Role Description/Criteria
Come work with us! - 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 of 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.
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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 and current CV;
- Employment Application
- Copy of VIT Registration
- The names and contact details of three referees
- Signed Child Safety Code of Conduct
Please email application to
Caitlyn Lalor - Principal
clalor@sameltonsth.catholic.edu.au