Role Details

🎨 Junior School Art Teacher (0.4 FTE) – Fixed Term Replacement
 
📍 Location: Mercedes College, 540 Fullarton Road, Springfield SA 5062
📅 Contract Dates: Monday 1st September 2025 – Friday 5th December 2025
🕒 Workload: 0.4 FTE over two days per week
📘 Year Levels: Junior School (Reception – Year 5)

Can you turn a blank canvas into a world of wonder – and inspire little minds to do the same?

We’re on the lookout for an imaginative, energetic and passionate Art Teacher to bring colour, curiosity, and creativity to our Junior School classrooms for a fixed-term contract from Term 3 Week 7 to the end of the school year.

This is a two-day-per-week role (0.4 FTE), perfect for someone who wants to balance life and art, or step back into the teaching space in a vibrant, supportive learning environment.

🌟 Who you are:

• A qualified educator with a love for the visual arts and a flair for teaching younger learners.
• A believer in the magic of self-expression and the power of art to unlock confidence, empathy, and critical thinking.
• Someone who thrives in a collaborative school culture and enjoys working alongside dynamic, dedicated educators.

🎯 In this role, you will:

• Deliver engaging, hands-on art lessons that ignite creativity across a range of media and techniques.
• Nurture a classroom culture of exploration, play, and positive risk-taking.
• Celebrate every brushstroke, scribble and sculpture as a step in the creative journey.

🖌️ We offer:

• A welcoming, inclusive school community with a strong focus on wellbeing and innovation.
• A purpose-built Junior School Art space, stocked and ready for magic.
• A chance to make a meaningful mark (literally!) in the lives of young learners.

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