Lead Teacher

About the nursery

Role summary

Teaching and care

• Provide high standards of physical, emotional, social, and intellectual care in a safe, healthy learning environment.
• Support listening, language, communication, literacy, mathematical knowledge, science, technology, physical awareness, and social skills.
• Organize arts, design, music, dance, drama, storytelling, imaginative play, games, and other developmental activities.
• Teach basic personal hygiene and proper eating habits; establish behavior rules and classroom procedures.
• Ensure children’s safety and supervise indoor and outdoor play.

Planning and classroom practice

• Follow the class timetable and prepare weekly lesson plans based on school topics and curriculum.
• Prepare classroom materials and activities; adapt methods and resources to children’s varied needs and interests.
• Set and communicate lesson objectives, demonstrate activities, and give children opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.
• Take a daily attendance register and organize and label displays and student work.

Assessment, communication, and teamwork

• Observe and evaluate children’s performance, behavior, social development, and physical health; prepare term reports and work portfolios.
• Identify possible emotional, developmental, or health concerns and consult the principal or nurse, parents or guardians, and specialists as appropriate.
• Meet and communicate with parents or guardians about children’s progress and needs and ways to promote learning.
• Prepare handover materials and weekly lesson plans for assistants or substitutes; share plans with the principal and teaching assistant.
• Attend weekly staff meetings and training, plan activities with colleagues, support teamwork, and uphold school policies and philosophy.
• Attend special functions outside normal school hours when required.

Resource accountabilities

• Use classroom supplies and learning resources cost-effectively; report losses or damage and support budget adherence.
• Maintain teaching-material inventory records and recommend resource needs within allocated budgets.

Qualifications and experience

• Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education or a related field, or NCFE Cache Level 3 certificate.
• At least two years working with children in a nursery or early-learning setting.
• Desired: Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education; 3–5 years in a similar role with experience supervising others.

Skills and abilities

• Fluency in English; knowledge of the Swedish curriculum and child-centered education philosophy.
• Child safety protocols, creative thinking, problem-solving, classroom management, multitasking, confidentiality, collaboration, lesson planning, scheduling, flexibility, and resilience.
• Leadership, emotional intelligence, proactive communication, and an optimistic approach.

Work arrangement

• The role is based at the nursery; the description identifies a nursery classroom setting.