The Coordination Section for Commissioned Education
The Coordination Section for Commissioned Education is a part of the Office of Human Science.
Mission of the Section
- Coordinate educational assignments that are stated in the appropriation directions and that primarily concern supplementary teacher training programmes.
- Prepare incoming requests concerning the provision of expertise in school activities and other educational assignments.
- Facilitate collaboration between the university's departments and external actors and providing support to the departments concerned in ongoing assignments.
- Cooperate with other higher education institutions and work to ensure that the assignments are carried out and developed accordning to the appropriation directions and the statutes.
Training programmes and assignments
The aptitude test
On behalf of the Swedish National Agency for Education, Stockholm University designs and implements aptitude tests. The aptitude test is aimed at people with a foreign degree, preparing for professional activity as a teacher, from an EU or EEA country, and who have applied for teaching certification from the Swedish National Agency for Education but had their application rejected. Through the Aptitude Test, they have the opportunity to have their previous professional qualifications tested and recognized.
Lärarlyftet
A commissioned programme aimed at employed teachers with a teaching qualification who teach subjects for which they are not qualified. Courses included in the programme lead to an extended subject qualification, and it is also possible to study a special needs training programme leading to a special needs teacher degree.
Utlandsutbildade lärares vidareutbildning (ULV) (Bridging Programme for Teachers Educated Abroad)
A bridging programme for people with a foreign teacher or preschool teacher degree. The aim is to utilize the skills of foreign teachers and preschool teachers and provide increased opportunities for employment in Swedish schools or preschools. The aim of the programme is for the supplementary training to lead to a Swedish teaching qualification.
Vidareutbildning av lärare som saknar lärarexamen (VAL)
Further training for teachers without a teaching qualification. A supplementary programme for those who work as teachers or preschool teachers but do not have a degree. Each admitted student receives an individual study plan based on previous higher education studies and teaching experience. The programme aims to lead to a teaching or preschool teaching qualification.