Portuguese language teacher in the written modality (special education) - Career description, activities, functions and salary

How much does an Portuguese language teacher in the written modality (special education) earn

A Portuguese language teacher in the written modality (special education) earns between $1.453 and $4.719 per month, with an average monthly salary of $2.285 and a median salary of $2.025 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 314 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).

Professional job categories

• Science and arts professionals
• • teaching professionals
• • • other teaching professionals not previously rated
• • • • special education teachers

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Main workplaces

Special Education Teachers they work in teaching, health and social services, research and development, recreational, cultural and sporting activities and public administration, defense and social security. They are statutory or registered employees, work both individually and in an interdisciplinary team, with occasional supervision, indoors and during daytime hours. Eventually, they work in uncomfortable positions for long periods, in some activities they can work under pressure, leading them to a stressful situation. They may also be exposed to loud noise, unsanitary conditions and physical aggression.

What does it take to work in the field of Special Education Teachers

The exercise of these occupations requires higher education in the area of education, with courses or specializations in the area of special education.

Functions and activities of Portuguese language teacher in the written modality (special education)

Special Education Teachers must:

Activities

direct institutions serving students with special learning needs;
participate in area associations;
delivering work orientation classes;
evaluate students' expressive communication;
produce videotapes with subtitles and sign language;
elaborate records of student progress;
demonstrate leadership ability;
register grades and contents in class diaries;
prepares the community to use orientation and mobility techniques;
identify students' learning needs;
indicate institutions for vocational education practices;
deliver lectures and courses;
participate in the assessment of students' expressive communication;
teaching contents of curricular subjects;
select activities and physical and material resources;
demonstrate ability to work with differences;
develop essential stimulation projects;
master braille;
participate in health and education forums;
plan curriculum components according to year/cycle;
disseminate sign language to the community;
disseminate written sign language to the community;
teaching portuguese language;
prepare teachers for inclusion classes;
mastering content and methodologies in the area;
preparing the community to interact with people with special educational needs;
disclose the results of research projects;
participating in the activities of the sensory integration program;
teaching the activities of autonomous living;
establish partnerships with families;
provide advice to the school community;
grant interviews to the mass media;
prepare visual cues for contextualizing environments;
demonstrate ability to study and research;
assess beginner student knowledge;
search written sign language;
teaching the use of reference objects;
create material in brazilian sign language (libras) and portuguese language;
research visual and spatial experience of deaf and deafblind people;
work in educational rehabilitation programs;
teaching work orientation classes;
guiding work in the reading room;
prepare self-contract materials;
participate in the preparation of newsletters on forms of communication;
research the use of technologies;
prepare reports;
prepare the sign language interpreter to work in the teaching modalities;
training an interpreter guide for the deaf and blind;
evaluate receptive student communication;
search for special education topics;
transcribe students' braille texts in ink;
demonstrate ability to manage educational establishments;
prepare deaf instructors to work in teaching modalities;
evaluate the linguistic performance of the deaf;
apply the legislation on the rights of people with special learning needs;
demonstrate ability to direct educational establishments;
establish partnerships with multidisciplinary teams;
develop projects with non-school institutions;
participate in school inclusion programs;
participate in the elaboration of the teaching plan;
develop projects for the care of young people and adults;
guiding volunteers for special education in communities;
forward the student to training in companies;
participate in pedagogical meetings;
master different forms of communication;
demonstrate ability to recognize own limitations;
correcting student work;
participate in category associations;
assess beginner student's knowledge;
teaching to organize reference objects to anticipate daily activities;
coordinate course;
demonstrate flexibility;
plan activities based on the visual experience of students;
record texts in different media (tapes, multimedia etc);
develop educational assistance programs;
adapt the curriculum to the needs of students;
demonstrate ability to motivate others;
transcribe texts in ink into braille;
prepare instructors to work in the professional training of the apprentice;
