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Values and SMSC

Bev Petch

Education Improvement Adviser ~ Health and Wellbeing, Solihull

Activity:

Which values might these characters exemplify?

InquisitivenessCuriosity

Knowledge

BeautySelf

PowerPatience

MaterialismIndividuality

Strength Truth

JusticeThe American way

CompassionDignityFaithPiety

Ostensibly…

• Respect• Freedom• Responsibility

Key questions

• What are values?

• How can we determine our core school values (explicitly articulating them and living them in everything that we do)?

• What are the links with SMSC?

• What difference could a focus upon values make in your school?

What are values?

• Brainstorm in groups- What are values?

Where do they come from?

What is their purpose?

• Arrive at a group definition

Some thoughts towards definitions: Values…….

• ‘Provide us with meaning and motivation’• Are ‘internal, very personal constructs that we all

use every day, often on a subconscious level, to inform our decision making’

• Are ‘the sum of our preferences and priorities’• ‘Function as a window through which the person

sees the world and the world gains some insight into them.’

Daniel Goleman’s ‘inner rudder’….

‘Personal values are not lofty abstractions, but intimate credos that we may never quite articulate in words so much as feel. Our values translate into what has emotional power or resonance for us, whether negative or positive.’

Human Values Foundation

Values are central to our thinking, decision making and ultimately our actions and behaviour – and lie at the heart of everything that takes place in schools.

They are the principles, fundamental convictions and standards that, over time, shape and form the reference points for how we live our lives

Task:Present your group’s refined definition, centred

around your chosen object

Quiz time-True or false?

• Some values are better than others

• Not all organisations are values based

• It is best if everyone in a team or organisation shares the same values

• Knowing your values helps to beat stress

• Values are the same thing as morals and ethics

Quiz- continued

• Problems always occur when people have different values

• Everyone has values

• Personal values cannot change

Identifying our core values

Why are values important?• Scientists have shown that when we are

consciously connected to our values we suffer less stress.

• Research has revealed that when our values are in alignment with a task we have do, we try harder and are happier to do so – shown to release up to 17% more performance.

• When an organisation is clear about its values and explains them to the outside world it is more successful in attracting people that really want to be part of it, will stay longer and work more productively than in a place where the person-values-organisation fit is poorer.

Values chainBuying ‘fairtrade’ items

Belief in a fairer world

Values- equity, rights, fairness, compassion, responsibility

behaviour

belief

values

Alignment…

• Personal • Professional

Organisations articulating & living their values…

• Ethos• Relationships• Behaviour• Curriculum• Teaching & learning • Displays • Assemblies• In the lunch queue• Etc…

Consciously live values

ensure you know what they

mean

explain it to everyone upon whom it may impact.

The links with SMSC

Key words / phrases on your table re

SMSC

Values and Ofsted SMSC

• Spiritual – Beliefs, perspective on life, respect for different people's feelings & values

• Moral - Recognise difference between right & wrong (apply in own lives), moral and ethical issues

Values and Ofsted SMSC

• Social - Co-operating, resolving conflicts effectively (respect, peace)

• Cultural - Cultural influences, respect for cultural diversity, accept, respect & celebrate diversity

SMSC in Overall Effectiveness Judgement

Outstanding: the school’s thoughtful and wide-ranging promotion of pupils’ SMSC development enables them to thrive in a supportive, highly cohesive learning community

Good: deliberate and effective action is taken to create a cohesive learning community through the promotion of pupils’ SMSC development. There is a positive climate for learning.

SMSC in Overall Effectiveness Judgement

Requires improvement: the school requires improvement because one of more of the 4 key judgements requires improvement (grade 3) and/or there are weaknesses in the overall provision for pupils’ SMSC development

Inadequate: the school is likely to be inadequate if inspectors judge any of the following to be inadequate:

• And/or - There are serious weaknesses in the overall promotion of pupils’ SMSC development

Values adding meaning and purpose…

“Effectiveness without values is a tool without a purpose." Edward de Bono http://www.values-education.com/downloads/evidence.doc