Vacant job

Description

Do you want to make a difference in students' learning, language, and identity development?

Language is humanity's primary tool for thinking, communicating, and learning. Through language, we develop our identity, express thoughts and feelings, and understand others. For multilingual students, the mother tongue is a key factor for both knowledge development and security in learning. According to the Swedish National Agency for Education, mother tongue instruction strengthens students' opportunities to achieve school goals by developing both the mother tongue and the Swedish language.

We are now looking for a Mother Tongue Teacher in Swahili for Karlstad Municipality! The position is located within the Mother Tongue Unit, where we organize mother tongue instruction and study guidance in approximately 35 languages within the compulsory school and upper secondary school.

As a Mother Tongue Teacher with us, you play a central role as a linguistic and pedagogical bridge between the student's mother tongue and Swedish. You support students' learning and knowledge development in close collaboration with the rest of the school staff.

You will become part of an engaged and competent work group of approximately 45 colleagues who work together to give students the best possible conditions for success.

Responsibilities

As a Mother Tongue Teacher, you are responsible for planning, implementing, and following up on mother tongue instruction and/or study guidance in Swahili for students in the municipality's compulsory and upper secondary schools. You create high-quality teaching where students' linguistic and knowledge development is the focus, and you actively work to create an inclusive and secure learning environment.

The assignment includes stimulating students' interest in language and culture as well as strengthening their multilingual identity. By adapting the teaching to students' needs and prerequisites, you contribute to their goal achievement in various subjects.

You plan and structure your teaching independently and use digital tools as a natural part of both teaching, documentation, and follow-up. You are also expected to continuously monitor students' development and provide feedback that supports their learning.

As a Mother Tongue Teacher, you have an important role in collaboration with the rest of the school staff. You cooperate with class teachers, subject teachers, and student health services to create good conditions for students' learning and participation.

The teaching is located at several schools within Karlstad Municipality and can also be conducted via remote teaching, which requires flexibility and good ability to plan and organize your work.

Qualifications

We are looking for you who have a teacher's degree or another relevant academic degree with a pedagogical focus, as well as good knowledge of the school's steering documents. You have Swahili as your mother tongue and very good knowledge of Swedish, both in speech and writing.

It is meritorious if you have a teaching license with eligibility in mother tongue, further education in language or pedagogy, and experience in mother tongue instruction, study guidance, or similar assignments.

According to the Swedish National Agency for Education, teaching should primarily be conducted by licensed and eligible teachers. If a license is missing, employment may still be relevant, provided you have the right competence and are assessed as suitable for the assignment. For work in schools, good knowledge of the Swedish language corresponding to at least level C1 is also required, as the language is a central part of the assignment.

As a person, you are responsible and independent in your professional role. You have a pedagogical and flexible approach to work, are solution-focused, and open to developing new ways of working. You feel confident using digital tools as support in teaching.

You have good collaboration skills and contribute to a positive work environment. Your teaching is characterized by quality, clarity, and a strong focus on students' development. You adapt the teaching based on students' different needs and create a secure and inclusive learning environment.

Great importance will be attached to personal qualities.

About Karlstad Municipality

The Department of Children and Youth is responsible for preschool and school for approximately 13,200 children and students and is the municipality's largest department with just over 2,400 employees. We have preschools, family daycares, open preschools, preschool classes, compulsory schools, adapted compulsory schools, leisure centers, and a cultural school, and we also work with child and student health issues. We equip children for the future.

Do you want to be part of creating tomorrow's Karlstad? With us in the Karlstad Municipality group, you can make a real difference. Here, every employee is an important part of the whole, and together we help each other realize our vision of "A better life in the City of the Sun." Come and grow with us!

Other Information

To ensure the quality of the recruitment process and simplify communication with our applicants, we ask you to submit your application via our recruitment systems and not via email or paper format. We decline all offers of advertising and recruitment assistance in connection with this advertisement.

If you have protected personal data, you should not register your application documents in our recruitment system nor send them via email. Instead, contact the municipality's switchboard at 054-540 00 00 for further handling.