Contract Type: Contract Position Full Time

Applications Close: 25 October 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 January 2027. This is a 12-month position with the possibility of ongoing employment. 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:

- Demonstrate, develop, and maintain effective teaching practices and positive relationships with students and colleagues.
- Contribute actively to a collaborative professional culture focused on reflection, improvement and shared practice.
- Collaborativly develop, design and implement curriculum programs using the NSW curriculum and Christian Studies Curriculum Framework.
- Evaluate curriculum effectiveness, assess and monitor student learning to inform planning, and report outcomes to students, parents, and the community.
- Willingness to support the Christian ethos of Lutheran School
- Create a nurturing, ordered, and learner-centred environment that supports student engagement and achievement.

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 preferable
- 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

Affiliation: Lutheran
Teaching Level: Primary
Gender: Coed

330 Students
20 TeachingStaff
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.

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 qualified 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 Sunday 25 October 2026. Interviews for short listed applicants will follow shortly after this date.

Your application should be addressed to:

📌 Primary Teacher (Wagga Wagga)
🏢 Lutheran Education Australia
📍 Wagga Wagga