Organisation of staff

2. Organisation of staff • 350 people are employed in the childcare sector. • 315 of these have Motala municipality as their employer. • 150 pre-school teachers • 140 assistants • 25 others

3. Children/hours • 2 000 children (1-5 year) • 1 865 in municipality child-care centers • 135 in private child-care centers • 270 use their right to 15 h/week (unemployed and parents with newborn and siblings) • 18 children/section • Opening hours: twelve hours/day (06.00 am-18.00 pm/06.30 am-18.30 pm) • Average hours/child: 30-40 h/week

4. Staff education/qualification • assistents: 3 years of upper secondary school • pre-school teachers: 3,5 years (210 p) at university

5. ”Competence growth” • Headmaster is responsible for each childcare-center. • Special days for staff training is organized in the municipality. • All staff is offered a university course through Gävle University

6. Skilled/unskilled • Each group of 18 children are staffed with 3 personnel • Typically 2 pre-school teachers and 1 assistant. • The objective is to have 3 pre-school teachers. • Pre-school teacher = skilled • Assistant = ”unskilled” (3 years of upper secondary school)

7. Leadership • Pedagogical degree or equivalent • All headmasters take the governmental headmaster education (today 2 year).

8. Childcare-profession • In Sweden it is a problem to get pre-school teacher with proper education. • The last couple of years the students have preferred to get a teachers degree. • Introducing the Curriculum for the Pre-School (-98) was meant to raise the level of education.

9. The Sagene model • Apply existing knowledge to improve quality of Motala pre-school sector. • Equip employees to be better at in a early stage detect potential problems and adopt to new needs in society. • Improve the attractiveness of being pre-school teacher.