Teachers
SHine SA provides a range of opportunities for teachers to increase their knowledge and skills in the area of comprehensive relationships and sexual health education.
For information about how SHine SA works with schools download the SHine SA works with schools leaflet.
Focus on relationships and sexual health education newsletter 2010
SHine SA offers:
- comprehensive relationships and sexual health teacher education for middle school teachers
- comprehensive relationships and sexual health teacher education for special education teachers
- Safety in our Schools: Responding to Homophobia workshop
- Pregnancy Choices Training
- forums
Courses for teachers
SHine SA conducts teacher training courses for teachers, exploring what makes an effective program for students, current thinking about best practice in relationships and sexual health education, and classroom strategies for teachers of students in Years 6-10.
More info: Courses for teachers
Relationships and Sexual Health Education Network
Members of the network will receive emails about new resources, professional development opportunities, latest statistics, relevant journal articles, forums/updates for teachers on relevant topics and information on current issues.
To become a member of the network please download and complete the Relationships and Sexual Health Education Network application form.
Focus Schools
The Focus Schools Program builds on the success of the share Project (2003-2005) and aims to improve the sexual health, safety and wellbeing of young South Australians by supporting schools to develop a whole school approach to relationships and sexual health education.
The targets for the Focus Schools Program continue to focus on the four domains of:
- young people
- parents and families
- school staff
- school environment
For more information see Focus schools.
Login for Focus/share schools resources.
Aboriginal Focus Schools Program
The Aboriginal Focus Schools Program (funded through the National Indigenous Partnerships), based on the best practice Focus Schools Program, aims to increase the capacity of principals, teachers, Anangu Education Workers, Aboriginal Community Education Officers, parents and school communities in the targeted schools to promote and improve the relationship and sexual health literacy and wellbeing of school students in Years 5, 6 & 7 and Years 8, 9 & 10.
It will achieve this through:
- development of age and culturally appropriate curriculum
- training and support for teachers, Anangu Education Workers and Aboriginal Community Education Officers
- development of culturally appropriate resources
- parent programs
Pregnancy Choices Training
This course, developed for professionals, defines and explains all the options available to women experiencing an unplanned pregnancy. It is open to nurses, doctors, counsellors, community health workers, school counsellors, youth workers, indigenous health workers, and any professional who encounters clients with unplanned pregnancy.
More info: Pregnancy Choices Training
Healthy Young Parents in Education (HYPE)
Healthy Young Parents in Education (HYPE) is an initiative of SHine SA in partnership with the Department of Education and Children's Services. This innovative project aimed to improve the educational, social and physical health and wellbeing outcomes for teenage mothers and their infants through increasing school retention and social inclusion.
The project had six distinctive arms:
- research
- identifying inter-agency pathways
- documenting curriculum pathway options
- developing a resource for pregnant teenagers
- developing a resource for agencies
- developing a whole of school package
For more information see Healthy Young Parents in Education (HYPE).
Information and resources
2010 curriculum: A sample comprehensive relationships and sexual health curriculum for Years 8-10, developed and modified by teachers, with feedback from hundreds of teachers and students.
Sexual health statistics: State and national statistics on young people's sexual health, experiences of homophobia and alcohol use.
Talk it like it is (PDF): A guide for parents communicating with their children about life, love, relationships and sex.
Tell it like it is (PDF): A resource for young people about exploring the realities of life, love, relationships and sex.
Friendships and dating: Information about relationships for parents, carers and young people with a disability.
Energisers: A collection of short activities for use throughout the relationships and sexual health program to help foster a positive learning environment.
What do you reckon? (PDF): An activity to be used with groups to stimulate discussion about risk-taking behaviour.
Health, respect, life: share final report
An Evaluation of the Sexual Health and Relationships Education (share) project 2003 - 2005
A range of educational resources relating to sexual health and relationships is available from the SHine SA Library and Resource Centre.
SHine SA produces a range of resources including leaflets, booklets, fact sheets, manuals and posters. To view and order these resources see the SHine SA resources section.