National Values Education Project

The National Values Education Project is an Australian Government funded national initiative. The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) oversees the management of the program nationally, with the Curriculum Corporation coordinating the creation and dissemination of resources.

Funding was provided between 2004 and 2008 to support schools in holding school community values education forums.

Each state/territory has received further funding in 2009 to deliver Values Education Professional Learning focussing on the resources that have been created by the Curriculum Corporation

Schools have already received copies of the National Framework for Values Education in Australian Schools (new window) , a Values for Australian Schooling Poster (new window) and a Values Education Resources Kit that is an integrated package of resources to help schools with the holding of forums as well as to develop a values education program suitable for their school community.

Further resources will be sent to all Australian Schools during 2009.

The National Values Education website is a dynamic accessible resource and news centre for values education. It provides relevant and practical resources in the professional learning section about values education for all primary and secondary schools in Australia including examples of good practice in the 12 Case Studies (new window) and the reports of the Stage 1 and Stage 2 Values Education Good Practice Schools Project .

The Queensland website has been set up to provide Queensland teachers with information about:

venues and dates for events, workshops and conferences; and
resources, success stories and ideas from teachers.

The Values Education Project in Queensland

In January 2005 Queensland received funding to develop an intersystemic project entitled Values Education Project - Queensland to support the state's schools in the planning for and holding of values education school forums. This was a joint initiative of Education Queensland, the Catholic Education Commission and the Association of Independent Schools of Queensland Inc. and ran until June 2008.

In 2009 Queensland received a second round of funding to deliver more Professional Learning for teachers, particularly around the use of the Values Education Resources created by Curriculum Corporation.

Queensland has continued with a cross-sectoral Coordinating Committee to oversee the project. However, the three sectors are using their funding independently of each other to connect with agendas relevant to their schools.

Who guides the Queensland Values Education Project?

Chair - Anna Brazier - Education Queensland

Jenene Rosser - Independent Schools Queensland

Terry Creagh - Queensland Catholic Education Commission

Judi Bain - Queensland Council of Parents and Citizens' Associations

Rob Gilbert - Academic Representative

Val Faulks - Reresentative from a Stage 2 VEGPS cluster

Rosalie Shawcross - Project Officer - Values Education Queensland

Acknowledgments

This project is supported by funding from the Commonwealth Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations under the Values Education program.

The views expressed here are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the Commonwealth Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations.

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