We have a common strategy for education in our municipality: to create a coherent education chain that contributes to greater equality, improved learning outcomes and attractive education. We want all children, young people and adults to have the opportunity to reach their full potential and develop their knowledge and skills. We know that this is based on committed, knowledgeable and professional staff who provide high-quality teaching. We make a difference every day and are proud of our mission. Our work contributes to the confidence of children and young people. The Competence Center for Multilingualism in Umeå is a municipality-wide activity that supports preschools and schools with language support, mother tongue teaching and study guidance. Multilingualism is an asset and all children and pupils should have the opportunity to develop and strengthen their languages. The Competence Center for Multilingualism is also a reception unit for newly arrived children and pupils from preschool to young people of upper secondary school age and also offers skills-enhancing initiatives in language and knowledge-developing approaches from preschool to grade 9. Do you speak Finnish? The Center of Excellence for Multilingualism is looking for a colleague in Finnish. If you speak Finnish and have experience of working with children and young people, you may want to become our new colleague. Ideally, you have a pedagogical teacher training in preschool or school. Your tasks Together with other mother tongue teachers, you will teach Finnish to students from preschool class to year 9. Students receive 120 minutes of instruction each week. Pupils are taught in the pupil's home school from preschool up to year 3. From year 4, this may mean that the pupil is taught in another school. We offer a bus pass for travel between schools. Distance learning can be included in the service in the municipality's peripheral schools for pupils from year 2. The work as a mother tongue teacher includes planning, implementation, grading and evaluation of the teaching you carry out based on the Swedish curriculum. You are never alone as we work together to develop teaching based on our three keywords language, culture and identity within the framework of our Language Hub; a language hub that brings together the national minority languages from the small child to the almost adult. Umeå. WANT MORE. Umeå municipality WANTS MORE when it comes to the development of Finnish language teaching, especially with a focus on preschool and younger children. Together we have started a longer development work based on finding successful language models for teaching in and on the national minority language for both first and second language learners. About you If you speak and write Finnish, want to work with children and young people, have experience in pedagogical work and education and are curious to know more about us and our activities, do not hesitate to contact one of us. We are looking for a new colleague for our children and pupils who wants to continue to support them in developing their language, culture and identity. Welcome with your application! 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 attach a personal letter and CV written in Swedish. If you have a teaching license, please attach it. We attach great importance to personal suitability. As a result of the law on suitability control, an extract from the police's criminal record must be presented upon employment. Other information The position is a temporary position, part-time 40%, from 2025-01-07 to 2025-06-18. 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.gatewayumea.se/sv/move-to-umea 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.