Special Education Teacher at Djuråsskolan

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Djuråsskolan

Djuråsskolan is a K-9 school with approximately 520 students and an after-school program.

We place great importance on safety and a conducive learning environment and have a well-functioning safety team that works systematically with these issues. With us, all students should feel they can be themselves. Our students thrive and develop at their school, thanks to our dedicated staff! We hope you want to become one of us!

At Djuråsskolan, we have a high percentage of qualified teachers, which we are very proud and happy about. We strive for close collaboration in work teams around the students to create safe and inclusive learning environments for all children. We focus on developing student health work, a responsibility we all share who work in the school. Students in grades 3-9 have 1-1 computers, and other classes use iPads in their teaching.

For the school year 2025-2026, we moved into a completely new, modern, and NPF-adapted school building! Bäsna School K-3 is also a newly built school that we moved into during the autumn term. A modern school with the atmosphere of the old village school in a beautiful rural setting.

Job Responsibilities

In your role as a special education teacher, you will primarily work to develop a good learning environment for all students. This will be done through work at the organizational, group, and individual levels. You will work in collaboration with the school's three special teachers.

In your assignment, you will continuously follow up and further develop the school's student health process, as well as onboard new staff into the school's routines. You will be part of the school's student health team and participate in meetings with students, guardians, and other stakeholders as needed. You are responsible, together with the special teachers, for conducting educational assessments when the need for this is deemed necessary. Furthermore, you are responsible for ensuring that action plans are established, followed up, and evaluated. This is done in collaboration with relevant stakeholders.

You will develop the learning environments of the organization through observation, site visits, and dialogue with the school's staff. As a special education teacher, you are a qualified advisor in pedagogical matters for the school's staff and participate in the preventive and follow-up work of the work teams.

One of your responsibilities is participating in transitions between different stages and other schools. You contribute to finding aids as well as alternative teaching materials and methods. You also assist the principal and vice principals in the school's development and, together with other special education teachers in the municipality, develop common guidelines for special education work.

In the part of the assignment that pertains to Bäsna School, there are also elements of special teacher interventions aimed at individual students.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone who is a licensed teacher with special education training or is currently in training. You have good IT skills, and it is an advantage if you have knowledge of using digital tools in a learning process.

It is important that you have experience in special education work within primary school. You are well acquainted with the school's governing documents and can use administrative systems. You have good knowledge of the Swedish language, both spoken and written.

As a person, you are mature, flexible, and self-driven. You are structured and comfortable in leading and supporting colleagues. Since the position involves contact with many different partners, good collaboration skills are of great importance.

Conditions

50% permanent position. Vacation service. Start as soon as possible or by agreement. Interviews will be conducted continuously during the recruitment period. A B driver's license and access to a personal car are required for the position.

Before employment, a valid extract from the National Police Board's criminal record must be presented.

Other

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