1. Values Education: A Whole School Approach

2. 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) The National Framework and a whole school approach

3. 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)

4. The elements of a whole school approach to values education

5. School Vision

6. School policies and programmes

7. Classroom teaching and learning

8. School community

9. Using the whole school model Starting points policy? curriculum planning? student welfare? student participation? community relations? parent engagement?