French-speaking Licensed Preschool Teacher for Our Toddler Department

Stift Bmsl · Full-time

Margaretavägen 1, Lund, Sweden

Do you want to be part of BMSL? BMSL – Bilingual Montessori School of Lund – is a multilingual preschool and elementary school in the heart of central Lund. We have children and students from one year of age through grade 9, creating a unique continuity and sense of community throughout each child's educational journey. We want to be a preschool and school where children and students feel safe, seen, and curious about learning. A place where they have the opportunity to discover, explore, think independently, and develop according to their abilities. At BMSL, learning, safety, and positive relationships go hand in hand. Today BMSL has approximately 44 children in preschool and 420 students in grades F–9. Our staff, children, and students come from different linguistic and cultural backgrounds, which contributes to a stimulating, international, and dynamic environment. English, French, and Swedish are a natural part of our activities from preschool onward and follow children throughout their time at BMSL. We are now seeking a French-speaking licensed preschool teacher for our toddler department We are looking for you to work in our department for the youngest children, ages 1–2, and help create a safe, warm, and nurturing first experience in preschool. Work with our youngest children is characterized by presence, care, and responsiveness. We place great emphasis on building secure relationships and a predictable daily routine where each child has the opportunity to explore their surroundings, develop independence, and encounter new experiences at their own pace. Care, development, and learning form a unified whole in the children's daily lives. Our preschool's work is based on Montessori pedagogy. We start from the child's innate drive to learn, discover, and develop, and we work to create a prepared environment that stimulates independence, curiosity, and participation. As an educator, you are present and guiding, creating conditions for even the very youngest children to develop according to their individual needs and abilities. As a preschool teacher with us, you play an important role, together with your colleagues, in developing instruction and creating an environment where each child has the opportunity to grow, explore, and develop. You are responsible for planning, leading, implementing, following up on, and developing instruction based on the preschool's curriculum, Montessori pedagogy, and the children's needs, experiences, and interests. The preschool is multilingual and Swedish, English, and French are a natural part of the children's daily lives. For this position, we are particularly looking for you to be French-speaking and to actively contribute to helping children from an early age encounter and develop the French language in a natural and enjoyable way in everyday activities. We are looking for you who: are a licensed preschool teacher speak French and feel confident using the language actively with the children have a particular interest in working with the youngest children in preschool are well acquainted with the preschool curriculum and the preschool teacher's responsibility for instruction want to work according to the fundamental principles of Montessori pedagogy have a warm, safe, and professional approach are responsive to the youngest children's signals, needs, and ways of communicating have the ability to build trusting relationships with children, parents, and colleagues work in a structured manner while being flexible and solution-oriented view collaboration and shared responsibility as a natural part of the work feel confident communicating in English in our multilingual environment. If you have Montessori training, experience with Montessori activities, or previous experience working with children ages 1–2, we see that as particularly valuable. Working at BMSL At BMSL, you become part of a preschool where different languages, experiences, and perspectives meet every day. Here we work closely together and believe in professional responsibility, collegial collaboration, and an operation where the best interests of the children are the starting point for our decisions. The fact that the preschool is part of BMSL's activities from one year of age through grade 9 also gives us something special – the opportunity to create continuity and long-term relationships around children's development and learning. For many of our youngest children, you and your colleagues will be their first encounter with preschool. We are therefore looking for you to create a safe and curious beginning to a long journey of learning and development at BMSL. We welcome your application and invite you to become part of BMSL!