |
What Arabi teachers do in Surabaya
- Visit students in the districts that send Surabaya's requests, Sukolilo, Mulyorejo, Gubeng and Wonokromo among them, and give each lesson to a single learner.
- Fix your weekly hours with each household in Gubeng, Wonokromo or wherever you teach, and hold to them so that Quran reading or Arabic moves forward without gaps.
- Cover Sambikerep, Gunung Anyar or Wiyung if you can reach them, since students there ask for lessons and those districts are missing from where our Surabaya teachers mostly live.
- Bring khat Naskhi to beginners in Surabaya if calligraphy is your field, because its teachers are few here while Quran recitation and Arabic have many.
- Prepare with the Arabi Method ahead of your opening lesson, then shape each session to the learner, who in Surabaya is more often asking for an ustadzah than for an ustadz.
Who should apply in Surabaya
- Surabaya or its edge is where you live, in Wonocolo, Rungkut, Lakarsantri, Tambaksari or any other district, and you can get to lessons from there.
- Universitas Airlangga, Universitas Negeri Surabaya, UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya and Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember are where current teachers studied; a degree from anywhere, or time spent teaching, serves you equally.
- More than half of Surabaya's registering students ask for an ustadzah, so women with skill in any subject are needed, and patient ustadz are welcome beside them.
- Calligraphy has few Arabi teachers in Surabaya, so anyone able to start a beginner on khat Riqah or khat Naskhi should apply for that role.
- Quran reading, Arabic, Islamic studies and tahfidz are what Surabaya asks for most, and your command of any of them, or of tahsin, is strong enough to teach from the opening lesson.
Subjects students often request in Surabaya City
- Quran reading
- Arabic
- Islamic studies
- tahfidz
More than half of the students who register ask for an ustadzah. Requests come from districts such as Sukolilo, Mulyorejo, Sambikerep, Gunung Anyar, Wiyung, Gubeng, Wonokromo.
Ampel, the campuses and Surabaya's students
Masjid Agung Sunan Ampel and Masjid Nasional Al-Akbar are the Islamic places Surabaya is known for, and Ampel also appears among the areas Arabi lists for the city. Arabi has no tie to either mosque; we name them because an applicant from Surabaya will recognise them. The same holds for the campuses our teachers here graduated from: Universitas Airlangga, Universitas Negeri Surabaya, UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya and Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember. None of them is a partner of Arabi. The people you would teach in Surabaya range from children to teenagers and adults, and more than half of those who register want an ustadzah. In a city where teachers of most subjects are already many, that preference, together with the shortage in calligraphy, tells you where an application counts most, be it in Gubeng, Wiyung or Sukolilo.
Surabaya Calls for Khat Teachers Beside Its Reciters
Many Arabi teachers in Surabaya live in Wonocolo, Gubeng, Sukolilo, Lakarsantri, Rungkut, Mulyorejo, Wonokromo and Tambaksari, so a week often takes shape around the districts closest to home. An ustadz living in Rungkut might group his home visits in Sukolilo and Gunung Anyar, while an ustadzah in Lakarsantri could take learners in Wiyung and Sambikerep. When someone lives on the far side of the city, the lesson moves online through Arabi App, and the same care carries over to the screen.
The timetable belongs to the teacher and the learner together. You agree on days and hours you can honestly keep, which lets graduates still pursuing further study, or people with other work, fit teaching around the rest of their lives. Alumni of Universitas Airlangga, Universitas Negeri Surabaya, UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya and Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember are among the teachers here, and teaching here can sit alongside other commitments.
The gaps between lessons fill with preparation: reviewing the material for the next meeting, jotting brief records of what each learner has mastered and what deserves another look, and messaging ahead when a time must move. Pay comes per session taught, so a steady rhythm of agreed lessons builds a steady week.
Across the six roles, the picture in Surabaya is uneven in a helpful way. Surabaya is already home to plenty of Arabi teachers in Islamic studies, Quran recitation, Arabic and tahfidz. Calligraphy still lacks teachers, so an ustadz or ustadzah skilled in the Naskhi and Riqah hands (two classic styles of Arabic script) would be especially welcome. Tahsin, the refining of recitation for those who already read, also remains open, with room for teachers who can polish makhraj and tajwid with patience.
Requests from Sukolilo to Wiyung Across Surabaya
In Surabaya City, the learners who reach out to Arabi ask first for help reading the Quran. Arabic comes next, followed by Islamic studies, and then tahfidz, the steady memorisation of the Quran. That order shapes the requests a teacher here receives: many begin with someone who wants to read with confidence, and others ask for help understanding the language of the revelation itself.
Requests arrive from across the city: from Sukolilo and Mulyorejo, from Sambikerep and Wiyung, and from Gunung Anyar, Gubeng and Wonokromo. Over half of Surabaya sign-ups name an ustadzah, a female teacher, as their preference, so women who teach in these neighbourhoods are warmly needed by the many learners who make that request.
