Elementary school substitute teacher (first to fourth grade) - Salary and Career
Teachers at tertiary level in elementary schools (first to fourth grades)

Elementary school substitute teacher (first to fourth grade) - Career description, activities, functions and salary

They teach classes (communication and expression, social integration and initiation to science) in the first four grades of elementary school. They prepare classes, make bureaucratic and pedagogical records, participate in the elaboration of the pedagogical project, plan the course according to educational guidelines. They act in administrative and pedagogical meetings, organize social, cultural and pedagogical events and activities. For the development of activities, they constantly use communication skills.

How much does an Elementary school substitute teacher (first to fourth grade) earn

A Elementary school substitute teacher (first to fourth grade) earns between $907 and $6.120 per month, with an average monthly salary of $2.215 and a median salary of $1.548 according to an Averwage.com salary survey along with to data of professionals hired and fired by companies in the labor market.

Our research is based on the salaries of 23.114 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).


Salary ranges for the Elementary school substitute teacher (first to fourth grade)

Monthly Salary Annual Salary Salary Per Week Hourly Salary
Average wage 2.215 26.585 554 15
1º Quartile 907 10.884 227 6
Median Salary 1.548 18.580 387 11
3º Quartile 4.668 56.011 1.167 32
Higher Salary 6.120 73.443 1.530 42


Professional job categories

  • Science and arts professionals
    • teaching professionals
      • teachers of higher education in early childhood education and elementary school
        • teachers at tertiary level in elementary schools (first to fourth grades)

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Main workplaces

Teachers at tertiary level in elementary schools (first to fourth grades) they work with children, adolescents and adults, in communities with diverse cultural and social contexts, in schools and educational institutions of the federal, state, municipal and private networks, NGOs, etc., as statutory or formal employees. They work individually and in teams, under supervision, predominantly in urban areas, both in spaces specially designed for teaching and in improvised environments, at regular and variable hours. In some activities, some professionals may be subject to special working conditions, such as staying in uncomfortable positions for prolonged periods, exposure to noise and the wear and tear resulting from the intensive use of the voice.


What does it take to work in the field of Teachers at tertiary level in elementary schools (first to fourth grades)

The exercise of these occupations requires higher education in the specific area of education and public service, in the case of public schools.


Functions and activities of Elementary school substitute teacher (first to fourth grade)

Teachers at tertiary level in elementary schools (first to fourth grades) must:

  • plan course according to educational guidelines;
  • prepare lessons;
  • prepare classes;
  • assess students;
  • evaluate students;
  • minister classes;
  • participate in the development of the pedagogical project;
  • organize social, cultural and pedagogical events and activities;
  • teaching classes;
  • make pedagogical bureaucratic records;
  • organizing social, cultural and pedagogical events and activities;
  • acting in administrative and pedagogical meetings;
  • ministrar classes;
  • work in administrative and pedagogical meetings;
  • demonstrate personal skills;
  • communicate;
  • rating students;
  • plan the course according to educational guidelines;

  • Activities

    • register contents and activities taught;
    • apply different assessment tools;
    • organizing visits to cultural spaces;
    • define teaching methodologies;
    • work content according to the social problems of students;
    • dialogue with students;
    • prepare an observation script for students;
    • notify parents of student status;
    • master the written modality of the language;
    • follow class and grade council meetings;
    • suggest teaching methodologies;
    • explore content according to the maturity and diversity of the class;
    • characterize the qualitative and quantitative demand of the students;
    • shaping the pedagogical project to the physical space and vice versa;
    • display student work during class;
    • guide the student in artistic and bodily activities;
    • proceed with ethics and morals;
    • monitor the stages of the student's cognitive and social development;
    • request authorization from the school administration to hold the event;
    • determine lesson objective;
    • guide the student in the process of building concepts of natural sciences;
    • propose activities aimed at preventing the use of drugs and sexually transmitted diseases (stds);
    • plan the periodic activities of the area;
    • propose oral communication activities to the student;
    • register students' concepts and grades;
    • guide the student in the process of reading and writing construction;
    • propose problem situations to students;
    • create parallel reinforcement activity;
    • list research sources for the student;
    • disclose the school's production in the community;
    • exercise authority with discretion;
    • propose work and activities;
    • request parental authorization for student participation in events;
    • suggest ways for teacher qualification;
    • disclose student work;
    • discussing scientific content with students;
    • convening rules of coexistence;
    • monitor group work;
    • schedule the meeting agenda;
    • note anomalous occurrences;
    • guide the student in the process of building mathematical concepts;
    • guide the student in the process of building the notions of time and space;
    • raise the cognitive and social profile of students;
    • report to the relevant authorities;
    • establish general and specific course objectives;
    • employing parallel recovery activities;
    • review contents;
    • apply student self-assessment instruments;
    • monitor the stages of the student's perceptual-motor development;
    • adapt content for different grades of the same class (multigrade classes);
    • relate the contents to the transversal themes;
    • create activities according to the content and objectives;
    • assigning grades/grades to student development;
    • guide the student to attitudes of social interaction;
    • establish a schedule of activities;
    • create activities according to content and objectives;
    • analyze didactic and paradidactic material;
    • interact with the school community;
    • search for didactic and paradidactic material;
    • instructing students to participate in events;
    • outline the objectives of the events;
    • set evaluation criteria;
    • guiding the student in artistic and bodily activities;
    • work in teacher meetings;
    • track daily student work;
    • adjust the pedagogical project to the type of student;
    • maintain affective bonds with students;
    • proceed with clarity;
    • register scheduled and given classes;
    • define teaching strategies;
    • relate contents to transversal themes;
    • relate content to the personal and regional diversity of students;
    • select didactic material;
    • opinion on pedagogical proposals;
    • disclose school events;
    • report school dropout;
    • create didactic material;
    • reflect on the qualitative and quantitative aspects of assessments;
    • prepare instruments for recording the event;
    • disseminate the school's production in the community;
    • correct student work;
    • adjust class planning;
    • talk to the students' parents;
    • establish evaluation strategies;
    • consult educational legislation;
    • suggest general and specific objectives;
    • contact institutions to enable activities;
    • write a report on students with problems;
    • start the student in the coding and symbolization process;
    • forming groups to act in events;
    • register student attendance;
    • working on family and citizenship concepts;
    • communicate with different age groups;
    • integrate personal pedagogical proposals into the school project;
    • establish student recovery strategies;
    • express yourself in various language levels;
    • define transversal and interdisciplinary themes;
    • register the results of the teaching-learning process;
    • prepare the schedule of events;
    • to shape the pedagogical project to the physical space and vice versa;
    • suggest projects for the school community;
    • set assessment objectives;
    • update yourself;
    • show teamwork ability;
    • establish minimum content per grade;
    • fill out descriptive sheets;
    • organizing lectures;
    • evaluate student achievement in events;
    • work in school assemblies and school councils;
    • discussing concepts of religiosity;
    • propose different activities based on the same theme;
    • choose topics for meetings;
    • proceed with creativity;
    • work in parents' meetings;
    • produce didactic material;
    • exchange experiences with peers and experts;
    • work in periodic planning meetings;


    Sectors that hire Elementary school substitute teacher (first to fourth grade) the most in the job market

    • elementary school
    • child education - pre-school
    • general public administration
    • child education - day care
    • high school
    • activities of associations for the defense of social rights
    • welfare services without accommodation
    • associative activities
    • other teaching activities
    • activities of associative organizations linked to culture and art




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