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Eksjö municipality is a safe and vibrant community that welcomes everyone. Here, you will find both urban and rural areas with a rich history and a forward-looking spirit. Both small entrepreneurs and large businesses thrive here. There is a closeness that allows for a meaningful leisure time. The municipality is one of the largest employers, and with your help, we want our residents to lead a good life. We achieve this by collaborating, working sustainably, and utilizing your skills and commitment.

Within the world of preschool in Eksjö municipality, we do everything we can to prepare children for the future. In our operations, children should feel good and be safe. They should receive an equitable education with the opportunity to develop based on their own conditions. They should be inspired to a lifelong desire to learn. We believe in collegial learning where we help each other succeed in our important mission. Job satisfaction, willingness to collaborate, and a shared understanding move us forward.

All permanent staff will be offered work clothes.

If you are a newly graduated preschool teacher, you will be assigned a mentor to ensure a good start in the profession.

Warm welcome to Area East. Here, engaged and experienced educators work passionately to give children the best possible start in lifelong learning. Area East is undergoing an exciting development regarding language and knowledge-developing approaches in preschool (SKUA). We have a preschool teacher with a central role for all preschools in the municipality and also targeted initiatives in Area East. Now you have the opportunity to become part of our team at one of the preschools in the area, namely Bullerbyn. The Bullerbyn preschool has just moved into new premises. Our new premises have been created together with the children to invite many exciting discoveries for both children and adults.

At Bullerbyn preschool, we learn for life and create happy memories together. You will be part of a modern preschool based on democratic values where respect and good relationships build the educational activities from an intercultural perspective. You will be part of a team where you collaborate well with the entire preschool. Together, we work with so-called “zones,” which means that the preschool's premises are divided based on different subject areas. You will be involved in our work to create good conditions and give all children a fantastic experience with us by always considering the question, “What do you want our children to remember about you and the education in the future?

At Bullerbyn preschool, you will have the opportunity to develop, feel job satisfaction, and be in a meaningful context. You will be part of our PUG group where you, together with your colleagues, discuss the mission and share new research. We help each other succeed but also dare to fail. We have professionalism as a starting point but let our hearts guide us based on our core values of professionalism with heart that permeates the entire education from the principal and educators to children and guardians. Together, we work to ensure that both children and adults become their absolute best selves.

Voices from the staff:

• “If we continue to give from our hearts and help each other develop more, it will be one of the best preschools in the future.”
• “A safe workplace where you can have fun and develop together and where everyone is included.”
• “A fantastic leadership where there is great trust in our competence and the courage to invite us to influence.”

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

The role of preschool teacher involves a special pedagogical responsibility to plan, implement, document, and evaluate education based on the Education Act, curriculum, and operational plan.

• Provide each child with safe care and promote all children's development and learning.
• Ensure that each child has real influence over methods and content.
• Ensure that the content, format, and implementation of development conversations align with national goals.
• Create good relationships with children, colleagues, and guardians.
• Plan, implement, and develop teaching based on the goals in the curriculum.
• Be responsible for teaching and for ensuring that education is documented, followed up, analyzed, and evaluated so that each child and the group have their needs met.
• Include children's thoughts and enable real influence in both planning and evaluation.
• Work to offer a good learning environment for development, play, and learning.
• Have an intercultural approach and see everyone's differences as an asset.
• Recognize and affirm the strengths and abilities of children and colleagues.

QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for you who are a licensed preschool teacher.

As a preschool teacher, you have a good understanding of the governing documents that underpin preschool work. You are responsible and knowledgeable about systematic quality work. You have a positive attitude, good collaboration skills, and you communicate from a solution-focused perspective in every interaction with colleagues, children, and guardians. You are open to learning from others and contribute your own knowledge and experience.

Your pedagogical relationships are based on attentiveness and dialogue.

As a person, you should be flexible and actively work to make the operation safe, calm, educational, exciting, and fun for our children together with your colleagues. You have good collaboration skills where you listen, communicate, and resolve conflicts constructively. You have a good understanding of how people absorb knowledge and meet people with empathy and compassion in your daily work. You are engaged, have a positive attitude, and value children's thoughts and ideas to create playful, stimulating, and challenging learning environments. You have a good ability to meet each child based on their abilities and are attentive and utilize these for continued development.

OTHER

If you are the one we are looking for and find the position interesting, we look forward to your application. You can easily apply via the link in the advertisement.

If you are called for an interview, you need to be able to prove your identity in one of the following three ways:

• Passport
• National ID card showing citizenship
• ID card combined with a certificate of citizenship.

If you are a citizen of a country outside the EU/EES, you also need to present a valid residence permit and/or work permit in Sweden.

Eksjö municipality has already made choices regarding advertising channels before the announcement and therefore requests no contact from recruitment firms and ad sellers.