Teach at Amazon Valley Academy

  Brazil

• Northern Brazil: 
Belem

Length of Position: inquire for specific dates

Description: All NICS schools are accredited by accrediting associations in the States. Therefore, our schools use American curriculum and follow the American calendar. We use a variety of American-based curricula. Each of the NICS schools has an administrator and curriculum committee that determines the best curriculum and resources for their school. Just like schools in the United States, the amount of resources depends on the size of the school.

We prefer teachers who have classroom experience, at the minimum: student teaching. While most mission organizations require a teacher to have at least two years experience, NICS is willing to invest the time and effort to help you get that experience. In return, we get energetic teachers with a teachable spirit and a willingness to learn. Final decisions regarding staff placement are made by the school's administrator.

Salary depends on the school and the location. NICS has three basic types of schools, Pioneer (Start up), Transitional (Becoming an International school) and International (Established). While each school has different positive aspects that make it unique, the Pioneer and Transitional may require the raising of some support and the International schools will provide a salary. The salary is one that will allow you to live comfortably in that country. By comfortable we mean able to cover all living expenses (Apartment, utilities, clothing, food and able to go out to eat a couple of times each week and still be able to save enough money to come home for Christmas or travel during the summer break).

Highlights: The Amazon Valley Academy is located 3 km. outside the city of Belem, Para, Brazil, in the suburb of Ananindeau. Belem is on the South shore of the Amazon River and about 50 km from the Atlantic at the point where the river's tidal basin is more than 250 miles wide. Located only 1.5 degrees south of the equator, the evenings and mornings are cool (high 70's) and the afternoons are very hot, until the afternoon showers arrive. The campus is part of a walled school/housing complex of about 25 acres and consists of five school buildings, two athletic fields, a pool, 8 houses, and 8 apartments.

Belem is more than 500 years old, a Portuguese speaking city with about 1.3 million people. Belem has a rich cultural past as a Portuguese colony and amassed great wealth as the rubber capitol of the world in the early 1900's. Today, the area has mineral, oil, and lumber industries and is the center of research on the rain forest of the world. The city has excellent bus service, and the campus is only about 300 yards off the main Belem-Brasilia highway, which is the major bus route for the city.

The student body consists of international students, expatriate kids and students from Brazilian families interested in an international education. A majority of the students continue to be the children of evangelical missionaries. This core parent group provides a strong support group for the emphases on campus.

Qualifications:
* English Foreign Language: To teach adults and school age students

* English Second Language: To teach/tutor newly enrolled AVA students

* Art/English Foreign Language: To do elementary and second Art and EFL

* Elementary Education: Kindergarten and ESL

* Elementary Education: 1st, 2nd, or 3rd grade (Regular or Retired Teacher on a one or two year contract)

Experience Required: no

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

Participants Travel to Brazil Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently

Application Process Involves:

• Written Application

Post Services Include:

• Alumni Network
• Exit DebriefingAbroad
• Job and Internship Network
• Re-Entry Debriefing at Home

NICS (Network of International Christian Schools, Inc.)'s Mission Statement: The mission of NICS is to establish a worldwide network of international Christian schools staffed by qualified Christian educators, instilling in each student a Biblical world-view in an environment of academic excellence and respect for people of all cultures and religions.

Year Founded: 1984