Students at MacKillop Education learn from and are supported by our highly qualified education team who provide an environment that empowers students to re-engage in education.
Our education team are diverse in their experience and knowledge and are keenly immersed in the wider community. Our staff share a common commitment to the Reframing Learning and Teaching Environments model (ReLATE) which ensures we provide a safe learning environment for children and young people impacted by a disability, adversity or trauma, and support students academically and socially so they can experience success in learning.
Our staff list encompasses teachers – both primary and secondary, education support staff and leaders, wellbeing coordinators, psychologists, speech pathologists, office staff and much more.
Director of MacKillop Education: Rebecca Robinson
Executive Assistant (to the Director of Education): Annie Davies
Deputy Executive Principal: Kris Bardon
Deputy Executive Principal: Skye Staude
Executive Assistant (to the Deputy Executive Principal): Bianca Meyer
School Principal Geelong: Laura Vassalo
Deputy Principal Geelong: Kerrin Whiting
School Principals Maidstone: Tammy Byrne & Lesley Wheeler
Deputy Principal Maidstone: Rod Bryar
School Principal Caulfield: Angela Alibrando
School Principal Clifton Hill: Miranda Zuzic
Deputy Principal Clifton Hill: Nicole O'Meara
School Principal Waranara: Rachael Peet
Deputy Principal Waranara: Will Lutwyche
MacKillop Education Waranara School will start Term 4 in fresh new premises at 11 Mathieson Street, Annandale.
Therapy dogs Lucy & Odie and their human, social worker Jasmin Underwood, joined this year to help more kids settle in to school and regain a love of learning.
Education Support Worker Christopher Anderson shares his reflections on joining a new team at Caulfield in 2020, a school that opened during the COVID-19 lockdown.