Lower School Job

Position Description

Date posted: March 13, 2026

Pay: $35,000.00 – $40,000.00 per year

Job description:

Lower School Teacher

Lutheran Classical Academy of Saint David the King at Zion
Wausau, Wisconsin

The Lutheran Classical Academy of Saint David the King at Zion seeks a joyful, disciplined, and thoughtful to help build a new generation of students in wisdom, stature, and grace.

Saint David’s Academy is a Lutheran classical school committed to forming children through Holy Scripture, the Lutheran confession, the Western intellectual inheritance, and a rich culture of truth, goodness, and beauty. We believe education is not merely the transmission of information, but the formation of the whole person for faithful life in the home, church, and community.

The Lower School teacher will join the Academy in its founding years and help cultivate a classroom life marked by reverence, delight, order, attention, memory, language, and love of the good.

Position Summary

The Lower School Teacher is responsible for teaching and guiding students in the Academy’s Primary or Grammar years, depending on assignment. This teacher will help establish a classroom culture of strong habits, humane learning, and Christian charity, while instructing students in the foundational arts of reading, writing, number, language, literature, history, nature study, and the life of the Church.

The ideal candidate is a teacher who understands that young children do not need shallow entertainment or premature abstraction, but rather rich language, beautiful stories, ordered knowledge, meaningful discipline, and joyful seriousness.

Responsibilities

The Lower School Teacher will:

Teach core academic subjects as assigned, which may include reading, phonics, grammar, composition, arithmetic, literature, history, catechesis, nature study, and introductory Latin
Cultivate an orderly, peaceful, and affectionate classroom rooted in Christian discipline and mutual respect
Lead students in the foundational habits of attention, memory, recitation, narration, handwriting, and careful speech
Use strong teacher-led instruction while also fostering wonder, participation, and thoughtful discussion appropriate to the age of the students
Teach from approved curricular materials while exercising sound pedagogical judgment in lesson planning and classroom execution
Present rich content in ways suited to the developmental stage of the child
Communicate regularly and professionally with parents regarding student progress, concerns, and classroom life
Maintain accurate student records, grading, and reports as required by the Academy
Participate in faculty meetings, school events, parent evenings, and the common life of the Academy
Support the Academy’s mission, culture, liturgical rhythm, and confessional integrity
Work in a collegial and obedient spirit under the leadership of the Headmaster
Desired Qualities

We are seeking a teacher who:

Confesses and lives consistently with the Christian faith and is supportive of the Academy’s Lutheran identity and mission
Loves children and is able to combine warmth with firmness
Possesses a strong command of language and communicates with clarity, maturity, and beauty
Understands that education in the lower years should be rich in story, song, memory, imitation, and ordered practice
Values both wonder and discipline
Can teach children not only skills, but habits of mind and heart
Understands that the aim of lower school is not hurried sophistication, but deep foundations
Is able to work with a developing school culture in a flexible and constructive way
Sees beauty, moral formation, and intellectual seriousness as belonging together
Desires to help students love what is true, good, and lovely
Qualifications

Preferred qualifications include:

Bachelor’s degree in education, liberal arts, a teachable subject area, or related field
Classroom teaching experience in elementary or lower school settings
Familiarity with classical education, Christian education, or traditional liberal arts instruction
Experience with or willingness to learn strong phonics instruction, language-rich teaching, and content-rich elementary pedagogy
Strong classroom management and lesson-planning ability
Ability to teach with confidence, order, and affection
Willingness to join as a participating member of an ELS congregation
Teaching licensure is preferred where applicable, though candidates with strong alignment to the Academy’s mission and demonstrated teaching ability may also be considered.

About the Academy

The Lutheran Classical Academy of Saint David the King at Zion is a new classical academy in Wausau, Wisconsin, founded to provide a deeply Christian and classically ordered education for children and families in Central Wisconsin. The Academy seeks to recover a humane education shaped by Scripture, the Lutheran confession, serious academics, teacherly authority, literary culture, and the enduring inheritance of Christendom and the West.

Our lower school is designed to give children a strong beginning in:

phonics and fluent reading
arithmetic and number sense
grammar and language
poetry, fables, fairy tales, myths, and classic stories
biblical and historical knowledge
memory, recitation, and song
nature study and the love of created order
reverence, courtesy, and moral formation
Employment Details

This is a full-time position for the 2026–2027 academic year.

To Apply

Please submit:

a cover letter
resume
at least two references or letters of recommendation
a personal educational philosophy statement
Applications and inquiries may be directed to:

Matthew J. Berg
Headmaster
Lutheran Classical Academy of Saint David the King at Zion

[email protected]
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:

 

Dental insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Paid time off
Retirement plan

Application Question(s):

 

Familiarity with Classical Education and Methods
Education:

 

Bachelor’s (Required)
Experience:

 

educational : 1 year (Preferred)
Ability to Relocate:

 

Wausau, WI 54403: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person