Spanish literature teacher - Salary and Career
Teachers in higher education language and literature

Spanish literature teacher - Career description, activities, functions and salary

They teach classes, courses and seminars and carry out research in the areas of linguistics and literature, guide students, carry out pedagogical-administrative, assessment and professional qualification activities, organize the production of knowledge in the area, disseminate scientific knowledge, provide advice and consultancy.

How much does an Spanish literature teacher earn

A Spanish literature teacher earns between $282 and $17.073 per month, with an average monthly salary of $4.115 and a median salary of $1.556 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 10 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).


Salary ranges for the Spanish literature teacher

Monthly Salary Annual Salary Salary Per Week Hourly Salary
Average wage 4.115 49.380 1.029 62
1º Quartile 282 3.380 70 4
Median Salary 1.556 18.675 389 24
3º Quartile 13.021 156.248 3.255 197
Higher Salary 17.073 204.877 4.268 259


Professional job categories

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

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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 Spanish literature teacher

Teachers in higher education language and literature must:

  • demonstrate personal skills;
  • conduct research in the areas of language, linguistics and literature;
  • provide advisory and consultancy;
  • provide advice and consultancy;
  • perform research in the fields of language, linguistics and literature;
  • perform pedagogical-administrative activities;
  • perform research in the areas of language, linguistics and literature;
  • advise students;
  • provide advisory and consulting;
  • perform assessment activities;
  • render advice and consultancy;
  • advising students;
  • organize knowledge production in the area;
  • organizing knowledge production in the area;
  • carry out research in the areas of language, linguistics and literature;
  • orient students;
  • divulgar scientific knowledge;
  • minister classes, courses, seminars in the areas of language, linguistics and literature;
  • guide students;
  • disseminate scientific knowledge;
  • delivering classes, courses, seminars in the areas of language, linguistics and literature;
  • organizing the production of knowledge in the area;
  • demonstrate personal competences;
  • teaching classes, courses, seminars in the areas of language, linguistics and literature;
  • organize the production of knowledge in the area;
  • disseminating scientific knowledge;
  • provide advice and consultancy;
  • perform professional qualification activities;
  • provide assistance and consultancy;

