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Enhancing Quality in Motala Childcare Sector: The Sagene Model

Learn about Motala municipality's childcare sector, employing 350 staff for 2,000 children. Focus on staff education, leadership, and childcare profession development to improve quality and attract more pre-school teachers. Discover the Sagene model's impact.

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Enhancing Quality in Motala Childcare Sector: The Sagene Model

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  1. 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

  2. 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

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

  4. ”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

  5. 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)

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

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

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