2026 Specialist Teacher

St Anthony's School Melton South – Melton South VIC The Arts at St. Anthony’s Primary School is an essential and vital learning area that enables the full flourishing of every student, spiritually, academically, and personally. Through active participation in The Arts, students are encouraged to explore the creative gifts they’ve been given to express themselves, interpret the world, and make unique meaning. Inspired by our Catholic faith, this subject is a place of wonder and discovery, where students explore the beauty of creation, celebrate the sacred, and learn to respond with integrity and compassion. The Arts provides the opportunity for students to explore personal and community wellbeing, prayer and formation. A sentiment expressed by Pope John Paul II in his Letter to Artists (1999) encourages such exploration: ‘Artists of the world, may your many different paths lead to that Ocean of beauty where wonder becomes awe, exhilaration, unspeakable joy’ (n. 16). Through engaging with the five Art disciplines of Visual Art, Media Art, Dance, Music, and Drama, students learn to respect and value the evolving traditions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, recognising their significant contributions to Australia’s arts heritage and contemporary practice (VCAA, 2017). At St. Anthony’s Primary School, the Arts curriculum is structured into two semester-long subjects: Visual Art (Visual Art and Media Art) and Performing Art (Dance, Drama and Music). Students are given opportunities to share their stories, express their faith, and explore the beauty of the world around them through our School Concert and Arts Exhibition. At St Anthony’s Primary School, the Arts teacher leads our Arts Specialist Program, a dynamic and collaborative curriculum designed to spark creativity. It aims to empower students to become confident communicators and critical thinkers who use artistic expression to explore, question, and understand the world around them. This role requires a strong commitment to an arts program fundamentally shaped by our Catholic Identity. The Arts teacher will be key in aligning artistic knowledge and skills with the Catholic belief in the inherent dignity of the human person, fostering the artist's vocation to reflect truth, beauty, and goodness in their work. We seek a passionate educator who inspires students to use their creative gifts to explore the beauty of creation, celebrate the sacred, and learn to respond with integrity and compassion. Aligned with MACS Vision for Instruction and Vision for Engagement, the role delivers a rich, connected curriculum that also fosters deep learning, critical thinking, creativity, and student agency. Drawing on disciplines such as Dance, Drama, Music, Visual Art, and Media Arts, the program combines explicit instruction with experiential learning. This role also supports the school’s Catholic identity by modelling Catholic Social Teaching particularly care for creation, dignity of work, and the common good. The successful candidate will work collaboratively within the specialist team, uphold the Catholic ethos of the school, and align their practice with MACS’ Vision for Instruction and Vision for Engagement. About us Come and join our team of motivated, committed, compassionate, and dedicated teachers and staff at St Anthony’s Primary school, Melton South. We are a large Catholic Primary school comprising 28 classes across Foundation to year 6. St. Anthony’s Primary School is committed to building a community of faith, hope and love in the light of Jesus Christ. Our vision is to provide learning environments that empower students to be active learners. We implement evidence-based, high-impact practices designed to ensure our students flourish not only within our community but within a world of continual change. Our staff are provided with ongoing professional learning opportunities on evidence-based practices and our current provisionally registered teachers follow a structured program which scaffolds their working towards achieving full teacher registration. We pride ourselves on pastoral care for our students, staff and families and support our staff across both Wellbeing and Learning and Teaching through coaching, mentoring, additional classroom support and facilitated planning in teams. We have a full-time psychologist and a full time speech pathologist and provide literacy and numeracy intervention across years Foundation to Three. Our students in years 4-6 have a 1:1 device and digital portfolios along with 3 way conversations and learning walks complement our semester reporting on student progress. All staff are involved in the teaching and learning of Auslan following the TCL (Teachers as Co-Learners) model. We have many other wonderful initiatives at our school that our students and staff love to participate in. With the help of our Year 4 students, we have a program called Nourish and Flourish, where learning and student wellbeing blend beautifully to form a student‑led Café. Each Friday, our Year 4 students cook fresh and exciting food to serve the school community, including parents, friends, staff and classrooms. With nearly one hundred people visiting the Café each week it is certainly buzzing with barista‑made coffee, jazz tunes and a strong sense of self‑efficacy. Under the Nourish and Flourish banner, we also provide a twice‑weekly breakfast and aerobics program. Students can choose to have a dance at aerobics, or they can fill their tummies with toast, fruit, and milk. Our community garden includes a prayer space, natural Australian plants, vegetables which are used in our Café, fruit trees and chickens We work hard to ensure that all student's needs are catered for outside as well as in the classroom with a variety of clubs that students can enjoy. These include choir, bug club, dance club, knitting club, art club, and at different times of the year ukulele club, drumming club, basketball, football, cricket and netball club. St Anthony’s community is committed to the safety, wellbeing and protection of all children in our care. We strive to maintain a child safe and inclusive environment where each child feels safe. Click here for a Virtual Tourto truly see our amazing school What are we looking for? Applicants need to have a passion for learning and a strong desire to grow and develop professionally. We are looking for highly motivated teachers who are enthusiastic & committed to contributing to the school and team in a positive way. We have embarked on our implementation of evidence based practices which include explicit instruction across all areas, in particular mathematics and literacy. Student voice and agency will be embedded in your classroom teaching and learning practices with the lens of Catholic values, teachings, and traditions weaved throughout the curriculum, classroom and school culture. The successful applicant will: be committed to the ethos of a Catholic school be organised, enthusiastic and a dedicated member of our professional learning team be able to plan and deliver learning experiences that are differentiated to accommodate a range of abilities and learning have a sound knowledge and understanding of current thinking and research into curriculum, pedagogy and the Victorian Curriculum possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills effectively use data to inform the teaching and learning of students have knowledge of evidence based learning hold a current VIT registration have an understanding of ‘data driven’ teaching be committed to working collaboratively as part of a team have an understanding of the AITSL standards and expectations of Professional Teachers be committed to Child Safety Applicants must: understand and support the Catholic ethos and vision of the School, and be willing to be involved in School and Parish activities be familiar and comply with all requirements of Child Safety, policies and legal responsibilities concerning the safety, care and wellbeing of all students. Applications Close: Tuesday 23rd December 2025 Please note we reserve the right to employ and therefore fill this position before the application closure date. Application Procedures Applications should include: Cover letter addressing the key selection criteria in the role description Current CV; Employment Application Copy of VIT Registration The names and contact details of three referees Be careful - Don’t provide your bank or credit card details when applying for jobs. Don't transfer any money or complete suspicious online surveys. If you see something suspicious, report this job ad . #J-18808-Ljbffr