Teacher of Wood and Metal Crafts Grades 3-9, 60% at Orminge School, Nacka Municipality

Do you have a strong commitment to craft education and developing students' practical and creative abilities—from idea to finished product? Do you want great freedom to influence and develop your teaching? At Orminge School, you'll become part of a well-functioning, open, and welcoming F-6 school with a stable, competent, and supportive staff group. Apply for the role of Wood and Metal Crafts Teacher today! The position is a permanent employment at 60 percent with a start date as soon as possible or by agreement. Your Assignment As a Wood and Metal Crafts Teacher, you will teach students in grades 3-9. You are primarily responsible for teaching students in the lower and middle grades at Orminge School. A few lessons per week you also teach groups from Myrsjö Resource School. The groups consist of students with autism in the middle and upper grades. You plan, conduct, and evaluate instruction in your subject based on the curriculum. You follow up, assess, grade, and document students' knowledge development. The assignment also includes responsibility for the craft room's work environment and safety, including the handling of machines and tools, as well as ordering and maintaining materials and equipment. Teaching takes place in half-classes in our well-equipped craft rooms. You introduce various techniques, teach students to sketch and plan their work, and support them through the entire work process—from idea to finished product. Practical activities are combined with theoretical components on materials, techniques, sustainability, recycling, reuse, and safety. You encourage students' creativity, provide space for their own ideas and expression, and convey the importance and usefulness of craft education. Through an inclusive approach, you adapt instruction to each student's needs, interests, and circumstances. When needed, you implement additional adjustments to ensure all students have the opportunity to succeed. The role involves close collaboration with the school's textile craft teacher and colleagues in the practical subjects team. You work together on students, planning, assessment, grading, pedagogical development, and systematic quality work. Your Experience For this position, you must have: - Teacher certification with subject competence in crafts for grades 2-9, with a focus on wood and metal crafts - strong ability to express yourself well in Swedish, both orally and in writing It is advantageous if you also have: - experience working as a wood and metal crafts teacher in primary school - experience working with students in need of additional adjustments and special support - subject competence in subjects other than crafts - good digital skills and experience working with digital pedagogical tools Is This You? To succeed in this role, you need both the interest and ability to collaborate, communicate, and build good relationships with students, guardians, and colleagues. Your relationship-building skills contribute to security, trust, and a good foundation for engaging learning. You understand that students have different circumstances, needs, and ways of acquiring knowledge, which means you adapt instruction, communication, and work methods to each student. At the same time, you are flexible, solution-focused, and able to adapt to students' needs and changing circumstances, always with the students' and the organization's best interests in mind. In the classroom, you demonstrate clear, pedagogical, and attentive teacher leadership where you lead, motivate, and develop your students with commitment and confidence. Furthermore, you are a stable and secure person who remains calm even in stressful and pressured situations. We place great emphasis on personal suitability. What We Offer Orminge School is a modern, open, and welcoming F-6 school with approximately 270 students. The school is centrally located with close proximity to both culture and nature. There are plenty of parking options and good public transportation, with approximately 20 minutes travel time to Slussen. Our large and varied schoolyard promotes play, movement, and well-being. The school has a creative and inviting learning environment that fosters calm and good study conditions. We have appreciated school meals, a well-functioning student health team, and a stable staff group with high competence. Our facilities also house Myrsjö Resource School for students in grades 1-9 with diagnoses within the autism spectrum. Learn more about Orminge School here. As a teacher with us, you'll become part of a competent and experienced faculty where we support and help each other. In addition to close collaboration with your craft colleague, you'll have the opportunity through network meetings to exchange experiences with craft teachers within the Myrsjö principal's area. We offer great freedom to influence and develop your teaching based on ideas, interests, and creativity. With us, you'll enjoy a pleasant and stable work environment at a well-functioning school. As an employee in Nacka Municipality, you have access to benefits including a wellness allowance of 3,000 kr per year, the ability to purchase an SL card through payroll deduction, a bike benefit, and a diverse internal support function. Interested? We recruit without a personal letter and assess applications based on your CV and your answers to questions that you will answer as part of the application. Selection and interviews may take place continuously during the application period. Submit your application by September 6, 2026! Background checks may be conducted. The position is filled provided it does not need to be used for internal reallocation. Please visit Nacka's municipal schools and preschools career page here. Nacka is one of Sweden's most attractive and well-renowned municipalities. With a focus on goals, results, sustainable employee engagement, and continuous development, Nacka strives to be best at being a municipality. Nacka Municipality is your employer if you, with great freedom, innovate and make a difference.

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