3rd/4th Grade Teacher in Macae, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Jan 2009

  Brazil

• Rio de Janeiro: 
Rio de Janeiro

Length of Position: 1 year minimum

Description: 3rd and 4th Grade, full time teaching position working in a school environment - teachers are responsible for lesson plans, oversight of teachers' assistants, and all other areas of classroom management.

5.5 contact hours daily : using US based curricular texts and the International Primary Curriculum.

Teachers creatively develop a classroom environment that allows students ample opportunities to learn, develop critical thinking, experience, compare and contrast local culture with their country of origin, using the creative arts, humanities, and sciences as springboards to a broad and fulfilling educational experience, supporting the learning of basic and necessary academic skills.

Highlights: Macae, a city of 175,000 people, sits on Brazil's Atlantic shore, 200 km. northeast of Rio. Macae, a center for the petrolium industry, draws people from all parts of Brazil, as well as a strong international community.

Teaching at ATIVO allows staff to engage with people from many different places, with many different cultural backgrounds. The local geography encourages water sports, as well as mountain sports.

Qualifications: Openings for the 2009 (Jan - Dec) School year for certified teachers seeking an academic environment along with ESL teaching opportunities in a growing program. Candidates must be certified as elementary school teachers, with at least one year teaching experience in a public or private school.

Minimum Education: Bachelors

Salary / Pay: * Salary $R3000 per month * Housing and utilities included * Health insurance available * Airfare reimbursed at year's end *

Experience Required: yes

Minimum one year teaching experience in a public or private school.

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel to Brazil Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently

Application Process Involves:

• In-Person Interview when Feasible
• Letters of Reference
• Phone Interview
• Physical Exam/Health Records
• Resume
• Transcript
• Written Application

ATIVO-A Global School's Mission Statement: ATIVO is dedicated to providing Macae with an academic institution offering the very best in elementary and high school education. Over the last five years, ATIVO has demonstrated its strong standards and comprehensive vision and realized impressive growth, averaging over 25% per annum. In addition, ATIVO's far reaching vision has already brought Macae its first true English Immersion program, instituted and staffed by native English speaking teachers. Furthermore, ATIVO began the second phase of its International Education (a Global School) in 2006 serving the international community with programs ranging from pre-school through high school, as well as providing the best in Brazilian elementary education. ATIVO strives to lead students to become critical thinkers and establish a personal world view by gathering information from various sources, participating in discussion and the sharing of ideas, and exploring the challenges of various points of view. Students are encouraged to determine the validity of ideas by comparison & contrast and through experiential analysis.

Year Founded: 1999