There are plenty of good, professional reasons to become a member
As a member, you get a wide range of unique professional benefits in the Frie Skolers Lærerforening.
Advice on your salary and terms of employment
As a teacher or kindergarten class leader at an independent school, you may be left with many questions about, for example, your salary, your seniority and your working hours. As a member of Frie Skolers Lærerforening, you always have a place to direct your questions to.
When you contact us, you get help that is based on unique knowledge and experience regarding the rules and conditions of the free schools.
You don’t just get answers to your questions. We also advise on how to proceed if, for example, our salary check shows that you have money to your credit.
A professional community
Being a teacher or kindergarten class leader at an international school og an international department requires a special level of professionalism and a number of special conditions.
Frie Skolers Lærerforening is the only professional organization that exclusively organizes members at the independent schools and therefore the international schools.
This means that you join a strong professional community, which is linked to the special characteristics of your working life.
This applies locally at your own school, and in the professional and political work of the association.
As a member, you can contribute to the community and influence the association’s work both at your own school, and through the International Committee as well as the board of representatives and main board.
Always available knowledge about the rules for your working life
On the association’s website, as a member you get access to the Advice and guidance section.
The content requires a member login, as this is where the association’s consultants convey their knowledge about the rules for, among other things, pay, working hours, maternity, vacation and absence.
Free advice and guidance for stress, sick leave and occupational injury
Unfortunately, it happens that you can beat yourself up mentally or physically at work.
As a member of Frie Skolers Lærerforening, you can get advice and guidance from consultants specializing in the exact situation you are in.
You can get help to deal with the situation as it is right now and here. But the consultants can also advise you on what the next steps should be so that you can move forward.
We negotiate your collective agreement
It is Frie Skolers Lærerforening that negotiates your collective agreement.
Therefore, we can also ensure that the collective agreement, pay and working conditions are respected.
As a member, you will have the opportunity to provide your input for future collective bargaining negotiations when the association invites you to demand-setting meetings.
We are at your workplace
With over 600 active union representatives and just under 300 active working environment representatives at independent schools across the country, the Frie Skolers Lærerforening is highly likely to be present at your workplace.
The union representative is your local representative for Frie Skolers Lærerforening and can be your gateway to the association. It is the union representative who, on a day-to-day basis, is a collaborative partner with the management and solves small and large problems for the members.
As a member, you can always get help and advice from the union representative, and in addition, the union representative works for collective improvements in the workplace through local agreements.
Your working environment representative focuses on actively working with the working environment at your workplace and that it is continuously improved.
Frie Skolers Lærerforening trains the trustees so that they are well prepared for the tasks that come with the trusteeship.
A political mouthpiece
- Who will shout when the politicians consider abolishing the 10th grade?
- Who is going to point out that the salary for teachers and kindergarten class leaders on independent schools is, on average, many thousands of kroner after the salary in public primary schools?
- Who should keep an eye on whether the independent schools live up to the requirements of the working time agreement?
Through daily contact with a large number of members at independent schools throughout the country, the Frie Skolers Lærerforening has a unique insight into the general problems facing teachers and kindergarten class leaders.
And Frie Skolers Lærerforening is therefore not satisfied with solving the individual member’s problem. We also raise general problems to a higher level. We seek joint solutions with the relevant parties, and we communicate about the issues to both the teachers and other stakeholders in the field.
20 experts at your disposal
Among other things, 20 consultants work at Frie Skolers Lærerforening’s secretariat in Risskov near Aarhus, who deal with more than 20,000 member inquiries a year.
The consultants know the rules inside out, they have deep knowledge of the conditions at the independent schools and the consultants therefore know how to handle your inquiry in the best way.
As a member of Frie Skolers Lærerforening, you are therefore never alone with your questions.
Access to psychological crisis assistance
As a member of Frie Skolers Lærerforening, you have access to fast and professional crisis help from Falck Healthcare if you come across something psychologically stressful in connection with your work.
As a member, you have access to more than 300 psychologists at Falck. The large number of associated psychologists ensures that a therapeutic course always starts no later than three days after you are searched for the crisis help.
The scheme is administered by the Free Schools Teachers’ Association consultants, who are responsible for the visitation, and the crisis aid is generally paid for by the school.
How to do it:
- Contact us on phone 87 46 91 10
- The association’s consultants determine whether what you have been exposed to is covered by the rules on work-related crisis assistance
- If you are searched for crisis help at Falck Healthcare, you will be offered a course of five hours of psychological help
- It is basically the school that has to pay for the crisis aid
If the crisis occurs outside normal working hours , e.g. in connection with camp schools, you can contact Falck’s 24-hour crisis line on telephone 70 10 20 12.
The emergency telephone offers advice and psychological first aid, and Frie Skolers Lærerforening will deal with your case as quickly as possible.
