Portuguese teacher - Salary, Career

How much does an Portuguese teacher earn

A Portuguese teacher earns between $1.053 and $12.948 per month, with an average monthly salary of $3.935 and a median salary of $2.279 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 1.850 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).

Salary ranges for the Portuguese teacher
	Monthly Salary	Annual Salary	Salary Per Week	Hourly Salary
Average wage	3.935	47.226	984	32
1º Quartile	1.053	12.635	263	9
Median Salary	2.279	27.351	570	18
3º Quartile	9.875	118.497	2.469	80
Higher Salary	12.948	155.377	3.237	105

Professional job categories

Science and arts professionals
- teaching professionals
- - higher education teachers
- - - teachers in higher education language and literature

Related Positions:

Main workplaces

Teachers in higher education language and literature the positions of this CBO family perform their functions in institutions and establishments whose activities are related to teaching, culture and research and development. Generally, they are hired as salaried workers, with a formal contract, work individually, in pairs and in work teams, carry out activities with occasional supervision, in closed environments, usually during the day, the exercise of work can occur from face-to-face and in a distance learning system. Professionals in some of the occupations may be subject to stress and may be exposed to the action of intense noise.

What does it take to work in the field of Teachers in higher education language and literature

These occupations are performed by people with higher education in the area of letters, usually postgraduates. For the full exercise of the functions, no professional experience is required, except for the occupations of professors of philology and textual criticism and professors of comparative literature. Admission to professional practice in public universities is by tender.

Functions and activities of Portuguese teacher

Teachers in higher education language and literature must:

render advice and consultancy;

teaching classes, courses, seminars in the areas of language, linguistics and literature;

perform pedagogical-administrative activities;

perform research in the areas of language, linguistics and literature;

orient students;

guide students;

conduct research in the areas of language, linguistics and literature;

provide advice and consultancy;

provide advisory and consulting;

disseminating scientific knowledge;

perform assessment activities;

provide advisory and consultancy;

carry out research in the areas of language, linguistics and literature;

organize knowledge production in the area;

organizing the production of knowledge in the area;

organize the production of knowledge in the area;

perform research in the fields of language, linguistics and literature;

provide assistance and consultancy;

perform professional qualification activities;

advise students;

demonstrate personal competences;

divulgar scientific knowledge;

disseminate scientific knowledge;

organizing knowledge production in the area;

provide advice and consultancy;

demonstrate personal skills;

minister classes, courses, seminars in the areas of language, linguistics and literature;

delivering classes, courses, seminars in the areas of language, linguistics and literature;

advising students;

Activities

participate in an academic and scientific award jury;

evaluate the course's pedagogical project;

evaluate the development of students in the course;

discuss curricular proposals;

relate theory and practice;

update your academic career;

promoting seminars, lectures, among others, on specific topics;

participate in the correction of exams;

participate in examining boards (tcc, me, do, etc.);

indicate bibliography;

work as a team;

proceed with ethics in interpersonal and professional relationships;

select texts for study;

discussing social and cultural issues, in class;

elaborate language and literature textbooks;

discussing the use of the language front to economic, social and political demands;

elaborate didactic and paradidactic material;

discussing the use of language front to economic, social and political demands;

promote extension courses for companies, unions, ngos etc.;

assemble a research team;

master the historical-theoretical-methodological foundations of the area;

participate in boards;

guide course completion papers - tcc;

plan and implement curriculum;

orient scientific initiation work;

organize didactic editions for language teaching;

define syllabus;

plan budget;

study new technologies to support teaching;

promoting the study of texts;

discussing the application of the study of language in professional practice;

promote scientific and cultural exchanges;

discuss student production results;

participate in discussions about the area, via the internet;

organizing anthologies;

develop projects;

demonstrate ability to interact with students;

publish works;

develop scientific working methodologies;

organize didactic editions of literary works;

writing preface, afterwords, introductions, ears and back covers;

elaborate opinions for research funding bodies;

organize anthologies;

update yourself in academic career;

supervise internships;

orient monitoring work;

present papers at scientific conferences;

demonstrate leadership ability;

organize literary competitions;

elaborate a master's thesis;

provide assistance to educational institutions;

elaborate opinions for publishers;

organize and edit scientific publications;

organize schedules, schedules, etc;

elaborate master's thesis;

perform a bibliographic survey;

suggest translations, publications, etc., for publishers;

carry out interdisciplinary studies;

orient students in the presentation of work;

