Danish and Physical Education Teacher for an Academically and Collegially Well-Functioning Lower Secondary Team - Gladsaxe School

If you are looking for a good place to unfold your pedagogical, didactic and relational skills, then become a Danish and Physical Education teacher in the lower secondary at Gladsaxe School

Reasons to apply for the job

• You will become part of a good and stable professional collaboration ,

where everyone has a principal subject. Most have been here a long time, and a few have passed by other workplaces and returned, among other things because here there is a strong professional community in which people are pedagogically and academically competent and actively use each other’s strengths.

• You will become part of good colleague communities
• both in the year group, in your professional environment, in the lower secondary and in the whole school staff. Here you meet openness, consideration for one another and an approach where no one stands alone.
• You will primarily work in your year group team ,

and your team has great influence on planning and ongoing organization. You become part of a self-managing team where you, together with colleagues, plan timetables, allocate subjects and organize tasks.

• You will be involved

in the school year planning and will receive your task overview well in advance. When changes occur in the colleague group (e.g., maternity), we find solutions together.

• You will have the opportunity to work with a co-teacher ,

who in selected courses and classes supports teaching in close collaboration with the team.

• You can expect an accessible and supportive lower secondary leader ,

who emphasizes both being available and giving you and your team room to operate. You will have a leader behind you and the team, even when difficulties arise.

• You will be met with responsiveness.

You will have the opportunity to take part in the school’s other tasks. If you wish to teach in other subjects, we would also like to hear about it. We are open to accommodating your wishes regarding the next year’s subject distribution.

• You will get a mentor ,

and become part of a professional mentoring scheme in your first year at the school.

• You will have reduced teaching hours if you are a recent graduate

as well as a special introductory program for new teachers in Gladsaxe Municipality.

• You will come to a school that is sought after

and is chosen by families in the area.

Your strengths and competencies

As your future colleagues and leaders, we also have some wishes for what you can contribute. We hope you can reflect many of these

• You have specializations in Danish and Physical Education

and teaching experience in other subjects within the school’s other subject areas

• You are perhaps a Danish adviser
• or have the courage to become one.
• You have a solid grasp of the didactics in your subject.

You plan teaching with clear goals, choose methods thoughtfully and adjust as needed when students require it. You make academic goals concrete and can see when teaching succeeds – and when it should be rethought.

• You are strong in classroom management and relations.

You create calm and direction through clear frameworks and presence. You build relationships that make it safe to learn, set clear expectations and act professionally when unrest or well-being issues arise.

• You naturally engage in teamwork ,

share your experiences and actively use professional sparring to develop the teaching.

• You can make all children feel that they can achieve something .

That is what we want to succeed with here at Gladsaxe School. You have ingenuity and courage to use many different means so that all children learn something and become capable of living independently.

• You can see yourself as an active participant in Participation opportunities for all,

where different subject groups and departments in Gladsaxe Municipality work together to prevent children's ill-being.

About the employment process

You will be employed according to the applicable collective agreement.

Useful links

On gladsaxeskole.aula.dk you can read a lot about Gladsaxe School and on Gladsaxe Municipality’s website you can read about the entire school system.

We would very much like to get in touch with you,

if you are considering applying for the position. You can contact the school principal Vibeke Damgaard at telephone 23 84 73 39.

Also please feel free to give a message if you would like to speak with the lower secondary leader or a future colleague, or if you would like to visit

Deadline

We would like to receive your application no later than 22 October 2026

• and we ask you to provide some examples of how you have used the strengths and competencies described above .

Attach CV, documentation of education, references and other relevant attachments

We hold interviews on an ongoing basis.

In Gladsaxe, we base our actions on the needs and well-being of citizens and businesses in all we do. Sustainable welfare and development is a hallmark for us, and we work for social, environmental and economic sustainability. With the UN’s sustainable development goals as a framework, we see a sustainable future as something we create together – with citizens, businesses, associations and the local community. You can read more about our goals in the Gladsaxe Strategy .

No employees in Gladsaxe Municipality may smoke or use tobacco-related products during working hours, such as snus and vapes.

We encourage all interested persons regardless of age, gender/identity, sexuality, disability, religion or ethnic background to apply for the position.