South Australia
School forums
Mary Hudson
Cross-sector Values Education Consultant
Phone: (08) 8338 0422
Fax: (08) 8338 0466
Email: the.hudsons@ozemail.com.au
Government
Malcolm McInerney
Policy and Program Officer
Curriculum Services
Department of Education and Children’s Services
4th Floor, Education Centre
31 Flinders St,
Adelaide SA 5000
Phone: (08) 8226 4312
Fax: (08) 8359 3013
Email: mcinerney.malcolm@saugov.sa.gov.au
Website: http://www.decs.sa.gov.au/valueseducation/
SA Catholic
Sharon Duong
Catholic Education Office
116 George Street
Thebarton SA 5031
Phone: (08) 8301 6834
Fax: (08) 8301 6481
Email: sharon.duong@ceo.adl.catholic.edu.au
SA AIS
Libby Burns
Acting Program Manager
Association of Independent Schools of South Australia
301 Unley Road
Malvern SA 5061
Phone: (08) 8179 1422
Fax: (08) 8373 2574
Email: burnsl@ais.sa.edu.au
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Applications for school forums in South Australian schools
Information regarding values education in South Australian schools and the application form for the funding and reporting of values education school forums can be found at http://www.decs.sa.gov.au/valueseducation/. Contact Mary Hudson, Values Education Inter-sector Consultant (see contact details above), for further information.
School forum snapshots
Islamic College of South Australia 
In 2007 the Islamic College of South Australia focused on integrating values education into school policies, learning outcomes in all curriculum areas, their school community and everyday life. A values forum during Literacy and Numeracy Week illustrated to the school community the depth of student engagement, from Kindergarten to Year 12, in the process and their understanding of values.
St Brigid’s School Cluster Forum
A cluster forum was held with students, teachers and parents from St Brigid’s Catholic School, Catherine McAuley School, St Thomas More School and Xavier College in Adelaide’s northern metropolitan region.
The focus of the forum was to consider the importance of ‘living out’ values in the transition process as students move from the participating primary schools to Xavier College, the secondary school in the region. The students looked at what they could do to make transition to secondary school a smooth process, not only for their group but for groups to follow.
Tarpeena Primary School
Tarpeena Primary School in South Australia held a values education school forum to review the existing values of the school and to begin the process of integrating their school values and objectives with the National Framework. This forum was the starting point of their values review.
William Light Cluster Forum
Values in transition was the focus for the forum at the William Light cluster of schools: William Light Secondary School, Cowandilla Primary School, Adelaide Secondary School of English and Thebarton Senior College. These schools facilitated a forum with parents, teachers and students to consider school values and how they can be made more visible and used to make schools a more welcoming place.