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Welcome to the Values Education website. This website is a dynamic portal for Australian school communities to find out more about the Australian Government's Values Education initiatives.

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2008 National Values Education Forum Report

National Framework for Values Education in Australian Schools

The Australian Values Education Journey – Leading change, shaping futures, building community
29–30 May 2008, Hotel Realm, Barton, ACT

The 2008 National Values Education Forum brought together keynote speakers, international panellists, stakeholders, teachers, parents, principals and students.

Workshops and presentations provided the impetus for discussion on current and future directions in values education in Australia and internationally with targeted input from speakers from South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States.

A full report of the 2008 National Values Education Forum is available for downloading.

Building Values across the Whole School: A Resource Package

The Australian Government has funded the publication of Building Values across the Whole School: A Resource Package via this website. Part of the Values for Australian Schooling resource series for Australian schools, the package consists of two components: primary and secondary teaching and learning units and a professional learning program.

To access Building Values across the Whole School: A Resource Package from this website you will need the access code key. The access code key has been sent in a letter, to all Australian school principals, which arrived in schools the week commencing 15 October 2007. Australian schools may then download the resource package via the Building Values across the Whole School: A Resource Package page.

Values for Australian Schooling Kit

Values kit The Values for Australian Schooling Kit is an integrated package of resources for every school in Australia.

The Values for Australian Schooling Kit was delivered to schools during the second term 2006. The print materials from the kit may be downloaded from the Values for Australian Schooling Kit page.

Values Education Good Practice Schools Project – Stage 1: Final Report

The Values Education Good Practice Schools Project – Stage 1 (VEGPSP 1) involved the funding by the Australian Government of 26 clusters of schools from around Australia to design, implement and evaluate quality projects in values education which would reflect and utilise the National Framework for Values Education in Australian Schools in local contexts.

A report of the learnings and outcomes from the project, Implementing the National Framework for Values Education in Australian Schools: Report of the Values Education Good Practice Schools Project – Stage 1, and an executive summary are available for downloading from the website.

Values Education Good Practice Schools Project – Stage 2

The Australian Government approved the selection of 25 successful school clusters to participate in the Values Education Good Practice Schools Project – Stage 2.