The document discusses several values that are important in school communities and classrooms: tolerance, humor, empathy, integrity, and respect. For each value, it provides examples of what that value looks like when evidenced in school policies, curriculum, teacher-student interactions, and classroom management. Specifically, it describes how tolerance can be shown through just policies and inclusive curriculum, how humor promotes fun and engagement in learning, how empathy involves understanding others' perspectives through active listening, how integrity means consistently acting with honesty and fairness, and how respect acknowledges different views and the importance of all voices.

2. Tolerance:
Recognizing and respecting the beliefs or practices of others.
In school communities, evidence of this value includes:
Policies and educational practices that are just.
Curriculum designed to represent the diversity in the
school community.
Opportunities for parents to voice their opinions.
In classrooms evidence of this value includes:
teachers who display a genuine interest in the students and
plan to meet individual needs;
teachers who are open to the diverse needs of individual
students;
teachers who communicate classroom rules clearly;
teachers who are objective, not judgmental;
Teachers who minimize the power differential in everyday
communication;
Teachers who address problem behaviour restoratively.

3. Humour.
A sense of humour involves the capacity to appreciate
incongruity, absurdity, an unexpected future, a pleasant
surprise, getting it and/or being able to see the funny side of chaos.
In school communities, evidence of this value includes:
• Activities and programs to promote an employee and family
friendly /fun environment..
• Curriculum and Extra curricular programs /activities to engage
and motivate students in such a way that learning is fun.
In classrooms evidence of this value includes teachers who:
• Prepare and present engaging lessons;
• Embrace and drive change;
• Create fun ;
• Be adventurous, creative, and open-minded;
• Pursue growth and learning;
• Build open and honest relationships with communication;
• Build a positive team and class spirit;
• Do More With Less;
• Be Passionate and Determined;
• Be Humble.

4. Empathy
Identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motive.
It is cultural sensitivity and conflict resolution. It’s about the ability to communicate
effectively and understand the motivations of others. Empathy is about standing
up, not standing by, uncovering what’s below the surface through active listening and
putting words into action.)
In school communities, evidence of this value includes:
Curriculum designed to represent the diversity in the school community.
Curriculum designed to foster wellbeing and mental health of students and staff.
In classrooms evidence of this value includes:
• Listening with full attention to the students and looking for the feelings behind the
words, facial expressions, and body language
Respecting the thoughts of a student who has shared their feelings;
Restorative behaviour management;
Acknowledging the emotions of students by saying something like, “I can see that
you are really uncomfortable about this.”
Showing appropriate reactions to someone who is sharing their feelings (i.e.,
nodding, smiling, paraphrasing) and asking questions at appropriate times;
Allowing the students to share their feelings without interrupting, judging, or trying to
solve their problem;
Trying to really understand a student’s feelings and motives, even when you may
disagree with the actions of them;
Speaking from “I” and owning your emotions.
Opportunities for students to develop Self Confidence (academic, social) Persistence
,Organisation , Getting Along and Resilience.

5. Integrity:
Being consistently honest and trustworthy.
(DOING THE RIGHT THING EVEN IF NO ONE IS WATCHING.)
In school communities, evidence of this value includes:
open and transparent decision making processes;
consistent school policies and actions.
In classrooms, evidence of this value includes:
• teachers doing what they say they will do;
• teachers interacting with students fairly and
consistently to agreed standards;
• teachers who clearly explain and consistently
implement rules;
• trusting others to work independently;
• teachers who follow school rules.

6. Respect:
Having regard for yourself and others, lawful and just authority
and diversity within Australian society and accepting the right of
others to hold different or opposing views.
In school communities, evidence of this value includes:
regarding as important and the acknowledgement of the opinions of parents
implementing government education policy.
In classrooms, evidence of this value includes:
accepting the right of others to hold different views to your own;
listening to others without interrupting: one conversation at a time.
modelling school rules;
acknowledging the strengths and abilities of students;
SSG meetings and regular communication with parents.
affirming cultural diversity within the school community;
ensuring all students have a chance to contribute.