Special education teacher Dragonskolan
Umeå, Sverige
Type of Employment Full-time
Job position Special education teacher
Work model On location
Application due date 27 May 2025
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Dragonskolan in central Umeå is the city's largest meeting place for young people! With us you will meet 2,000 students. The school offers a wide range of courses and a mix of both vocational and university preparatory programs. We offer good and up-to-date teaching in a pleasant environment in modern premises. At Dragonskolan, we work to ensure that everyone is seen and acknowledged, and our open and accessible learning environment is characterized by a positive view of people. Everyone is welcome here, regardless of the education you have chosen. We are now looking for a special educator for the southern area where you, together with two other special educators, work with the Science Program, the Children and Leisure Program and the Sports Programs (NA, SA, EK and BF). Your work tasks As a special needs teacher, you work in close collaboration with teachers and the principal and contribute to creating accessible learning environments that enable all students to succeed in school and remove barriers to learning. You support and guide teachers in the work of adapting the learning environment and designing extra adaptations. You work with investigations, surveys and follow-ups of students' needs and can teach students in need of special support individually or in groups. An important part of the assignment is to be part of the school's student health team where you contribute to developing student health work at the school together with your colleagues. The work also includes supervision of teachers at group and individual level and other special educational tasks. About you We are looking for you who are a trained special education teacher with a subject teacher's degree for upper secondary or lower secondary school. You have experience as a special education teacher in upper secondary school. We would like you to be qualified as a subject teacher in mathematics or have good knowledge of the subject in order to support students in mathematics. Perhaps you have experience working as a special needs teacher in upper secondary school? As a person, you are flexible, clear and structured. You have good collaborative skills, are responsive and easy to communicate and create good relationships with students and guardians. As a result of the law on suitability control, an extract from the police's criminal record must be presented upon employment. We would like you to enclose a teaching certificate. Welcome with your application! About Umeå municipality Umeå municipality is the region's largest employer with over 13,000 employees. The municipality has about 440 managers and the business is divided into eight administrations. Our jobs and our values are based on citizen focus, openness, trust and continuous improvement. Umeå is a cultural city in constant development. To meet the target of 200,000 inhabitants by 2050, we need more people working for growth and welfare. We know that diversity enriches and welcome everyone to apply for jobs with us. Over the next ten years, we will be hiring around a thousand people every year. Do you want to join us? Find out what it's like to live in Umeå here: https://www.umea.se/flytta Umeå municipality is part of three administrative areas for Finnish, Meänkieli and Sami www.umea.se/minoriteter. As an employee of Umeå municipality, you can take advantage of a number of benefits. Take part of our benefits https://umea.se/jobbochforetagande/jobbochpraktik/kommunensomarbetsgivare/varaformaner.4.1b4d24fb1752122eb843bf.html Do you sell ads or offer recruitment support? Please do not contact us about it! We select and contact the companies we work with ourselves.