Elementary school teacher from first to fourth grades - Salary and Career
Middle School Teachers in Elementary School

Elementary school teacher from first to fourth grades - Career description, activities, functions and salary

They teach classes in elementary school from 1st to 4th grade, teaching students with literacy techniques, artistic and body expression, carrying out planning activities for the school year, discussing the school's proposal, participating in the definition of the pedagogical proposal, setting goals, defining objectives and schedules and selecting content, preparing classes, researching and selecting materials and information, diagnosing students' reality and evaluating their knowledge, following the students' development process and applying assessment instruments, they can interact with the school community, seeking to raise their awareness on fundamental issues for citizenship and quality of life.

How much does an Elementary school teacher from first to fourth grades earn

A Elementary school teacher from first to fourth grades earns between $1.250 and $7.422 per month, with an average monthly salary of $2.740 and a median salary of $1.998 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 34.378 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).


Salary ranges for the Elementary school teacher from first to fourth grades

Monthly Salary Annual Salary Salary Per Week Hourly Salary
Average wage 2.740 32.876 685 19
1º Quartile 1.250 15.000 312 9
Median Salary 1.998 23.980 500 14
3º Quartile 5.661 67.927 1.415 40
Higher Salary 7.422 89.068 1.856 52


Professional job categories

  • Middle level technicians
    • lay and mid-level teachers
      • high school teachers in early childhood education, elementary school and vocational training
        • middle school teachers in elementary school

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Main workplaces

Middle School Teachers in Elementary School they work in public and private schools from the first to fourth grades of unigrade and multigrade classes. Professionals in the public network are predominantly statutory, there are municipalities that hire under the CLT regime. There are also teachers who are admitted to the public network without a competitive examination and are called occupation function occupants (OFA). In the private network, they are employed with a formal contract. They work in pedagogical teams, with permanent supervision, indoors and during daytime hours.


What does it take to work in the field of Middle School Teachers in Elementary School

The exercise of this occupation requires training at a professional level in teaching. As of 2007, the minimum training requirement will be a complete higher education degree.


Functions and activities of Elementary school teacher from first to fourth grades

Middle School Teachers in Elementary School must:

  • diagnose students' reality;
  • minister class;
  • planning the academic year;
  • evaluate students;
  • awareness of the school community;
  • diagnose the students' reality;
  • raise the school community;
  • raising awareness of the school community;
  • plan the school year;
  • prepare lesson;
  • plan the academic year;
  • teaching class;
  • communicate;
  • demonstrate personal skills;
  • prepare class;
  • teaching classes;
  • diagnosing students' reality;
  • diagnose the reality of students;
  • raising awareness in the school community;
  • raise school community awareness;

  • Activities

    • participate in meetings with coordination and board;
    • check material;
    • consult the report of the previous year's class;
    • fill call list;
    • mediating conflicts;
    • delivering lectures;
    • participating in the definition of the pedagogical proposal;
    • dramatizing situations;
    • select recreational activities;
    • fill out class diary;
    • debate ideas and themes;
    • fill report cards;
    • define extracurricular activities and events;
    • review contents;
    • expose orally;
    • overcoming adverse situations;
    • passing homework;
    • show patience;
    • monitor the student development process;
    • fill in evaluation report;
    • apply assessment tools;
    • request material;
    • demonstrate consistency;
    • search information;
    • develop projects;
    • reply to communications;
    • interpreting cognition pretest results;
    • fill in records;
    • maintain discipline;
    • make material;
    • demonstrate versatility;
    • distributing material;
    • demonstrate discernment;
    • view student calendar;
    • recycle material;
    • demonstrate impartiality;
    • systemize material and information;
    • set schedule;
    • work as a team;
    • praise student progress;
    • evaluate participation;
    • charge tasks;
    • telling stories;
    • apply body expression techniques;
    • identify the family reality;
    • performing recreational activities;
    • select content;
    • demonstrate self-confidence;
    • fill in cards (concepts, notes);
    • call parents of students;
    • search for material (publishers, internet);
    • clarify doubts;
    • request support from guidance or coordination;
    • exchange information and experiences with colleagues, community, students and coordination;
    • provide board subsidies;
    • send announcements;
    • select textbooks;
    • select textbooks;
    • evaluate planning;
    • elaborate assessment instruments;
    • participate in professional and community events and meetings;
    • integrating families into the school community;
    • serve parents of students;
    • discuss the school proposal;
    • set goals;
    • evaluate behavior;
    • mediate teaching and learning;
    • correct assessment instruments;
    • demonstrate sociability;
    • define strategies;
    • work in a group;
    • develop lesson plan;
    • discussing concepts of conduct;
    • participate in meetings;
    • select material;
    • interact with the group;
    • provide information about support professionals;
    • teaching artistic techniques;
    • define assessment methods;
    • define teaching material;
    • participating in the elaboration of rules of conduct;
    • apply questionnaires;
    • get organized;
    • interviewing parents and students;
    • perform supporting readings;
    • serve as a conduct reference;
    • participate in councils;
    • adopting disciplinary measures;
    • exchange ideas with previous year's teacher;
    • demonstrate creativity;
    • self-control;
    • diagnose students' prior knowledge;
    • buy material;
    • mediate self-correction activities;
    • observe students;
    • visit places for studies;
    • demonstrate dynamism;
    • refer students to support professionals (psychologists, pedagogues, speech therapists);


    Sectors that hire Elementary school teacher from first to fourth grades the most in the job market

    • general public administration
    • elementary school
    • child education - pre-school
    • high school
    • welfare services without accommodation
    • child education - day care
    • other teaching activities
    • activities of associations for the defense of social rights
    • technical level vocational education
    • higher education - undergraduate and postgraduate




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