study approaches to augmentative and alternative communication;
adapt the curriculum to the students' needs;
participate in research projects;
transcribe texts in enlarged types;
make didactic-pedagogical materials;
create didactic-pedagogical materials;
organize exhibitions of student work;
coordinate course;
evaluate project results;
elaborate proposals for teaching portuguese as a second language ;
teaching the use of soroban for mathematical calculations;
prepare materials with motor and postural adaptations;
forward student to regular education;
demonstrate ability to work in a team;
research language acquisition strategies;
analyze bibliographies on syndromes and pathologies;
participate in the planning of school-family integration activities -community;
teaching activities of daily living (adl);
demonstrate planning ability;
participate in the organization of events on prevention;
demonstrate ability to interpret sign language;
teaching curriculum contents in sign language and portuguese;
developing professional activities with students;
develop research projects;
plan individual educational intervention programs;
participate in the assessment of students' receptive communication;
evaluate school performance;
search bibliography on syndromes and pathologies;
demonstrate creativity;
performing recreational activities aimed at socio-affective interaction;
participate in class councils;
develop visual material for students;
planning extracurricular activities;
forward students to specific assessments;
direct institutions that serve students with special learning needs;
create materials for alternative communication;
develop assistance programs for young people and adults;
elaborate essential stimulation projects;
participate in the preparation of information on prevention;
study the proposals of educational legislation;
prepare instructors to work in the apprentice's professional training;
working with computer language resources;
work in essential stimulation programs;
indicate institutions for professional education practices;
forward the student to the job market;
plan extracurricular activities;
demonstrate tolerance;
research bibliography on syndromes and pathologies;
assess students' learning styles and paces;
working with augmentative and alternative communication;
forward the student to protected, vocational or occupational workshops;
analyze pedagogical proposals;
proceed ethically;
participate in the process of evaluating the student's psychomotor and cognitive aspects;
demonstrate observation skills;
elaborate codes of social interaction;
adapt teaching games in braille and in enlarged types;
develop assistance programs for youth and adults;
preparing the community to use braille;
demonstrate ability to articulate different realities;
participate in the activities of the sensory integration program;
demonstrate the ability to articulate different realities;
elaborate a lesson plan;
participate in the evaluation process of the student's psychomotor and cognitive aspects;
prepare functional activities that involve the community;
contribute to the elaboration of magazines, newspapers and newsletters;
pedagogically coordinate institutions serving students with special learning needs;
performing activities for orientation and mobility;
teaching recreational activities;
demonstrate improvisational skills;
analyze the results of assessments of professionals from other areas;
teaching work orientation classes;
participate in the preparation of texts on topics in the area;
work in educational qualification programs;
implement educational assistance programs;
elaborate assessment instruments;
developing activities of the different curricular components in libras and portuguese;
provide specialized pedagogical support services in different teaching modalities ;
perform pedagogical and cultural activities in hospitals;
prepare professionals for educational work in hospitals;
work on the theme of prejudice in different types of events;
master sign language;
develop functional activities that involve the community;
define school contents;
participate in lectures and courses;
evaluate student learning styles and paces;
demonstrate pedagogical coordination capacity of educational establishments;
create textures, reliefs that convey knowledge;
guiding student internships;
demonstrate ability to manage frustrations;
alphabetizing in braille;
elaborate projects to assist young people and adults;
demonstrate ability to work with individualized teaching;
study the written language of sign language;
analyze new theories for practical implementation;
plan the evaluation of the teaching-learning process;
search sign language;
participate in the organization of seminars, forums and other events;
participate in the elaboration of the school curriculum;
monitoring student training in companies;
teaching portuguese as a second language;

Sectors that hire Portuguese language teacher in the written modality (special education) the most in the job market

• activities of associations for the defense of social rights
• general public administration
• elementary school
• other teaching activities
• welfare services without accommodation
• child education - pre-school
• psychosocial assistance to people with psychic disorders, mental disability and chemical dependency
• child education - day care
• higher education - undergraduate and postgraduate
• high school