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TREE Program
The Teaching, Research, Education and Evaluation (TREE) Program promotes collaboration between staff and students from Kearnan College and other Catholic schools in the area. It provides many enriching opportunities for staff to engage in professional development and also enables learning opportunities for students.
Secondary students attending Kearnan College travel from a variety of local townships, including Pemberton, Northcliffe, Quinninup, Bridgetown, Nannup, Balingup and Boyup Brook. To be student-focused in our vision, it is important that we engender fruitful and collaborative relationships with the wider community.
We highly value our relationships with local Catholic Primary Schools (St Mary’s Boyup Brook, St Brigid’s Bridgetown and St Joseph’s Pemberton) and seek opportunities to engage with them. Commencing in 2013, the TREE Program has greatly enriched these relationships. A recipient of a prestigious Catholic Education Western Australia LEAD Award for Excellence in the category of Engagement, this Program has led to a number of benefits:
- Common assessment and moderation across the schools
- The implementation of TREE Talks, a public speaking competition
- Enhanced collaboration between staff
- Facilitation of rich K-12 curriculum dialogue which cultivates a smoother transition from primary school to secondary school
