Inclusion Pedagogue to support positive children's communities.

In Rudersdal Municipality we believe that all children do well when they can. As an inclusion educator you help staff and children to secure developmental learning environments and communities for all children.

About the job You will join a team of inclusion educators in Area Birkehaven, supporting the inclusive practice in the area's eight kindergartens.

You will as an Inclusion Educator, together with the kindergarten's other educators, work closely in the pedagogical practice where special pedagogy meets general pedagogy for the children’s best.

The Inclusion Educator's work is based on

The preventive initiative - where the effort is targeted at all children in the community

The anticipatory effort - where the effort is targeted at a specific group of children

The intervening effort - where the effort is targeted at a single child

We base our approach on the municipality's inclusion strategy, where inclusion is viewed across four dimensions namely; Physical, Social, Academic and Psychological inclusion.

As an Inclusion Educator you shall, in cooperation with the general educators, help to test and implement pedagogical methods and tools to support the institution's educators in translating them into daily practice .

As an Inclusion Educator you shall be able to see both others' and your own practice, and see yourself as an active contributor so that colleagues and parents see opportunities in the current challenges.

A Inclusion Educator should not be regarded as an expert who comes with the answer. Rather the task is to be investigative, listening and co-creating in a positive change for the group of children.

We offer An attractive workplace with good colleagues in the same job function, as well as kindergartens with high professional standards.

You will regularly have the opportunity to discuss the inclusion effort's possibilities and challenges with colleagues, local managers and the area manager.

As an Inclusion Educator you have good opportunities for further training, good sparring with colleagues as well as with your immediate supervisor, and room for and the opportunity to further develop your competencies.

About you As an Inclusion Educator in Rudersdal Municipality you should have a basic professional education and experience within the 0-6 year age range.

There is, as a rule, no fixed methodological approach to the Inclusion Educators' work, but knowledge of - and work with the method the reflective team will be part of the task.

In addition to basic knowledge in the early childhood area, the inclusion educator should ideally have insight into the brain's fundamental functions, its development and structure.

The inclusion educator must be able to participate in social and special educational work with children who have special needs, and be able to act in - and supplement the collaboration around children and families with social difficulties.

Furthermore, the inclusion educator should ideally be able to identify inclusive and exclusive mechanisms, be able to assess and apply knowledge about inclusion and exclusion mechanisms, and participate in the evaluation and dissemination of inclusive and exclusive processes in practice.

Why you should choose us Rudersdal Municipality has for many years worked purposefully with didactic methods, methods that create a space to research your own practice, test pedagogical tools and to theory-build based on shared reflections. We are focused on reflection frameworks that ensure staff competencies to reflect on their own practice. A reflection competency that creates good conditions for you, together with the kindergartens' educators, to find new paths in inclusive practice.

Employment terms The position is 28 - 32 hours per week and start as soon as possible. You are welcome to indicate when you can start and what number of hours you envision

Salary and employment terms follow the applicable collective agreement and the possibilities in decentralised pay.

Application Application including a copy of diploma/certificates, CV and other relevant documents must be uploaded.