Each age group brings its own pace. Children usually start with the hijaiyah alphabet and short reading drills, and the hope in Surabaya is that each child comes to love sitting with the mushaf. Teenagers tend to arrive with some reading already, so the work turns to correcting pronunciation, adding Arabic vocabulary, or building a few lines of memorisation at a time. Adults frequently come with a personal goal: reading the Quran properly after years away from it, following a course in Arabic grammar, or deepening their grasp of worship and character through Islamic studies.
Whatever the starting point, the learner sets the direction. A good teacher listens first, notices where this person stands, and builds each meeting around that, so the student in Gubeng and the student in Sambikerep each feel that the lessons were shaped for them alone. That attentiveness is what keeps learners coming back week after week.
Teaching areas in Surabaya
Wonocolo, Gubeng, Sukolilo, Lakarsantri, Rungkut, Mulyorejo, Wonokromo and Tambaksari are home to most of the teachers Arabi has in Surabaya. The record of student requests in Surabaya City names a different set: Sukolilo, Mulyorejo, Sambikerep, Gunung Anyar, Wiyung, Gubeng and Wonokromo. Sukolilo, Mulyorejo, Gubeng and Wonokromo sit on both lists, so teachers and students there are already neighbours. Sambikerep, Gunung Anyar and Wiyung sit only on the students' list, and that is where a new teacher changes most. Wonocolo, Lakarsantri, Rungkut and Tambaksari are the reverse: teachers live there, and the record shows no requests. Arabi also counts Ampel, Tegalsari, Kenjeran, Sawahan and Tandes among the city's areas, so applicants from those belong here too.
Districts where most Arabi teachers in Surabaya live
- Wonocolo
- Gubeng
- Sukolilo
- Lakarsantri
- Rungkut
- Mulyorejo
- Wonokromo
- Tambaksari
A city with many teachers and a clear gap
Surabaya is a city where Arabi already has many teachers in Quran recitation, Arabic, Islamic studies and tahfidz. Those are also the subjects students here request, in that order of demand: Quran reading first, Arabic second, Islamic studies third, tahfidz fourth. So an applicant in these fields joins colleagues who are already teaching, and what sets you apart is your skill, where you live and when you are free. Calligraphy is different. Teachers of khat Naskhi and khat Riqah are still few in this city, and that role is open to anyone with real ability. The second gap concerns who teaches. More than half of registering students ask for an ustadzah, so women who teach any Arabi field are especially welcome to apply in Surabaya.
Campuses Arabi teachers in Surabaya graduated from
- Universitas Airlangga
- Universitas Negeri Surabaya
- UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya
- Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember
This list shows where our teachers studied. Arabi has no formal partnership with these campuses.
Islamic heritage Surabaya is known for
- Masjid Agung Sunan Ampel
- Masjid Nasional Al-Akbar
Questions from teacher applicants in Surabaya
What do students in Surabaya want to learn?
Quran reading leads, Arabic is next, Islamic studies follows and tahfidz closes the list. That order comes from requests sent in Sukolilo, Mulyorejo, Sambikerep, Gunung Anyar, Wiyung, Gubeng and Wonokromo. Many of our Surabaya teachers work in exactly those subjects, so a new teacher there joins an existing group, and Arabi gives no forecast of the lessons that will come your way. Tahsin has some teachers and remains open. Calligraphy is short of them.
Is a calligraphy teacher useful to Arabi in Surabaya?
Very. Calligraphy is the only subject marked as short of teachers in Surabaya, while Quran recitation, Arabic, Islamic studies and tahfidz each have many. An applicant from Ampel, Sawahan, Tandes or any other part of the city who can start a beginner on khat Naskhi and judge letter proportion would be adding something the city lacks. Tell us which districts you can reach, because there are few colleagues to share the ground with.
My home is in Sambikerep, Gunung Anyar or Wiyung. Does that help?
It does. All of them send requests, and none is among the districts that hold most of our Surabaya teachers, which are Wonocolo, Gubeng, Sukolilo, Lakarsantri, Rungkut, Mulyorejo, Wonokromo and Tambaksari. A teacher already living in Wiyung or Gunung Anyar therefore fills a gap on our map. Put your district at the top of your application, add any neighbouring ones you would cover, and mention whether you are an ustadzah, since more than half of registrations ask for one.
Does it matter which Surabaya campus I studied at?
No. Universitas Airlangga, Universitas Negeri Surabaya, UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya and Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember all appear in the backgrounds of our teachers here, yet Arabi is tied to none of those campuses. A degree from elsewhere counts the same, as does experience of teaching. What we look at is how well you know your subject, whether that is Arabic in Mulyorejo or tahfidz in Rungkut.
How do lessons and pay work for a teacher in Surabaya?
A Surabaya lesson is a visit to a household in, say, Gubeng or Wonokromo, or a call in Arabi App with a learner elsewhere in the city, and always with a single student. The hours are settled between the pair of you. Arabi pays you by the session and prints no figure here. The Arabi Method course comes ahead of your opening lesson. Since more than half of registering students here want an ustadzah, say on your form whether you are an ustadzah or an ustadz.