City of Göteborg500 000 inhabitants16 upper secondary

school units1 400 teachers14 000 students

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Employed teachers 2007

Demographic facts - 2006

The share of teachers age 55 and above are 53 per cent.

The share of teachers aged 60-64 are 26 per cent

No significant differences between female and male teachers concerning age distribution

CONNECTION TO THE CODES AWARENESS/ COMPETENCE EXCHANGE/MENTORSHIP

Awareness that older teachers possesses important competence.Effective mentorship/competence exchanges old/young teacher i.e

- Introduction of new teachers- Collegial guidance- Yearplanning- Non-teaching work tasks i.e institutional work- Observation and support in classes- Teaching and didactical help - Planning and developing of lessons - Helping with exams

THE COMPETENCE TRANSFER PROJECT

The political board responsible for the Upper secondary schools designed a two-year competence transfer project at a total cost of about Euro 600 000.

Three schools were chosen. 35 per cent of the teachers in these three schools were

older than 60 Two newly employed teachers where placed in each of

these three different secondary schools 8 older teachers reduced their lessons with 25 per cent

in every school and had instead other assignments. No reduction of working time for the older teachers