Norrköpings Kommun

The Department of Education of the Municipality of Norrköping (Utbildningskontoret), Sweden is the local authority responsible for the implementation of national policies and directives for the public school system for early childhood education and care, compulsory education, upper secondary and adult education and leisure activities for school children. The administrative staff supports all educational institutions in everything from business management, finance, investigations, to ICT strategies, development of staff and internationalization.

In all we run:

- 114 municipal preschools (>6900 children 1-5, 1190 full-time employees)

- 8 family centers (open preschool activities)

- 58 municipal compulsory schools (>12875 pupils, 1074 full-time employees)

- 4 municipal upper secondary schools (3327 pupils, 301 full-time employees)

- 15 after-school recreation/leisure centres (78 full-time employees)

- 1 intercultural language unit (providing mother tongue education in 27 different languages for thelinguistic and cultural needs of pupils with a background other than Swedish)

- 1 Counselling/education guidance centre (9 full-time employees)

- 1 Health and Welfare centre (3 M D:s,40 school nurses, 13 psychologists, 14 special teachers, 1logoped and 6 coordinators)

We also supervise:

- 28 private preschools and parents’ cooperatives (760 children, 146 full-time employees)

- 11 private compulsory schools (2 819 pupils, 197 full-time employees)

- 7 private upper secondary schools (1 820 pupils, 137 full-time employees)

Our core values and top priorities can be summarize with the following headlines:

1-20 YEAR PERSPECTIVE Our childrens educational journey must seen in a holistic manner from pre-school to upper secondary school. This means that whenever we encounter the child on this path we must take transitions into big account, making sure we recieve and pass on necessary information.

TOGETHER Strong and healthy collegial relationship among school teachers isregarded as an essential component of school effectiveness and teacher enhancement.

SUCCESSFUL TEACHING This is where we put our focus and the starting point for educational goals for each individual. It is through sucessful teaching we can inspire and motivate our students to learn. It is in the teaching we embrace feedback, follow-up, differentiate and adapt.

HIGH EXPECTATIONS High expectation goes for both our own role in making a difference but also of each each child and pupil, that have the will and ability to suceed.

LEADERSHIP Leadeship is needed through the entire organization implying that all co-workers feelresponsible and in charge of their tasks, both as leaders in the classroom and in the collegial settings. Increasing the digital competence among our staff in Norrköping should also be seen in the light the overall objective for 2019, which is to raise the school results and increase the equity in between all schools of Norrköping.