Meet the Team
At KVS, we value life experience, passion and personal sparks as the most enduring and essential qualities in our staff. Our teachers are known as mentors, reflecting the partnership that we consider essential in a holistic approach to academic learning and personal development. Our team is creative, resourceful, collaborative, and fun, and we deeply believe in transforming education.
As a child-safe organisation, we value diversity in our community, expect engagement from families, and ensure we have practices in place to allow all children and young people to be safe and feel safe. Koonwarra Village School is focused on the safety and wellbeing of its students at all times and has a zero tolerance approach to child abuse and harm.
When our school first opened, there was a natural grouping of younger and older children into two key spaces in the school. The younger children (Foundation and Level 1) were inspired by the beautiful natural sunlight that comes into their space, so this became the Sun Room. The older children (Levels 2 - 6) were inspired by the Triskelion school logo and are known as Triskels. These two learning communities continue to function as our two multi-age ‘classrooms’.
Employment OPPORTUNITIES
Koonwarra Village School is seeking expressions of interest for an ongoing 1.0 FTE mentor position to join our teaching team.
We are looking for a creative, energetic and proactive educator with a natural affinity for alternative education to support the academic, social and emotional development of students from Year 2 to Year 6.
The role comprises 0.8 FTE classroom teaching and 0.2 FTE specialist LOTE (Languages Other Than English) teaching, delivering language tuition to students from Year 2 to Year 6. Applicants must have experience planning and delivering LOTE in a primary school setting. This is an essential requirement of the role.
Koonwarra Village School is an independent primary school offering a human-scale, relational and holistic approach to school life. Our philosophy and Guiding Principles inform how we approach teaching and learning, with a focus on student agency, independence, decision-making and self-regulation.
We are seeking an educator who is self-motivated, adaptable and collaborative, with a deep respect for children and a clear teaching philosophy that aligns with our own. Working in a flexible, non-traditional school structure calls for resilience, initiative and a willingness to keep learning.
This is an ongoing employment opportunity at 1.0 FTE.
Applications close Friday, 30 October 2026.
Please read the Position Description and complete the online application if you would like to apply.
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Our school follows a different calendar from other schools. You can find our 2026 calendar here.
KVS Board
The KVS Board is guided by a Board Governance Charter and informed by the KVS Constitution. The Board’s main function is to provide guidance for the successful operation of the school via the Schools’ Strategic Plan, budgets and policies.
Our current board members are: Anna Hawkins (Chair), Matt Stamm, Sam Shannon and Taegan Holford. The Board currently meets eight times each year.
