Abstract
This article aims to present a study which intended to know and understand aspects of the construction of professional identity of the teachers from Colégio Pedro II, the first Brazilian institution of secondary education, founded in 1837. The object of this article is the supplementary professors of the Colégio Pedro II, identified from documentary analysis and who acted in the institution between the Rocha Vaz Reform, of 1925, and Estado Novo. The results show that the Colégio Pedro II reaches the number of 219 supplementary teachers; that the quality of the teaching staff of the institution does not seem to extend to this category; that a minority of those who pass through the position ascend to the most prestigious categories.
Keywords:
supplementary teachers; Colégio Pedro II; professional teaching Identity