Job Linköping, Sweden

Teacher Grades 7-9 Swedish and English at Folkungaskolan

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Employer
LINKÖPINGS KOMMUN
Employment type
Permanent
Experience required
Yes

Are you a relational teacher who thrives in close collaboration with colleagues? Here you become part of a large school where our students pursue specialized profiles. Welcome to Folkungaskolan! Your responsibilities As a teacher at Folkungaskolan, your relational approach is the engine of daily work. You know that trust and security are the foundation for all learning and place great emphasis on meeting each student based on their unique circumstances. As a teacher, your starting point is to work with planning, instruction, evaluation, and values-based education according to the curriculum. The work takes place both independently and in collaboration with colleagues. As a teacher in grades 7-9, you collaborate with guardians, colleagues, and others in the school to achieve higher goal attainment and create the best conditions for each student. You start from the student group you meet and are expected to create varied and challenging instruction. Using digital tools is a natural part of your teaching. You promote collegial learning through discussion and reflection at both planned and spontaneous occasions. To support student learning, as well as your own and the organization's development, you draw on the experiences and knowledge of different professionals. As a Swedish and English teacher at Folkungaskolan grades 7-9, you teach in several of our grade levels and serve as a mentor in one class. Part of the position also involves working with a colleague to increase student influence through responsibility for the student council. Your workplace Folkungaskolan is a combined primary and secondary school with approximately 1,500 students and about 170 teachers. The school is located in central Linköping within convenient walking distance of the city center. The mix of students from both primary and secondary school makes Folkungaskolan unique, not only in Linköping, but throughout the country. Folkungaskolan's grades 7-9 consist of seven parallel classes with approximately 630 students total, where all students follow a profile or specialization. The school has three different profiles: Dance, choir, and art and design. The school also offers three different specializations: Future-oriented, music production, and home and consumer studies. As a teacher at Folkungaskolan, you collaborate with subject colleagues on planning, instruction, and assessment. The school also has a counselor, psychologist, special educators, and teaching assistants you work with for student success. You step into a large and engaged collegium where we value collaboration highly – we succeed together and there's always a colleague nearby for discussion and support. We are proud that Folkungaskolan is a large school with unique cohesion. The school is characterized by a wonderful atmosphere where everyone, both students and staff, contributes to engagement and community. About you First and foremost, we are looking for you who have teacher certification with authorization to teach Swedish and English in grades 7-9. Secondly, we are looking for you with completed teacher education for grades 7-9. Alternatively, you are near the end of your teacher training for grades 7-9. It is a merit if you are authorized to teach Swedish as a second language in grades 7-9. You must have experience working in curriculum-based schools through practical training or as an employee. It is a merit if you have taught grades 7-9 for at least one school year. In your role as a teacher in grades 7-9, you have good knowledge of the school's mission and are well familiar with the curriculum (Lgr22) and other governing documents. You have good communication skills in spoken and written Swedish. This is so that according to the curriculum (Lgr22) you can organize and carry out the work so that the student receives support in their language and communication development. You are responsible for ensuring that each student can use the Swedish language in a rich and nuanced way. As a teacher, you are a good role model. You have the ability to adapt your instruction to students and let them participate in shaping the teaching. In a quality-conscious manner, you create good conditions for student development and learning and document it. You work well with colleagues, guardians, and other contacts in society relevant to your professional role. Other information In this application, you do not submit a personal letter. You apply with e-ID. Don't have e-ID? Contact the responsible HR consultant or manager, and we will help you. Start date: By agreement Employment type: Permanent employment For the position to be permanent, teacher certification must be presented; until then it is a fixed-term employment. Full-time equivalent: 100% Number of open positions: 1 Ref. no.: 17660 Please visit https://www.linkoping.se/arbete-och-lediga-jobb/jobba-hos-oss to learn about employee stories, benefits, collective agreements, and salary statistics. If you have issued teacher certification and authorization documentation, please attach these as files along with your application materials when you apply for the position. If you are a trained teacher but have not yet applied for teacher certification, please attach your education certificate. If you are in teacher training, attach a certificate of studies showing the courses completed so far at a college or university. Your commitment makes us better Within Linköping Municipality, there are many opportunities, plenty of knowledge, and different areas of responsibility. We work together where your sense of responsibility is a valuable driving force. With your commitment, you are part of making Linköping even better.

Profession
Lärare i grundskolan, årskurs 7-9
Salary type
Fixed monthly, weekly or hourly pay
Open positions
1
Contact person
Sveriges lärare Linköping
Employer Workplace
Linköpings kommun
Region
Östergötlands län
Occupation Field
Pedagogik
Postcode
58181
Duration
Ongoing
Scope Of Work
100–100 %
Working Hours
Full-time
City
Linköping
GPS
58.4200361, 15.6226866
Published
13. 8. 2026
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