guide course completion works - tcc;

supervise master's dissertations;

develop language proficiency exams;

orient specialization work;

provide financial resources for research;

update bibliographic collection of the area in the institution;

advise course completion projects - tcc;

evaluate national course exam;

publish translations of texts;

participate in national and international academic, scientific and cultural events;

make scientific production available via printed, electronic and digital media;

analyze data and research materials;

elaborate opinions for scientific publications;

advise course completion papers - tcc;

prepare course programs;

demonstrate reflective ability;

translate texts;

analyze communication processes in institutions;

assess reading and comprehension of oral and written texts;

establish assessment criteria;

evaluate teaching, research and extension activities;

elaborate notes and book reviews;

plan and implement curricula;

relate specific knowledge of the area to sociocultural issues;

exercise positions of leadership, direction, supervision and coordination;

develop extension courses for companies, unions, ngos, etc.;

evaluate curriculum;

structuring pedagogical projects in the area;

proceed ethically in interpersonal and professional relationships;

participate in the preparation of curricular proposals;

represent peers in committees external to the institution;

perform interdisciplinary studies;

prepare reports and monographs;

elaborating literary criticism;

conduct theoretical-methodological discussions with the students;

orient specialization works;

organize critical editions;

organizing diplomatic issues;

to prepare language proficiency exams;

writing entries;

make didactic-pedagogical knowledge available, via printed, electronic and digital means;

elaborate a doctoral thesis;

prepare exams for competitions (vestibular, admission, selection of teachers, etc.);

articulate knowledge of different areas;

update in academic career;

perform publishing activities;

perform theoretical-methodological discussions;

perform self-assessment;

suggest purchase of materials for language laboratory, computer science, etc;

demonstrate instrumental mastery of a foreign language;

writing preface, afterwords, introductions, ears and back covers;

demonstrate ability for analysis and synthesis;

make scientific production available, via printed, electronic and digital media;

promoting interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary studies;

schedule language laboratory activities and informatics;

advising doctoral theses;

update syllabus;

promoting inter and transdisciplinary studies;

work as a team;

structuring pedagogical projects in the area;

prepare assessment instruments;

organize linguistic atlases;

stimulate critical thinking in students;

advise doctoral theses;

follow specialization, improvement, extension courses, etc;

provide didactic-pedagogical knowledge, via printed, electronic and digital means;

collect data and materials for research;

demonstrate ability to analyze and synthesize;

participate in national and international scientific and cultural exchanges;

promote seminars, lectures, among others, on specific topics;

distribute disciplines;

promote extension courses for companies, unions, ngos, etc.;

participate in a cultural award jury;

orient specialization works;

participate in examining boards (tcc, me, do etc.);

analyze the interrelationship between verbal and non-verbal forms of language;

perform proofreading of texts and translations;

give individual assistance to students;

demonstrate ability to transmit scientific knowledge, clearly;

participate in committees to establish evaluation criteria for tenders;

elaborate opinions for research funding agencies;

promoting studies on interrelationships of different languages;

write texts related to research;

elaborate literary criticism;

organizing literary competitions;

promoting the study of texts;

demonstrate capacity for analysis and synthesis;

assess the reading and comprehension of oral and written texts;

suggest the purchase of materials for language laboratory, computer science, etc;

develop postdoctoral activities;

provide advice to educational institutions;

develop and implement extension projects;

develop language and literature textbooks;

study new technologies to support research;

advise master's dissertations;

elaborate glossaries;

provide advice to public bodies;

select didactic and paradidactic material ( books, tapes, videos etc);

participate in meetings of research lines and groups;

analyze methodological principles of the area;

delivering distance learning courses ;

perform text review and translations;

perform bibliographic update;

assess student needs;

research the use of new technologies to support the area;

organizing didactic editions for language teaching;

advise scientific initiation work;

participate in the organization of examining boards;

organizing linguistic atlases;

conduct seminars to discuss partial research results;

schedule research activities;

evaluate the written production of students;

organize scientific and cultural events;

hold lectures, conferences, etc;

schedule the use of support;

elaborate dictionaries;

provide assistance to research funding agencies;

disclose student production;

Sectors that hire Portuguese teacher the most in the job market

elementary school
high school
child education - pre-school
general public administration
child education - day care
other teaching activities
activities of associations for the defense of social rights
higher education - undergraduate and postgraduate
preparatory courses for contests
technical level vocational education

Portuguese teacher - Career description, activities, functions and salary