Ms Dani Angelico, Principal

Welcome to Mount Alexander 7-12 College. I was appointed Principal at Mount Alexander 7-12 College in 2019. I was excited to join the MAC Community and work with a vibrant team of educators who believe in student-centred learning and empowerment.

I have worked in education for over 30 years across all facets of school operations, administration and instructional leadership. Prior to coming to Mount Alexander 7-12 College, I was the Assistant Principal at Maribyrnong College for eight years and Acting Principal at Buckley Park College.

In my time at Mount Alexander 7-12 College, I have been continually reassured in the College’s ethos of providing student empowered learning. All teachers, education support staff and learning support staff at MAC go above and beyond to work with the students to make the College a place that has become the community’s first school of choice.

Since joining Mount Alexander 7-12 College, I have led the College and support staff, students and families during the two years of rolling lockdowns with COVID19.

During this time, the College was successful in receiving the funds to upgrade and increase the space for our growing school. These upgrades began in late 2021 and are projected to finish in mid-December 2022. You can read more about the building works here.

At Mount Alexander 7-12 College, I am supported by a strong leadership team that includes Assistant Principals Meg Rawlins and Kate Stevanovic, 2 Learning Specialists and 6 Leading Teachers.

Ms Meg Rawlins, Assistant Principal: Teaching and Learning

I have been part of the Mount Alexander 7-12 College Leadership Team since 2010 and have worked in education for 22 years.

One thing I love about working at Mount Alexander 7-12 College is seeing students and staff thrive in the environment. The culture at the College is one of collaboration and empowerment.

Over the last sixteen years, I have seen the College go through large transformations and have worked very closely to enact these changes with Principal Dani Angelico and MAC’s previous Principal, Wayne Haworth.

Some of the various leadership positions I held throughout the transformation of the College include Teaching and Learning, Curriculum, Senior School, Student Engagement and Wellbeing and Community Engagement.

In 2018, I was awarded my Masters in Instructional Leadership from the University of Melbourne. In 2019, I completed a Graduate Certificate in Principal Preparation (Victoria) from Monash University.

I am passionate about building teaching and leadership expertise by providing professional learning opportunities for educators at Mount Alexander 7-12 College and beyond.

I lead the oversight of the Teaching and Learning Program at MAC and manage the overall operations of the college, including timetabling and professional learning.

My journey as an educational leader has been influenced by many significant relationships I have developed with students, which pushes me to want to make a difference.

Ms Kate Stevanovic, Assistant Principal: Student Engagement, Inclusion and Empowerment

I have a passion for supporting our students in setting and achieving their educational goals. I work closely in leading, supporting and embedding our approach to student engagement, wellbeing and inclusion.

I began working at Mount Alexander College in 2019. I have experience working in a number of schools including in Queensland, South Western Victoria and Northern Melbourne.

I completed my Bachelor of Education at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in 2009 and went on to complete my Masters of Adolescent Health and Welfare through the University of Melbourne in 2016. My Masters thesis focused on the impact of student voice and agency for young people at-risk.

I have held a number of leadership positions at Mount Alexander College including Student Leadership and Engagement, Junior School and Student Engagement and Empowerment.

I am also regularly called upon to present professional learning to educators relating to curriculum and assessment design for Victorian Curriculum and VCE.

I played a key role in the review of Mount Alexander College’s approach to School Wide Positive Behaviour & Supports (SWPBS) in 2024 and drove the implementation of changes in order to respond to our changing school context. I have also been fundamental in leading the implementation of the Disability Inclusion (DI) reform in the school.