Brazil - ETP/ESL Certificate Program

  Brazil

• Sao Paulo: 
Sao Paulo
• Salvador: 
Salvador
• Northern Brazil: 
Fortaleza,  Manaus,  Joao Pessoa,  Recife,  Olinda,  Santarem
• Southern Brazil: 
Florianopolis,  Vitoria,  Curitiba,  Brasilia,  Pirenopolis,  Santos,  Campinas,  Campo Grande,  Alphaville,  Bauru,  Canoas,  Cuiaba,  Goiania,  Diamantina,  Rosario da Limeira,  Lins,  Rio Grande

Term: Academic Year, Throughout the year 
Length of Position: Minimum of 6 and maximum of 12 months.

Description: Internship is supervised by IICA assistants and Academic Coordinator. Trainees while in the program should submit to IICA's Headquarters monthly activities forms, initial adjustment survey, arrival questionnaire, host-check and trainees-check each two months, and must write after 20 days of arrival the teaching/training objectives. They will then describe plans and what they will do to develop a nice job in order to help host-schools levels of teaching.

Through the forms trainees submit every month, they will gain a certain amount of credits which will be given to them as soon as the forms arrive so they can coordinate and control their score and see how their performance is doing. The trainee-teachers should be interested in giving suggestions to School's Director of Courses such as what would work better for the student's learning.

IICA will send weekly, special magazines and other publications to trainees to be updates and have new ideas and learn new techniques about teaching English to foreigners. Academic Dep't. of IICA will send regular online lessons via email so trainees could improve in classes day by day.

Highlights: Highlights are several, and experiences the trainee face sometimes are for lifetime and unforgettable. There are trainees who arrive and gets shocked with his placement and the city he will live in. Some are placed in remote city in the Amazon and have a fun experience in taking boats to go to places, fishing, going into the jungle and have a fantastic experience with wild animals, etc. Trainees will also find friendly people to live with since Brazilians are simple, modest and humble. Food is also found strange by many but they eventually get used to exotic Brazilian dishes. It is also interesting and very usual to see that many trainees fall in love with a Brazilian girl and get married to them!

A trainee must be prepared to see things he does not expect to see. Indeed, to be a trainee-teacher in Brazil is a very amazing experience - one you are not likely to forget! Many of the participants try to get an extension of their Visa when they finish their program but unfortunately the stay cannot be longer than 12 months.

Come to Brazil through ETP/ESL program and have a fun and lifetime experience!

Qualifications: IICA - offers to recent graduate students from any University or College, graduate of any course, a supervised intership program to those who want practice in Teaching English as a Second Language and have in mind a qualified teaching career. Trainees shoud be open minded, outgoing with a positive outlook in life, mature with a flexible mind, willing to cooperate with students of English, patient and accept a modest new way of life. Trainees are assigned to teach about 22 classes per week. Sundays and holidays are off. Participants will have chances to attend seminars, trainings, travels, and make new friends. At conclusion of program they get their ETP/ESL Certificate awarded by IICA and recognized by major important centers of English as a second language in the USA and Europe. To be eligible for the Certificate a minimum of 70 credits is required at termination. Trainees will earn a scholarship of R$ 660 monthly plus full boarding and transportation for going to the school. Portuguese lessons are normally taken by all trainees as part of their program. To participate you must have an experience of at least 6 months teaching or tutoring students of English or other language.

Cost in US$: USD$ 1.540,00

Salary / Pay: Allowance of R$ 660.00 monthly (Brazilian Currency). Domestic flight from Sao Paulo to the host-school site.

Experience Required: yes

Applicants must have an experience of at least 6 months in teaching or tutoring students at any language learning school.

This Program is open to American, Australian, Canadian, European and South African Participants.

Participants Travel to Brazil Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently

Application Process Involves:

• Letters of Reference
• Resume
• Transcript
• Written Application

Post Services Include:

• Alumni Network
• Job and Internship Network

IICA - Instituto de Intercambios e Cultura Americana's Mission Statement: Instituto de Intercambios e Cultura Americana (IICA) - ETP/ESL Certificate Program is an educational and non-profit organization founded in 1965. Equal opportunity is committed to the policy that all persons from the eligible countries shall have equal access to its programs, facilities and participation without regard to race, creed, religion etc. The Program offers an opportunity to graduate students from any English speaking countries to come to Brazil for a supervised internship program to teach English in one of the several partner schools IICA has throughout Brazil. To learn Portuguese and other cultural backgound are also part of the program.

Year Founded: 1965