St Mary's is looking for an enthusiastic educator who firmly believes that with the correct support, every child can achieve growth and success! We believe in high standards and have high expectations of our children. Our children and our families are incredible, and they work really hard to constantly improve. Our staff are an incredible collective of people who all believe wholeheartedly in giving every student every opportunity to achieve their best and reach their full potential. If you are ready to work in an amazing community, have a look at our add and consider coming to work at St Mary's, Dandenong.
We are advertising a teaching position beginning in **** to work with an incredible team of teachers and Learning Support Officers to design an engaging curriculum to generate the personal, spiritual, emotional and academic growth of the children in our school community. The position we are advertising has the possibility of permanent/ongoing for the right candidate, and we also encourage graduates to apply. In short we want the best applicant to become part of our extraordinary school, because our kids deserve the best.
St Mary's is an amazing school where you can't help but become connected with the families. We have a strong focus on Community Engagement and we work very hard to maintain authentic connections with our families. We believe that through a strong link and working with our families, we have the best opportunity to help each child reach their full potential as children of God. We work hard to make sure that every child has every opportunity to achieve success, and we love to celebrate those successes too!
We do reserve the right to interview and appoint before the closing date should the right candidate come, but you will be communicated with if this is the case.
The successful applicant will be required to:




• demonstrate a commitment to the safety and wellbeing of children in accordance with Child Safe standards
• foster and develop appropriate skilled relationships with students, staff, parents, and the wider school community
• collaboratively plan and work in a team with flexibility, creativity, passion and enthusiasm
• view themselves as a lifelong learner, which they foster in all students
• display initiative and commitment to ongoing improvement
• have a sound knowledge of contemporary learning, with a particular emphasis on the Victorian Curriculum through an inquiry approach
• assess and report against the Victorian Curriculum to demonstrate student improvement
• gather, analyse and use data (formal and informal) to improve teacher practice, pedagogy and student outcomes
• have a commitment to pursuing and maintaining their professional knowledge and skills in the areas of teaching and learning and student wellbeing
• have a sound understanding and confidently incorporate the Digital Technologies curriculum to engage students in their learning
• be adaptable and have the ability to use the Google Platform
• have an understanding, commitment, and support for the values and ethos of the Catholic school and the mission of the Catholic Church
• be accredited to teach in a Catholic school or have a willingness to achieve accreditation to teach Religion in a Catholic school preferred;
• Have a current VIT membership
We look forward to hearing from you!
St Mary's Primary School is all about developing the whole child. We believe that you as parents are the primary educators of your child, so we work in close collaboration with you as the family (what we call Family Engagement), so that your child can reach their full potential. Our current focus for the teachers is to continually develop their ability to analyse data in relation to literacy and numeracy so that they can plan a rigorous yet engaging learning experience for your children.

📌 Junior Classroom Teacher (Melbourne)
🏢 St Mary'S School - Dandenong
📍 Melbourne