ALLI Associate Teacher, Secondary Division

Company Description

Welcome to Avenues São Paulo! Since our doors opened in August 2018, we've been on a mission to provide a truly transformative educational experience. Through immersive English language learning and dynamic interdisciplinary projects, we prepare our students to become future worldwise leaders uniquely equipped to understand and solve global-scale problems. As part of the Nord Anglia Education network, we're proud to stand alongside Avenues New York, shaping the future of education together. With a vibrant community of over 1100 students, ranging from as young as 18 months old through to graduation, our campus buzzes with a culture of innovation, creativity, collaboration, and state-of-the-art technology. Join us as we embark on a journey of lifelong learning and growth and discover why there's no place quite like Avenues São Paulo.

Job Description

WHAT YOU'LL DO

The Avenues Language Learning Intensive (ALLI) is a program where a small team of colleagues works exclusively with a cohort of 6th–9th grade students. The program's mission is to sharpen and develop students' English reading, writing, and speaking skills through a project-based, interdisciplinary curriculum.

In this semester-long onboarding program, the ALLI Associate Teacher plays a key role in empowering language learners to find their voice and fully access the Avenues experience.

Key Responsibilities:

• Interdisciplinary Co-Teaching: Partner closely with ALLI Teachers to design, enact, and refine projects that deepen student learning and connect language acquisition to real-world contexts.

• Drive Learning Outcomes: Ensure students achieve key outcomes by targeting instruction to address individual needs.

• Provide Targeted Support: Support students' linguistic needs across a range of ages and abilities using well-planned, evidence-based strategies.

• Build Classroom Culture: Help create a joyful, supportive, and appropriately challenging learning environment.

• Engage Families: Inspire trust and confidence among parents and families.

Immediate Start: We are looking for candidates who are ready to hit the ground running shortly after the interview process wraps up (estimated within 2 weeks). If you have immediate availability, we’d love to receive your application!

Qualifications

WHAT YOU'LL BRING

Our ALLI Associate Teachers at Avenues will bring all or most of the following:

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills in English.

• Fluency in Portuguese is strongly favored.  Additional fluency or proficiency in Korean is a plus.

• Experience with language development and strategies to target specific support to different students, at different levels

• Interest and experience in teaching and assessing language acquisition 

• A strong ability to connect with students and support their development into passionate, curious and skillful readers and writers, by engaging them in interesting, meaningful and challenging work

• A creative mindset and ability to bring new ideas to fruition

• Intellectual curiosity and humility, to reflect on and continually grow in teaching practice

• A strong sense of personal responsibility for the success of every student

Additional Information

Avenues is deeply committed to diversity, equity and inclusion throughout our organization. We strive to uphold a culture in which every colleague feels that they belong, are trusted, and are valued. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds, and strongly encourage candidates from traditionally underrepresented communities or groups to apply. Avenues offers competitive compensation and a generous benefits package. 

Avenues upholds the highest standards for safeguarding the physical and emotional wellbeing of children. As an essential aspect of this commitment, all offers are contingent upon successful completion of careful reference and background checks. 

Avenues is deeply committed to diversity, equity and inclusion throughout our organization. We strive to uphold a culture in which every colleague feels that they belong, are trusted, and are valued. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds, and strongly encourage candidates from traditionally underrepresented communities or groups to apply. Avenues offers competitive compensation and a generous benefits package. 

Avenues upholds the highest standards for safeguarding the physical and emotional wellbeing of children. As an essential aspect of this commitment, all offers are contingent upon successful completion of careful reference and background checks. 

Avenues is deeply committed to diversity, equity and inclusion throughout our organization. We strive to uphold a culture in which every colleague feels that they belong, are trusted, and are valued. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds, and strongly encourage candidates from traditionally underrepresented communities or groups to apply. Avenues offers competitive compensation and a generous benefits package. 

Avenues upholds the highest standards for safeguarding the physical and emotional wellbeing of children. As an essential aspect of this commitment, all offers are contingent upon successful completion of careful reference and background checks.