Learning Support Teacher - Primary - Lambton

St John'S Primary School - Lambton; Newcastle; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

St John's Primary School, Lambton is seeking a permanent full-time Learning Support Teacher for the 2027 school year, with potential earlier start if available. The role focuses on identifying and supporting students with special educational needs and delivering curriculum differentiation within a Catholic primary setting.

The teacher will work collaboratively with classroom staff, CSO personnel, and parents to implement personalised plans and data-driven teaching practices while upholding

Responsibilities

• Assist with identification of students with special educational needs; consult with parents, colleagues and CSO personnel; facilitate referral and assessment procedures.
• Deliver intervention, teach students, and assist teachers with curriculum differentiation as directed by Learning Support leadership.
• Collaborate with class teachers to design, implement, monitor and review adjustments documented in Personalised Plans or Learner Profiles.
• Work with other Learning Support personnel to provide services across K-6.
• Contribute to staff professional development and parent education programs.
• Liaise with relevant schools during transition periods.
• Assist in preparing documentation for privacy, confidentiality and disability obligations, including pre-enrolment submissions and NCCD submissions.
• Support development of inclusive learning environments and programs for students with disability.
• Assist in building school staff capacity in Special Education; align practices with Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.

Job description

Learning Support Teacher - Primary - Lambton

Contract Type: Permanent/Ongoing Position Full Time

Applications Close: 12 November 2026

St John's Primary School, Lambtonis seeking apermanent full time School Learning Support Teacherto join the team for the 2027 school year!

St John's Primary School, Lambtonis seeking apermanent full time School Learning Support Teacherto join the team for the 2027 school year with a possibility of starting sooner if available.
St John's Primary Schoolprovides a supportive and safe learning environment for students from Kindergarten to Year 6.
St John’s strives to meet the needs of all students, providing a quality academic curriculum that develops the uniqueness and potential of each student.
Staff at St John’s are dedicated to ensuring continual progress and growth in learning through the use of reflective practices, data driven research and evidence-based teaching.
With access to modern facilities and the incorporation of 21st century technology, St John’s encourages all students to pursue the highest level of achievement.
POSITION DESCRIPTION
The Learning Support Teacher (K-6) in a Catholic school has a unique role to play and is assigned with the task of ensuring each child has the opportunity to grow both academically and spiritually and to live a purposeful life. Examples of responsibilities of the Learning Support Teacher include but are not limited to the following:

• assist with the identification of students with special educational needs, consult and collaborate with parents, colleagues, CSO personnel and external providers, and facilitate referral and assessment procedures with Catholic Schools Office Student Support staff.
  
• deliver intervention, teach students, and assist teachers with curriculum differentiation, as specified by the Leader of Learning Support / Learning Support Coordinator.
  
• collaborate with class teachers and other relevant people to assist in the design, implementation, and monitoring and review of adjustments, as documented in the Personalised Plan (PP) or Learner Profile (LP).
  
• work collaboratively with other Learning Support personnel.
  
• contribute to the provision of staff professional development and parent education programs.
  
• liaise with relevant schools particularly in relation to transition periods.
  
• contribute to the preparation of documentation required under legislation in line with privacy, confidentiality, and disability obligations, for example, pre-enrolment documentation, and assist in the preparation of submissions for the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data (NCCD)
  
• support the development of inclusive learning environments
  
• assist in the implementation of programs and processes to support students with disability
  
• assist in building capacity of school staff in the area of Special Education
  The teacher will promote the school as a place of learning and excellence in accordance with contemporary evidence-based learning and wellbeing principles (including digital learning) and will ensure the ongoing development and implementation of pedagogical practices that impact on student learning outcomes. The teacher will acknowledge and agree to the requirement to work within the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.

Affiliation: Catholic
Teaching Level: Primary
Gender: Coed

201 Students
16 TeachingStaff
5 Non-Teaching Staff