About this role
Lerum Municipality is known for its scenic locations with lakes and forests. The municipality has 3,200 employees and 43,000 residents, expecting significant growth in the coming years. Located just a 20-minute journey from Gothenburg, Lerum is currently entering a development-intensive period with many exciting projects underway, ranging from schools to housing. The municipality works to ensure excellent service, high welfare, and a thriving business climate.
Dagens Samhälle recently named Lerum the winner in the metropolitan municipalities category (2025) - an award based on a comprehensive comparison of 290 Swedish municipalities in areas such as education, healthcare, economy, culture and leisure, attractiveness, business, and future factors like digitalization and civil preparedness. We are now a Supermunicipality!
Östad School is seeking a teacher for younger grades, a temporary position from January 2026 through June 2027.
Are you the teacher with broad qualifications who, together with your team and colleagues, wants to provide students with the best possible conditions to feel well, learn, and succeed? Do you want to make a significant difference in a small context? Then this position is for you!
Östad School is a preschool-6th grade school with an attached after-school program. We have one class per grade level and currently have 136 students. Located on the outskirts of the scenic Sjövik, next to Östad Church, forest, and meadows. You can easily reach us by bus, car, or bicycle.
Our staff of around 20 people work systematically on quality improvement, always keeping students at the center. We connect current research to our development areas, this year focusing on pedagogical leadership and instruction based on the 10 dimensions that make the most significant difference in student learning. It's important to us that students use all their experiences and languages to develop identity, new abilities, and knowledge. We believe students learn best when they work and develop together. Our vision of learning with heart and mind is based on a human approach that includes and accepts everyone. Our goal is for Östad students to feel well, experience safety, study peace, and good community, and leave school with a strong self-esteem, great initiative, and excellent academic results.
Are you the teacher who wants to equip our students with confidence in their own and others' ability to do good? Are you the one who wants to give our students hope for the future and knowledge to help them go far and succeed in life? Are you curious, interested, inventive, and someone who finds joy in seeing students develop and grow as individuals? Then Östad is the place for you! We offer a workplace with extensive knowledge, experience, great freedom, a strong learning community, warmth, and laughter. We at Östad School believe we have our heart in the right place and our head on straight. We have fun together and help each other.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
Over three semesters, you will work as a class teacher in 1st grade. This is a class of 20 students. You will be part of the preschool-3rd grade team. Your mission is to plan, implement, and assess students' knowledge and development, as well as work to ensure students feel good, believe in themselves, and develop as a group. You will have ample opportunity to use your competencies and ideas to find ways, methods, and pedagogical tools to develop instruction and create favorable additional adaptations and special support. You will be assisted by your team, the entire faculty, and the school's Student Health Team.
If you feel you would fit in and want to develop together with us, we warmly welcome your application.
QUALIFICATIONS
You need to have broad qualifications and be a licensed teacher for instruction in younger grades.
Great importance will be placed on personal suitability.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Development in Lerum Municipality should be sustainable, and our governance is based on the global goals of Agenda 2030.
We believe our differences enrich and positively develop the individual, the organization, and society. As an employer, Lerum Municipality actively works for equality and diversity and against all forms of discrimination and degrading treatment.
We value a good work environment where you can balance work and leisure. As an employee, you'll have access to various benefits, including wellness allowance and employee care programs. Read more about our employee benefits here: https://lerum.se/dina-formaner
As an employee of Lerum Municipality, you may be required to use personal Bank-ID for service verification, such as system login or other verification.
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