Organisation of staff  350 people are employed in the childcare sector.  315 of these have Motala municipality as their employer.  150 pre-school teachers  140 assistants  25 others

Children/hours  children (1-5 year)  in municipality child-care centers  135 in private child-care centers  270 use their right to 15 h/week (unemployed and parents with newborn and siblings)  18 children/section  Opening hours: twelve hours/day (06.00 am pm/06.30 am pm)  Average hours/child: h/week

Staff education/qualification  assistents: 3 years of upper secondary school  pre-school teachers: 3,5 years (210 p) at university (210 p) at university

”Competence growth”  Headmaster is responsible for each childcare-center.  Special days for staff training is organized in the municipality.  All staff is offered a university course through Gävle University

Skilled/unskilled  Each group of 18 children are staffed with 3 personnel  Typically 2 pre-school teachers and 1 assistant.  The objective is to have 3 pre-school teachers.  Pre-school teacher = skilled  Assistant = ”unskilled” (3 years of upper secondary school)

Leadership  Pedagogical degree or equivalent  All headmasters take the governmental headmaster education (today 2 year).

Childcare-profession  In Sweden it is a problem to get pre-school teacher with proper education.  The last couple of years the students have preferred to get a teachers degree.  Introducing the Curriculum for the Pre- School (-98) was meant to raise the level of education.

The Sagene model  Apply existing knowledge to improve quality of Motala pre-school sector.  Equip employees to be better at in a early stage detect potential problems and adopt to new needs in society.  Improve the attractiveness of being pre- school teacher.