Preschool Department

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The Preschool Department is responsible for leading and coordinating the city-wide quality work for preschools.

The department works to

  • strengthen equality in the city’s preschool operations
  • strengthen the work on quality and operational development in the city’s preschools
  • supervise independent preschools and pedagogical care institutions
  • decide on new approvals for independent preschool operations.

The Preschool Department has the task of leading the development of overarching issues for preschool operations in the city. The department coordinates the overall work on quality and equivalence for the city’s preschools. The Preschool Department is responsible for the supervision of and new approvals for independent preschools, while the City Districts are responsible for the execution of the municipal preschools.

The Preschool Department, together with the City District Departments, will pursue overall development issues for the city’s preschool operations. It is partly about the educational activities for all children. It is also about issues that are important to the City’s employees, such as skills development and occupational safety and health issues.

The elected representatives on the Preschool Committee decide what the Department should work with in the area. The Preschool Department then implements the Committee’s decision.

Organisation

The work at the Preschool Department is led by senior director Gunilla Davidsson. The administration consists of four departments responsible for operations in each area.

The Department of Public Authorities is responsible for following up and developing the Preschool Department's work with supervision and approval of

  • independent preschools
  • pedagogical care institutions
  • independent leisure-time centres and after-school clubs.

The department consists of two units that supervise independent preschools and pedagogical care institutions and decide on new approvals for independent preschool operations. The units are also responsible for notifications of changes from principals who want to start independent preschools or independent pedagogical care institutions. 

To ensure that the operations continue to meet the requirements, the units carry out inspections. The units also investigate and decide on additional amounts for independent preschools and pedagogical care institutions. The units also process received reports of activities at independent preschools.

The Department for City-wide preschool issues is responsible for coordinating and leading the city-wide and systematic quality work for increased equality in the city’s preschools, open preschools and introductory preschools. Cooperation with the City Districts is central.

The department will support the City Districts quality work with the aim of raising the teachers’ competence and creating increased equality in education and teaching.

The department produces an annual report for the City’s preschools, regardless of by whom they are managed.

Other responsibilities include:

  • education and skills development for employees in the City’s preschools
  • coordination of teaching placement
  • research and progress in preschool, business intelligence
  • child health work, collaboration with social services and the child health centre (BVC)
  • language development
  • transition from preschool to school
  • digital development
  • coordination and implementation of changes in legislation.

The Department of Finance and Control give support to management and operations within the Preschool Department in areas such as finance, accounting and procurement.
 
The department consists of one unit that handle compensation and subsidies in relation to mainly independent preschool operations.

The Department for Management Support and IT give support to management and operations within the Preschool Department in areas such as HR, IT, communication, crisis preparedness, registry and committee secretariat.

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