Young newcomers learning - how to create a successful reception. - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

2016--10-17

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SKOL- OCH FRITIDSFÖRVALTNINGEN

VERKSAMHETSSTÖD OCH DRIFT

Young newcomers learning

• how to create a successful

reception.

Birgitta Jönsson, Manager, Välkomsten, the Department of mapping and screening of young newcomers

Välkomsten, Department of mapping and screening of young newcomers & Department of mother tongue teaching

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Välkomsten, Department of mapping and screening of young newcomers

Välkomsten (“The Welcoming”) - reception for mapping and screening of newly arrived students Support and guidance to the schools in Helsingborg

• Manager
• Educational developer
• 2 teachers in Swedish as a second

language

• 2 math teachers
• 2 support teachers, Arabic and Dari

speaking

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Välkomsten - the first step into the Swedish school

2015-10-02

Mapping and screening must be completed not later than two months after the student has entered the Swedish school. (Education Act 3 chapter 12 c §) A newly arrived student: 1. has been living abroad 2. lives in Sweden now, and 3. started his/hers education after Swedish mandatory school year one begins the same year as she/he turned seven years old. After four years in the Swedish school the student is no longer considered as a newly arrived student. (Education Act, 3 chapter 12 §)

New amendments to legislations 2016

2015-10-02

• A newly arrived student’s knowledge must be evaluated. This is not

applicable if obviously unnecessary. (Education Act 3 chapter 12c §)

• A newly arrived student shall be put in relevant grade with regards

to age, pre knowledge and personal circumstances. (Education Act 3 chapter 12 d §)

• From April 15, 2016, there is a new screening guidance from the

Swedish National Agency for Education. This shall be used for newcomers knowledge evaluation. (Regulated in School Ordinance 2016:10)

New amendments to legislations 2016

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Departement of Mother Tongue Studies

• Manager, Deputy head, Educational

development leader, ICT-Coordinator, Economist/Human resource management and Coordinator.

• 85 teachers of mother tongue studies
• 39 languages
• About 4500 pupils
• Conference time Wednesdays 08:00-12:00

am

• focused on mission and peer learning
• screening newcomers in literacy

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Entitled to native language teaching

A student who has a guardian with mother tongue other than Swedish, should be

• ffered mother tongue teaching if:
• The language is the pupil’s daily

language in the home.

• The student has basic knowledge of the

language.

Education Act 10 chapter 7§

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Study guidance in mother tongue - the right to knowledge and special support

Children and young people who recently arrived to Sweden and are not able to follow the lessons in Swedish language are entitled to receive special support in their mother tongue

• r in their former school language.

The student will develop strategies for learning if he or she is given support in a combination of Swedish as well as their native language.

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The linguistic research shows that success factors for study in the mother tongue is:

• to be preceded by a screening of the student´s

language and subject knowledge

• interventions tailored to the student´s development
• the school has expertise on multilingualism
• collaboration between the Study guide in mother

tongue and the student´s Subject teachers

• alternately instruction in the student´s native language

and i Swedish, for the student to develope tools for their own learning

Att upprätta en effektiv och framgångsrik organisation

Mapping and screening Step 1 Välkomsten 2 weeks Basic health care screening at student health The student is assigned to a school Student hand over meeting Mother tongue teaching Study guidance The student is signed up to our queue system The student arrives to Helsingborg and makes an application (enrollment form on Internet) Screening Step 2 Literacy Numeracy Parent information – The Swedish school system The receiving device Välkomsten,

• ffers support, guidance and

invites to peer learning