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U.N.E.S.C.O. - Living Values Seminars

These seminars have been initiated by The New Zealand Commission for UNESCO and the Living Values Trust. The enthusiasm shown by the many City Councils who are hosting these events throughout New Zealand, reflects the growing understanding throughout the country that:

The future success and happiness of our children depends on an education system that builds children with character – character that is supported by positive values that are modelled and taught throughout the whole school and the wider community, within and beyond the school gate, within and beyond the classroom.

A school becomes a values-based learning community by asking four key questions:

Do we have a set of core values that guide the life of the school?

How do we express what we value? Are the values we state the ones we practice?

How do we help our students to learn about their own values and the values of others?

These seminars will have a strong how to focus and will:

Assist schools to more clearly define their purpose, and explain the essential part values education plays in this
Demonstrate the successful Living Values model for becoming a values-based learning community
Introduce guidelines and resources for developing values education across the whole school, in and out of the classroom
Discuss the questions and fears that can prevent us getting where we want to be.
Form networks of school communities to share knowledge and support

P R O G R A M M E	12.30 pm	Registration - Display of values education resources.
	1.00 pm	Mayoral Welcome
	1.15 pm	Values Education Pat Lynch, Chairman of Education Committee of N.Z. National Commission for UNESCO.
	1.45 pm	The Living Values Report Judy Lawley, Director of the Living Values Project. The values education survey of your school - the living values survey kit will be available to purchase or order. making values education happen - a guide to strategies and resources. making values education meaningful - discussion of the challenges. Your questions and values.
	4.30 pm	Close (Afternoon tea will be served during the seminar)

SCHEDULE OF SEMINARS

The U.N.E.S.C.O.-Living Values Seminars are being launched by the Right Honourable Trevor Mallard, Minister of Education, at the Wellington Central Seminar on July 24.

Wellington Central	July 24
Hutt Valley	July 26
South Auckland	August 30
Hamilton	August 31
Auckland City	October 3
North Shore City	October 17
Palmerston North	October 12
Napier	October 25
Rotorua	October 26
Christchurch	November 20
Dunedin	November 21

For more information and registration details please contact:

Living Values
PO BOx 20-183
Glen Eden
Auckland

Phone:   +64 9 838 9700
Fax:        +64 9 838 9764
e-mail:    info@living-values.org.nz