Whole School Approach

Description

Sexual Health Victoria (SHV) understand that best practice Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) engages a whole school approach. That is to include RSE for every student at every level of their schooling. Best practice RSE also engages with all the adults and services surrounding a student. This includes parents, carers, teachers, school leadership and community groups. Central to this is the goal of supporting positive student outcomes in all their relationships, online sexual safety and their sexual and reproductive health.

A whole school approach to RSE is supported by the Victorian Department of Education Sexuality and Consent Education Policy. 

A whole-school approach to Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) is:

• an understanding of the partnership between the student, the home, the school, and the community
• recognition by all stakeholders of the value and importance of RSE
• accepting RSE as a shared responsibility
• effectively responding to critical incidents
• The school community commits to a shared vision, which is reflected in school policies, practices, procedures, and structures.

Sexual Health Victoria offers:

• Direct delivery of RSE by our expert educators to students
• Training for teachers to be confident in teaching RSE to students
• Parent/carer sessions for the school community
• Online resources and tools for educators to use free of charge
• eLearning modules to support the delivery of RSE
• Disability Education services

The Whole School Approach Process will help you structure your organisation to help implement an effective and tactical pathway. SHV have provided a range of tools which schools can use to audit current practices and plan for the delivery of comprehensive Relationships and Sexuality Education.  This includes Scope and Sequence documents developed by expert educators at SHV. 

Whole School Approach tools

Contact Us

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