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 leads the joint quality work aimed at strengthening equity across all municipal preschools, open preschools, and introduction preschools in the city.

The department is responsible for supporting the districts’ quality efforts with the purpose of raising educators’ competence and increasing equity in education and teaching.

Within the department, investigations are carried out, guidelines and policy documents are developed, and development work is conducted. The department is also responsible for networks and forums for preschool development, based on close collaboration with the district administrations. The department produces an annual report for all preschools in the city, regardless of provider.

The department consists of two units.

The unit for quality and follow‑up is responsible for, among other things:

  • citywide systematic quality work for preschools
  • coordination and implementation of legislative changes
  • the city’s existing governance documents for preschools
  • follow‑ups and revisions
  • statistics and analysis.

The unit for research and development is responsible for, among other things:

  • initiating and leading research‑based development
  • monitoring research and development within the preschool sector
  • regional, national, and international collaborations
  • professional development and training initiatives for preschool employees.

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 works across the administration to provide support to management and operations in the areas of HR, communication, IT and digitalization, information security, as well as crisis and preparedness coordination.

The department includes the office and registry unit, which is responsible for among other things:

  • coordinating operational planning and follow-upboard preparation
  • archiving and registration
  • release of public documents
  • department-specific and administrative coordination.

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