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Stockholm – our capital city with millions of dreams, expectations, and ambitions. We work for everyone who lives here today and in the future. Now we are looking for you who want to think big, new, and different with us – for the people of Stockholm.

PYP/MYP Swedish Language Acquisition Teacher

Welcome to ISSR

Are you an experienced and internationally minded language teacher who is looking for an opportunity to be part of the professional team at the International School of the Stockholm Region (ISSR)? ISSR is an authorized International Baccalaureate (IB) school offering four IB programmes. The school is a City of Stockholm school and was founded primarily to serve the educational needs of Stockholm's transient community. ISSR has around 700 students, ranging from ages 6–19, providing a coherent education across the IB continuum.

ISSR is built on an atmosphere where intellectual growth, personal reflection, and international mindedness are core concerns. Our primary goal is to prepare our students for higher education while also preparing them for life.

Our students are inspired to take intellectual risks through the academically rigorous International Baccalaureate programmes – a pathway to top universities worldwide – nurturing creative critical thinkers empowered to help make our world a better place.

Read more about our school: https://internationalschoolofthestockholmregion.stockholm

Your Role

As a Swedish teacher at ISSR, your position includes teaching Swedish Language Acquisition to students in the Primary Years Programme (PYP) and the Middle Years Programme (MYP). This position requires flexibility and strong collaboration skills. You are an active member of the PYP team as well as the Language Acquisition subject group. All teaching, learning, and assessment are based on the International Baccalaureate (IB) Primary Years Programme (PYP) and Middle Years Programme (MYP) curricula. The position is permanent and full-time.

Other responsibilities include:

• Being an advisor to a group of students
• Planning and collaborating with colleagues across the school
• Participating in school activities (assemblies, evening events, conferences, etc.)
• Engaging in ongoing professional development

Your Competence and Experience

A successful candidate is certified and has experience teaching Swedish Language Acquisition within the IB framework in a primary and/or middle school setting. You have a strong understanding of and ability to apply inquiry-based and concept-based teaching. You are flexible and have strong collaboration skills. We are looking for a teacher who has high expectations of students and brings out the best in every student.

As an applicant, you must:

• be a certified Swedish and/or Swedish as an Additional Language teacher for primary and/or middle school
• have a professional level of written and spoken English
• have documented PYP/MYP IB working experience or training

Other qualifications might also include experience working in an international school setting.

You have a strong ability to design teaching, learning, and assessment in accordance with the IB curriculum. You take responsibility for and have insight into students' needs, and structure and adapt your teaching so that a safe and learning environment is created. You are calm, have self-awareness, and are a confident leader in the classroom. You value and create a productive working environment for your students. You place strong emphasis on collaboration and foster good relationships with students, parents, and colleagues. You plan, organize, prioritize, and analyze your lesson planning as well as other assignments that are part of your role in an efficient way.

We place major emphasis on personal competence and suitability for the role.

Miscellaneous

ISSR is strongly committed to professional development with a focus on IB workshops and trainings. As an employee in the City of Stockholm, you receive a yearly health stipend.

Visit https://pedagog.stockholm/ for more information about what it is like to be a teacher in the City of Stockholm.

The City of Stockholm works with competence-based recruitment that aims to ensure each person's competence and thus counteract discrimination.

- Full-time

- Permanent

- Start date: 6 August, 2026

- Contact person: Jenny Arvidsson