Danish American Chamber of Commerce of Northern California



Education, Culture & Sports

EDUCATION:

Learn Danish online

In corporation with the Ministry of Refugee, Immigration and Integration Affairs, Dansk e-Learning Center has developed Denmark's most comprehensive online language course, DanskABC.dk

Read more by visiting www.danskabc.dk
 

In January 2005 the school expanded to become a Scandinavian Education Center, offering full-time and part time daycare and preschool for children 9 months to five years old, language classes for children K-12 as well as for adults.

Qualified Preschool Teachers Needed  

The Scandinavian School is seeking two fully qualified preschool teachers for our infant and preschool programs.  Our school follows a Scandinavian play based curriculum and is inspired by the Reggio Emilia philosophy.  We are a language immersion program where we speak only Danish, Norwegian and Swedish in the classrooms.  Our preschool children ages range from 2-5.9 and our infant classroom ages are from 9 months.

Job Summary:  

The Scandinavian School is looking for fulltime dedicated, energetic individuals to work with children of various ages.  You will be responsible for parent teacher conferences, participation in parent meetings, staff meetings, documentation and general curriculum planning.  You should have a willingness to continue your education.  Both infant and preschool positions will start in early August 2010.

Job requirements:

Fluent in Danish, Norwegian or Swedish
Bachelors of Education preferred, but not necessary
Minimum of 12 ECE units, including 3 infant units
Experience in teaching
US work permit
Background check, fingerprinting and CPR required.

Fluency in one of the above languages is a must.  If you feel you meet the above requirements, please send your resume and cover letter to info@scandinavianschool.org

For further information about the school, please visit www.scandinavianschool.org or contact the school by phone 415-665-3276 or by e-mail info@scandinavianschool.org.

CULTURE:

Nordic 5 Arts was founded in 1993 by Kati Casida. The organization is comprised of professional artists in the San Francisco Bay Area of Nordic/Scandinavian descent and artists born in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.

For more information about Nordic 5 Arts please visit the website www.nordic5arts.com. 

SPORTS:

25th Annual Scandinavian Consulate Cup Soccer

Saturday, August 28, 2010 at 10:30 a.m.

The soccer tournament for the Borge Lundbaek vandrepokal starts at 11 a.m. and you are invited to come to the Hall Middle School in Larkspur to enjoy a few hours of games.  Bring your picnic basket! 

For further information, please contact Jesper Lundbaek at e-mail mvfc2@pacbell.net

Cal Heat is a handball club located in the San Francisco Bay Area for both female and male players. Every year the club competes in the US National Championships. If you would like to join, please visit www.calheat.com.

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