I snart elva år har jag arbetat inom Internationella Engelska Skolan - IES. Först som lärare och de senaste 2,5 åren som rektor. Under alla dessa år har jag följt debatten om skolan i Sverige och framförallt den gällande friskolor. Det är en intressant debatt som lyfter viktiga frågor men nu känner att jag måste lägga fram min bild från en av alla många friskolor i Sverige för att bredda debatten.
Internationella Engelska Skolan (IES) omnämns i inslag på Sveriges Television den 20 december 2020 med anledning av skolans 28 åriga verksamhet och ägare. Detta förtydligande vänder sig mot påståendet om att IES skulle bidra till skolsegregationen i Sverige.
The holiday season is a time to care a bit more about others. Earlier this week IES Helsingborg changed to distance learning for grade 7-9, which meant that the school had 300 extra portions of food as the meals could not be cancelled with short notice. The school decided to donate the food for the remaining week to the local homeless shelter, Hemlösas hus in Helsingborg.
Congratulations to Liv Altarac and Elle Hoveman from IES Lund that won the competition Resterkocken! Inspired by the tastes of autumn they won by showing how to use different flavors in an excellent way.
Do you want to work in an environment where teachers can teach and students learn? Watch this video to find out why IES is a special place to work.
To speak English "well" is not enough in today's world, writes Ms Barbara Bergström, the American science teacher who founded the English School in 1993.
Young Swedes should acquire a total inner security when speaking English. Our schools offer the best environment for achieving this. An important part of our success is that we provide a secure environment for teaching and learning. Schools should have a calm environment where teachers can teach and students learn.
These founding ideas have laid a solid ground for success. Internationella Engelska Skolan is today the largest free school organization at the compulsory level ("Grundskolan") in Sweden. Some 28 000 students attend our 39 schools around the country.
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Our schools are places where teachers can teach and students can learn. This is possible because of the strong emphasis Internationella Engelska Skolan places on creating a safe and calm environment which is conducive to teaching and learning. That environment helps everyone to concentrate on their lessons.
All of our staff pull together to create the best learning environment through the school so that rather than using time and energy to establish the preconditions for learning, our teachers are able to step into the classroom knowing that their lessons will start on time and then run smoothly and without disruption.
