National Framework for Values Education in Australian Schools

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Values Education A Whole School Approach
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The National Framework and a whole school
approach

• Effective values education
• occurs in partnership with students, staff,
  families and the school community as part of a
  whole school approach to educating students .
• (Guiding Principles, National Framework, p5)

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What is a whole school approach?

• A whole school approach is one that involves all
  members of the school community (students, staff,
  parents and carers, and other community members)
  and works across all areas of school life. It
  implicitly acknowledges that learning occurs not
  only through the formal curriculum, but also
  through students daily experience of life in the
  school and beyond.
• (Values for Australian Schooling Professional
  Learning Resources Primary/Secondary)

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The elements of a whole school approach to
values education
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School Vision
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School policiesand programmes
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Classroom teachingand learning
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School community
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Using the whole school model

• Starting points
• policy?
• curriculum planning?
• student welfare?
• student participation?
• community relations?
• parent engagement?