Welcome to an educational experience that encourages collaboration, achieving excellence, and a clear path to college and careers. Welcome to a place where every student is provided with a personalized, project based student-centered learning experience, unique in-school, and online environments with 24/7 live access to educators.

WAY American School provides young people with a world-class education and the tools for success in life after graduating with an American high school diploma.  WAY American School is changing the way students are being taught, by embracing the way they already learn.

WAY American School is a network of AdvancEd accredited schools throughout Brazil. We offer an exemplary educational experience and open a world of opportunity for our students. WAY American School continues to grow in size and impact and we are always looking for great people to join our team. 

Purpose of Job:
An expert is a certified teacher in a specific content area and is in charge of creating engaging projects and learning opportunities for students. They work with a cohort of students as a part of a multidisciplinary team to ensure academic growth and development. Our school is a school within a school, exact location and schedule depends on new openings, you can see our locations below. 

In Brazil, we're partnered with private schools and have classrooms within the school. Our school works as an after-school program and teachers typically teach multiple 2-hour classes in the afternoon. Teachers co-teach with a Brazilian teaching assistant. Teachers have destignated time for lesson planning, collaborating with other staff, grading, meetings, etc. Teachers use online curriculum to design classroom instruction, group work, and language instruction. The online curriculum is aligned to U.S. national standards such as Common Core and C3 Framework.

Equal Opportunity Employer
WAY American School is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. No WAY American School employee will discriminate unlawfully against an applicant for employment or fellow employee because of race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, height, weight, marital status, veteran status, physical or mental disability which is unrelated to the person's ability to do the job, or any other unlawful criteria.

Please see our website for more details and locations:
https://www.wayamericanschool.com/
https://www.waybrasil.net/

Requirements:
- A valid U.S. teaching certificate Elementary K-8 ELA; or Canadian teaching certificate/degree Elementary K-8 ELA
- A valid U.S. Passport or Canadian passport

Locations:
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Asa Norte, Brasília, Brazil
Taguatinga, Brasília, Brazil
Curitiba, Brazil
Goiânia, Brazil
Porto Alegre, Brazil
Recife, Brazil
São Paulo, Brazil
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Brasília, Brazil
Vila Velha, Brazil
Montes Claros, Brazil
...with more to come!

*Please note, exact start date varies by location, training week is within several weeks before start date


Upon hire and obtaining a work visa, candidates will need to provide the following documents:

-University Diploma (notarized and apostille)
-Letter of Employment: One or more letters from former employers that demonstrates the candidate (teacher) has at least 01 year of former job experience in the position he/she will hold in Brazil. Note that only jobs held after graduation (undergraduate) from university count. (notarized and apostille)
-Questionnaire
-Passport: Copy of the identification pages (pages containing photo, full name and number) of valid US passport.
-Federal Background Check: Complete Background check or police report. (must be within 3 months of visa application) (notarized and apostille)
-Birth Certificate (original) (notarized and apostille)