Special Teacher at Sanda Adapted Upper Secondary School

Jönköping Municipality is a large employer with hundreds of different job roles. We are growing in line with the development of the municipality with more residents, more housing, and a larger offering. We are always on the lookout for new competencies - employees with different backgrounds and experiences, united by the common drive to create a better municipality to visit, live, work, and reside in.

The joy of learning starts with you.

Do you want to become one of our new special teachers and be part of an engaged and professional staff that joyfully embraces the challenges of working in a successful school? Do you want to contribute to higher goal fulfillment and inspire a joyful learning experience? Then this job is for you!

Welcome to us

Sanda Adapted Upper Secondary School is part of Sandagymnasiet. The school has a clear sports profile where Sanda Sports Center is part of the operation. Approximately 1200 students attend the school, and there are about 200 staff members in the organization. You will encounter a workplace in Jönköping Municipality where we care for each other and work to create a workplace where we all thrive and develop.

Sanda Adapted Upper Secondary School is a workplace with good educational quality. Satisfaction and joy at work are very high, as our latest employee survey shows. Our common guiding words are Joy, Engagement, Safety, Challenge, and Professionalism.

Our school offers modern education in fresh facilities equipped with modern technology where students develop based on their unique conditions. We work to provide our students with a stimulating school experience with well-balanced challenges to prepare them in the best way for the future.

Your new job

As a special teacher or teacher at our adapted upper secondary school, you will primarily work with teaching and the tasks associated with it. You will be part of a team as a responsible mentor in a working group consisting of various professional roles, where you all work as a team around the students during their school day.

In our operations, every student should have the opportunity to be challenged to reach the peak of their potential. Your task is to take responsibility for and have insight into the students' results, which means being attentive, flexible, and responsive to each student's conditions and needs. Your belief in the students' ability to develop should be high, and you possess the ability to capture and stimulate the students' curiosity, interest, and learning.

With us, the teaching is of high quality. We set the bar high and create an inspiring learning environment every day. Therefore, we are looking for you who want to match that level - who is passionate about delivering top-notch teaching and contributing to ensuring that our students receive the very best.

Are you ready to take the next step and become part of a high-performing team? Then you are the one we are looking for!

Your qualifications

We are primarily looking for you who are a trained special teacher with a focus on intellectual disabilities or a certified teacher. It is a merit if you are qualified and/or have experience teaching music and other artistic subjects. You have knowledge and experience in alternative augmentative communication (AAC), including sign-supported communication (TAKK), and knowledge and experience with students with various disabilities. It is desirable if you have knowledge of NPF/Autism and experience from adapted schools (formerly special schools).

Basic IT competence is a requirement, and you use ICT as a natural part of teaching. We place great emphasis on taking responsibility for relevant professional development to grow and want to develop together with others in the profession and colleagues. Personal suitability is of great importance.

Good to know

To facilitate the recruitment process, we ask you to attach relevant certificates and grades for the position you are applying for. Please note that the Education Act requires all employees to present an extract from the criminal record, and the processing time for this document can be long. Read more here (https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/skola-eller-forskola/).

Interviews may take place before the application deadline has expired, so submit your application today. The position will be filled based on the necessary decisions being made.

Before hiring new employees for our teaching positions, we must ensure that there is a valid teaching license. Therefore, we ask you to attach a current teaching license obtained from the Swedish National Agency for Education within the last two months. Read more here (https://login.skolverket.se/idp/lleg-etjanst/select?returnUrl=https://lleg.skolverket.se/).

Want to know more?

Lena Cervin Lagärde, Principal, phone 036-107688, [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])
Åsa Ytterström, Vice Principal, phone 036-107896, [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

Union contact information (https://www.jonkoping.se/fackligaubf)

Welcome with your application for the position of special teacher at Sanda Adapted Upper Secondary School

Jönköping Municipality strives to offer an attractive workplace that is free from discrimination and provides equal opportunities for all.

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