Special Teacher in Music and Aesthetic Activities

Jönköping Municipality is a large employer with hundreds of different job roles. We are growing in line with the municipality's development with more residents, more housing, and a larger range of services. We are always on the lookout for new competencies - employees with diverse 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 our new music teacher 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 joyful learning? 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 find 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. Well-being and job satisfaction 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 focusing on music and aesthetic activities at our adapted upper secondary school, you will primarily work with teaching and related tasks. You will be part of a team consisting of various professional roles, all working together around the students during their school day. You will teach in our three different programs: the Individual Program, the Social, Natural and Language Program, and the Aesthetic Activities Program.

In our operation, every student should have the opportunity to be challenged to reach the peak of their potential. You are responsible for and aware of 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 quality is high. We set the bar high and create an inspiring learning environment every day. Therefore, we are looking for someone who wants to match that level - someone 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 looking for someone who is primarily a trained special teacher with a focus on intellectual disabilities and is qualified in the subject of music and/or the field of aesthetic activities, or alternatively a qualified teacher in music who is interested in further training as a special teacher in this area. 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 skills are 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. 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 period ends, so do not wait to submit your application. 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 representatives (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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