Special Teacher at Ormkärrsskolan

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Workplace Description

Ormkärrsskolan has been an independent school unit since autumn 2023.

The school is located in the Ormkärr area, close to beautiful natural areas and a large schoolyard. Approximately 190 students attend Ormkärrsskolan, which is a F-6 school.

Since the school has recently become an independent school unit, there is an opportunity to help build the school and contribute to something new. Ormkärrsskolan is a small school where everyone knows each other, both students and staff. We create a safe environment to provide good conditions for students to learn and develop academically and socially. The staff at the school support each other, and flexibility and the willingness to go the extra mile are particularly important in a small school.

For several years, the school has worked on professional development regarding accessible learning environments to meet all students' rights to a good education. The school day should be predictable and clear, and students should feel that they are developing and succeeding. In the spring term of 2024, the school has begun training in language and knowledge-developing approaches. The training is expected to last at least two years.

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Job Description

As a special teacher, you will work together with teachers and student health to ensure that students receive the guidance and stimulation they need in their learning and personal development. This is to enable them to develop as far as possible according to the educational goals based on their own conditions.

Your work will include suggesting interventions and adaptations for students in need of support, as well as participating in the establishment of investigations and action programs, along with follow-up and evaluation of these.

The school is in an exciting phase where we will be setting up a studio for students in need of special support. As a special teacher at the school, you will work to provide support measures and teach students in smaller groups and individually. There may also be support in regular teaching situations. Although your main focus is to provide support measures and teach, you may also have a consulting and mentoring role towards colleagues, other members of student health, and school management, developing the classroom and school support for students' development towards the goals in close collaboration with teachers, educators, and school management.

You will be part of the student health team at the school and participate in the preventive and health-promoting work at the school to ensure that all students receive adequate support. The work involves many points of contact with students, staff, and guardians.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone who has a teaching license and a special teacher's degree with a focus on mathematics development and/or language, writing, and reading development.

In the role of special teacher, your main focus will be to teach students in need of special support, and it is in teaching that you have your "teacher's heart." You have experience planning and implementing support measures during intensive periods for students in need of special support. Students are the focus, and you can independently develop materials and make wise priorities in your teaching based on the students you meet. You are structured and apply your knowledge in practice. You can work both independently and collaboratively.

You have a strong belief in all students' desire to succeed and are skilled at building good relationships with students.

Required Qualifications:

• Teaching license and special teacher's degree with a focus on reading and writing development and/or mathematics development.

Meritorious:

• Experience working in a similar position.
• Knowledge and experience in reading and writing learning as well as teaching mathematics.
• Qualification in Swedish as a second language (SVA)
• Knowledge and experience in language and knowledge-developing work.

We place great emphasis on personal suitability and the following competencies:

• You have good collaboration skills and can create good relationships as the work involves many points of contact with students, staff, and guardians.
• You have good communication skills.
• You are systematic and organized and apply theoretical knowledge in practice.

The City of Stockholm works with competency-based recruitment aimed at recognizing each person's skills and thus counteracting discrimination.