  • Activities

    • orient specialization works;
    • supervise master's dissertations;
    • conduct theoretical-methodological discussions with the students;
    • to prepare language proficiency exams;
    • publish translations of texts;
    • provide advice to public bodies;
    • perform text review and translations;
    • suggest translations, publications, etc., for publishers;
    • make didactic-pedagogical knowledge available, via printed, electronic and digital means;
    • orient scientific initiation work;
    • perform a bibliographic survey;
    • elaborate literary criticism;
    • organize and edit scientific publications;
    • participate in boards;
    • participate in examining boards (tcc, me, do etc.);
    • schedule research activities;
    • evaluate the development of students in the course;
    • evaluate the written production of students;
    • advise master's dissertations;
    • writing entries;
    • discussing social and cultural issues, in class;
    • distribute disciplines;
    • demonstrate capacity for analysis and synthesis;
    • select didactic and paradidactic material ( books, tapes, videos etc);
    • elaborate opinions for research funding agencies;
    • advise course completion papers - tcc;
    • master the historical-theoretical-methodological foundations of the area;
    • exercise positions of leadership, direction, supervision and coordination;
    • guide course completion works - tcc;
    • elaborate didactic and paradidactic material;
    • participate in committees to establish evaluation criteria for tenders;
    • participate in a cultural award jury;
    • participate in the organization of examining boards;
    • elaborate opinions for publishers;
    • perform publishing activities;
    • plan budget;
    • demonstrate reflective ability;
    • demonstrate leadership ability;
    • assess the reading and comprehension of oral and written texts;
    • organize scientific and cultural events;
    • evaluate the course's pedagogical project;
    • promote seminars, lectures, among others, on specific topics;
    • participate in national and international scientific and cultural exchanges;
    • make scientific production available, via printed, electronic and digital media;
    • organizing anthologies;
    • advise course completion projects - tcc;
    • hold lectures, conferences, etc;
    • elaborate a doctoral thesis;
    • orient monitoring work;
    • develop scientific working methodologies;
    • conduct seminars to discuss partial research results;
    • discussing the use of language front to economic, social and political demands;
    • organizing diplomatic issues;
    • advise scientific initiation work;
    • elaborate notes and book reviews;
    • elaborate opinions for scientific publications;
    • provide assistance to research funding agencies;
    • develop language and literature textbooks;
    • organizing literary competitions;
    • give individual assistance to students;
    • advise doctoral theses;
    • discuss curricular proposals;
    • make scientific production available via printed, electronic and digital media;
    • discussing the application of the study of language in professional practice;
    • organizing linguistic atlases;
    • structuring pedagogical projects in the area;
    • delivering distance learning courses ;
    • participate in the preparation of curricular proposals;
    • perform bibliographic update;
    • demonstrate ability for analysis and synthesis;
    • update your academic career;
    • supervise internships;
    • assemble a research team;
    • participate in examining boards (tcc, me, do, etc.);
    • demonstrate ability to transmit scientific knowledge, clearly;
    • promoting studies on interrelationships of different languages;
    • participate in the correction of exams;
    • proceed with ethics in interpersonal and professional relationships;
    • promoting interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary studies;
    • orient specialization work;
    • orient specialization works;
    • research the use of new technologies to support the area;
    • schedule language laboratory activities and informatics;
    • organize didactic editions of literary works;
    • elaborate opinions for research funding bodies;
    • guide course completion papers - tcc;
    • plan and implement curriculum;
    • develop and implement extension projects;
    • participate in an academic and scientific award jury;
    • participate in meetings of research lines and groups;
    • develop postdoctoral activities;
    • relate specific knowledge of the area to sociocultural issues;
    • participate in discussions about the area, via the internet;
    • follow specialization, improvement, extension courses, etc;
    • organize linguistic atlases;
    • prepare reports and monographs;
    • promote extension courses for companies, unions, ngos etc.;
    • promoting the study of texts;
    • evaluate teaching, research and extension activities;
    • elaborate language and literature textbooks;
    • analyze the interrelationship between verbal and non-verbal forms of language;
    • elaborating literary criticism;
    • evaluate curriculum;
    • demonstrate ability to analyze and synthesize;
    • promote extension courses for companies, unions, ngos, etc.;
    • demonstrate instrumental mastery of a foreign language;
    • develop language proficiency exams;
    • organize critical editions;
    • plan and implement curricula;
    • analyze communication processes in institutions;
    • update in academic career;
    • provide advice to educational institutions;
    • update syllabus;
    • develop projects;
    • writing preface, afterwords, introductions, ears and back covers;
    • update yourself in academic career;
    • translate texts;
    • establish assessment criteria;
    • relate theory and practice;
    • organize didactic editions for language teaching;
    • write texts related to research;
    • assess reading and comprehension of oral and written texts;
    • perform proofreading of texts and translations;
    • participate in national and international academic, scientific and cultural events;
    • perform interdisciplinary studies;
    • schedule the use of support;
    • study new technologies to support research;
    • suggest the purchase of materials for language laboratory, computer science, etc;
    • study new technologies to support teaching;
    • organize schedules, schedules, etc;
    • select texts for study;
    • represent peers in committees external to the institution;
    • organizing didactic editions for language teaching;
    • analyze methodological principles of the area;
    • indicate bibliography;
    • promoting seminars, lectures, among others, on specific topics;
    • elaborate dictionaries;
    • advising doctoral theses;
    • update bibliographic collection of the area in the institution;
    • present papers at scientific conferences;
    • promote scientific and cultural exchanges;
    • provide didactic-pedagogical knowledge, via printed, electronic and digital means;
    • orient students in the presentation of work;
    • suggest purchase of materials for language laboratory, computer science, etc;
    • assess student needs;
    • prepare assessment instruments;
    • writing preface, afterwords, introductions, ears and back covers;
    • provide financial resources for research;
    • stimulate critical thinking in students;
    • work as a team;
    • perform theoretical-methodological discussions;
    • disclose student production;
    • discuss student production results;
    • promoting the study of texts;
    • carry out interdisciplinary studies;
    • demonstrate ability to interact with students;
    • collect data and materials for research;
    • promoting inter and transdisciplinary studies;
    • provide assistance to educational institutions;
    • evaluate national course exam;
    • define syllabus;
    • articulate knowledge of different areas;
    • organize anthologies;
    • structuring pedagogical projects in the area;
    • prepare exams for competitions (vestibular, admission, selection of teachers, etc.);
    • organize literary competitions;
    • publish works;
    • elaborate glossaries;
    • discussing the use of the language front to economic, social and political demands;
    • elaborate master's thesis;
    • work as a team;
    • perform self-assessment;
    • develop extension courses for companies, unions, ngos, etc.;
    • proceed ethically in interpersonal and professional relationships;
    • prepare course programs;
    • elaborate a master's thesis;
    • analyze data and research materials;


    Sectors that hire Spanish literature teacher the most in the job market

    • elementary school
    • high school




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