DETs Values Corporate Table of Contents Purpose of

DET’s Values Corporate

Table of Contents Purpose of values project What are DET’s Values Why are values important Why DET’s Values matter How do DET’s Values fit Activity Summary Questions

Purpose of Values Project • Promoting understanding of the trust the community places in us as public servants • Connect the whole Department through a set of common values – schools and corporate staff • Make the values relevant to everyone by using day-to-day examples • To give you tools to help in conversations with staff and colleagues about behaviour at work • To outline the behaviours we have to demonstrate as part of the PDP process

What are DET’s Values

Why are values important Values help set expected behaviours and how we should treat each other Values provide guiding principles Values-driven behaviours increase trust and confidence in our work Values-driven behaviour The values and how we live strengthens our performance, them will be evaluated as standards and outcomes part of the new Performance Development Plan process

Why DET’s Values matter • Behaving with integrity builds trust in the work we do – and it’s what the community rightly expects of us • The way we go about our jobs is just as important as the outcome and values-driven behaviour strengthens our performance, standards and outcomes • If everyone lives the values, we will build a workplace where everyone is proud to work – with a culture of high-performance, strong accountability and continual learning supported by great leadership • DET’s values are guiding principles that can help you in decision making

How DET’s Values fit (corporate) DETs values should be read in conjunction with any professional standards/codes of conduct. They work in partnership and are complementary. DET’s values are part of everything you do and all staff and executives are expected to model the values. They will form part of your professional development plan, and can be found in your position description.

Activity Your colleague sends humorous messages to a group of colleagues each week. This week includes a picture that you think is racist and could offend others. What do you do?

Activity Something to consider when discussing the scenario…

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Summary We have talked about: • What DET’s Values are • Why they are important • How we can connect to them We have also undertaken activities to: • Better understand how DET’s Values connect to our behaviour at work

Resources Supporting values resources can be found on the HRWeb http: //www. education. vic. gov. au/hrweb/workm /Pages/Public-Sector-Values. aspx

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