Lead Teacher at Tenhult 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 range of services. We are always on the lookout for new talent - 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 contribute to equal education, higher goal achievement, and inspire a joyful learning experience? Are you ready to take the next step in your teaching career? Then this job is for you!

Your new job

As a lead teacher, you will be a driving force in development and pedagogical issues and play a key role in leading collegial learning. You will primarily work with teaching and tasks related to teaching. You will initiate and drive projects aimed at developing teaching and be a good role model for the team in everyday pedagogical work.

You will systematically work to plan, implement, follow up, analyze, and thereby improve teaching and develop the organization. The teaching will be characterized by language-developing methods and accessible learning, as these are fundamental to students' learning and development.

You will become part of our lead teacher group that meets once a week. The role also includes leading learning groups during training, being a mentor for new teachers, and leading the subject group in English. Together with school management, special educators, and other lead teachers, you are an important part of our SKA analysis.

The assignment as a lead teacher is a three-year appointment, where you also have a permanent position as a teacher at Tenhult School.

Welcome to us

At Tenhult School, we work together to develop independent, secure, and responsible individuals. Tenhult School is located about 15 km from the center of Jönköping, with good transport links and nature around the corner. Our school area strives to create an accessible and digitized education for all our students. Here you will find a workplace with engaged and competent colleagues, where we work according to our core values of community, commitment, and innovation. We care for each other and work to create a workplace where everyone thrives and develops. Our vision is "a school where joy, security, and joyful learning give us all hope for the future".

Tenhult School (https://www.jonkoping.se/barn--utbildning/grundskola-anpassad-grundskola-och-fritidshem/grundskolor-och-anpassade-grundskolor-a-o/tenhultsskolan-f-6)

Work in Jönköping Municipality (https://www.jonkoping.se/naringslivarbete/jobbaijonkopingskommun.4.74fef9ab15548f0b8001425.html)

Your qualifications

You have worked as a certified teacher for at least four years. As a lead teacher, you collaborate well with management and develop co-leadership in the workplace and are a good ambassador for both the workplace and your employer. You are flexible and can work in different teams and across municipalities. Basic IT skills are a requirement, and you use ICT as a natural part of teaching.

Recruitment process

Your application should include a personal letter explaining why you are applying for the position, a description of your IT skills, and your academic qualifications. In addition to the personal letter, the application should include:

• The document “Application for Lead Teacher”
• CV
• Teaching certification
• Degree certificate
• Study certificate
• The form “Principal's/Manager's first statement”. To be filled out by your principal/manager (not applicable if you are already certified in Jönköping Municipality)
• The form “Principal's/Manager's second statement”. To be filled out by your principal/manager, provided you are deemed sufficiently skilled (not applicable if you are already certified in Jönköping Municipality)

The central education administration will contact you if you proceed to the certification process after the application deadline. Recruitment of Lead Teachers (https://www.jonkoping.se/naringslivarbete/jobbaijonkopingskommun/ledigajobb/rekryteringavforstelarareochlektor.4.74fef9ab15548f0b80089e.html)

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.

Criminal record (https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/skola-eller-forskola/)

Before hiring new employees for our teaching positions, we must ensure that there is a valid teaching certification. Therefore, we ask you to attach a current teaching certification obtained from the Swedish National Agency for Education within the last two months.

Teaching certification (https://login.skolverket.se/idp/lleg-etjanst/select?returnUrl=https://lleg.skolverket.se/)

Want to know more?

Welcome to contact one of the contact persons listed in the ad or seek out a union representative via the link below.

Union representatives (https://www.jonkoping.se/fackligaubf)

Mattias Erliden, business developer [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

Annika Svensson, business developer [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

Together we make Jönköping Municipality better – for everyone. Come and work with us. Welcome to apply for the position of lead teacher at Tenhult School.

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

In preparation for the recruitment process, we have made decisions regarding recruitment channels and marketing. Therefore, we kindly but firmly decline all calls regarding advertising and recruitment assistance.