Hi all! Anyone teaching in Brazil who could provide me with some information, please?
I am a Brazilian citizen who has been living abroad for 5 years and is considering moving back to teach at international schools. but I am not quite sure if I fit the desired profile, so I have a few questions:
Do international schools there hire Brazilian teachers at all?
Is native-level performance a must? Although I am fluent, have spent 5 years of my life speaking exclusively in English (3 of them in a native-speaking country) and have a C2 cert, I do not sound exactly like a native speaker. I do not have the traditional Brazilian accent, but I do not sound like an L1 speaker either. Is this a problem?
A bit about my professional and academic experience: I have a History degree with a teaching licence from the #1 university in Latin America, have worked as a programme coordinator at Trinity College Dublin (#1 university in Ireland) and am finishing a binational MA in European Studies in the Netherlands and Sweden at high-quality institutions with an Erasmus Mundus scholarship. My MA thesis is on English teaching and learning in multicultural contexts. I taught at social exam preparation courses for 2 years in Brazil (“cursinhos populares”) and recently completed a 6-month internship at an American school in Barcelona. I have also worked as a cultural analyst at one of the main cultural institutions in Brazil (Sesc) and joined some educational projects from the EU. I have no experience as a full-time school teacher yet, and no CELTA or IB certs. Is it delusional to give it a try? Am I qualified enough to at least apply for vacancies?
Do international schools in Brazil follow the Brazilian academic year (February to July and August to December), or the Northern Hemisphere academic year, starting in September?
What is the average salary?
Sorry for asking so many questions, I just want to know if I have a real chance. Thank you so much!