CLASSROOM TEACHER

CLASSROOM TEACHER

Lutheran School Wagga Wagga

TATTON, NSW

Primary Teacher

Contract Type: Contract Position Full Time

Applications Close: 21 April 2026

Lutheran School Wagga Wagga is an Independent Christian School with 330 students. Our employee community is a passionate and dedicated team, committed to shaping faithful hearts and curious minds for a life of purpose.

We now invite applications for a Primary Teacher who will commence in July 2026. This position will be for a 12 month maternity leave position. We’re looking for a classroom teacher who knows how to genuinely connect with students and has a passion for teaching that translates far beyond the classroom.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Ability to select and use appropriately, a wide range of teaching and assessment strategies to suit the needs of a diverse range of students
• Assessment and reporting practices – ability to provide constructive feedback to parents
• Excellent classroom management
• Willingness to support the Christian ethos of Lutheran School
• Demonstrate, develop and maintain both effective practices in teaching and learning and positive relationships with students and colleagues
• Create a nurturing, ordered, and learner-centred environment that supports student engagement and achievement
• Collaboratively develop and implement quality curriculum programs using the NSW curriculum; evaluate their effectiveness; assess and report student progress; and report these to students, parents and the community
• Commitment to meet quality standards; and the willingness to update their technical skills and knowledge on a regular basis
• Employ differentiated, inclusive, and equitable teaching strategies to meet diverse learning needs and to engage students in their learning.

To be successful in this role you must have:

• Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to interact confidently and sensitively with staff, parents and students
• A current NSW Education Teacher registration (NESA)
• Teaching experience preferably in Junior Primary
• A current First Aid Certificate
• A current NSW Working with Children Check
• As a teacher of Christian Studies, a willingness to attain the accreditation required by Lutheran Education.

Selection criteria:

• Professional skills that foster partnerships with students, parents, and staff
• Knowledge of current education practice and NESA curriculum documents
• Confidence, flexibility, teamwork, and perseverance in a learning community
• Ability to support the Christian ethos of the school community

Lutheran School Wagga Wagga

TATTON, NSW

http://www.lpsww.nsw.edu.au
Principal:
Mrs Hollie Kinning

Affiliation: Lutheran
Teaching Level: Primary
Gender: Coed

330 Students
20 Teaching Staff
18 Non-Teaching Staff

Single School

Our school is a community of enthusiastic, reflective educators who are excited to learn and develop, using research-based, inquiry pedagogy. Students' needs are at the centre of all decisions made at Lutheran School. We promote student agency and explicitly teach the social and emotional skills necessary for our 21st century learners.

LSWW is a coeducational Christian school spanning Kindergarten to Year 6. The successful candidate should identify with, uphold and promote the Christian ethos.

Application Instructions

Your Application, Your Voice

We’re not looking for perfection; we’re looking for authenticity. Be as creative as you like and share why you’re applying in your own voice and respond to each criterion with a short paragraph that reflects your real-world experience. Think of it as a series of snapshots, moments that show how your skills, values, and strengths align with what we’re looking for.

Also please include:

1. Your current resume outlining experience and qualifications relevant to this role
2. Contact details for two professional referees and your congregational pastor, minister, priest or a character referee.

Please feel free to contact the Principal in relation to any questions you have about the position or your application.

Your application, marked confidential, should be received by 4:00pm Tuesday 21st April 2026. Interviews for short listed applicants will follow shortly after this date.

Your application should be addressed to:

Mrs Hollie Kinning, Principal

Lutheran School Wagga Wagga

Tamar Drive, Wagga Wagga NSW 2650

Email: principal@lpsww.nsw.edu.au

Applications close: 21-04-2026

Position commences: July 2026