Course description
This full-day professional learning session is designed to support schools in delivering age-appropriate, strengths-based, and inclusive Respectful Relationships and Consent Education (RRCE).
The workshop will explore:
- Why RRCE matters in primary schools – understanding how it connects to student wellbeing, consent education, and family violence prevention.
- Using the RRCE resource effectively – exploring key content, lessons, and strategies for classroom delivery.
- A whole-school approach to RRCE – what it means in practice, and how all staff can contribute.
- Trauma-informed and inclusive teaching – responding to disclosures, managing sensitive conversations, and ensuring RRCE is accessible to all students, including students of diverse genders, sexualities, abilities, and cultural backgrounds.
- Practical strategies for the classroom and beyond – sample activities, implementation tips, and ways to reinforce RRCE themes across school interactions.
Schools are encouraged to send multiple staff to support a consistent and collaborative approach to RRCE.
Course outcomes
By the end of this workshop, participants will:
- Feel confident using the RRCE resource in their teaching practice.
- Understand the key principles of a whole-school approach and how they can support implementation.
- Apply trauma-informed and participatory teaching strategies when delivering RRCE content.
- Use inclusive, strengths-based approaches to engage all students in learning about respect, relationships, and consent.
- Identify practical opportunities to embed RRCE in school culture, classroom interactions, and wellbeing initiatives.
Australian Professional Standards
- Standard 1 – Know students and how they learn
- Standard 2 – Know content and how to teach it
- Standard 3 – Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning
- Standard 4 – Create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments
Principal Capability Framework
Social
- S2 – Communicates respectfully with students, teachers, families, community and other stakeholders
- S3 – Shapes an inclusive culture that fosters mutual respect, agency and accountability
- S4 – Creates a safe and secure environment for students and staff
Knowledge and Expertise
- K6 – Leads, models and engages in professional learning