Research from Monash University has found the role of teachers continues to be recognised as important and influential in developing students’ social and emotional development – which became even more important during COVID-19 remote learning. A 2021 Ipsos poll reveals that doctors are considered the world’s most trustworthy profession…. Across 28 markets around the world, a Global Country Average of 64% rate doctors as trustworthy, followed by scientists at 61% and teachers at 55%.
“Teachers who foster positive relationships with their students create classroom environments conducive to learning and meet students’ developmental, emotional and academic needs.” American Psychological Association, 2020
That means that people in Australia, generally, trust teachers. Hopefully, they also trust schools.
When we discuss trust in school terms, we are talking about:
In the end, trust is fundamental to our core mission of educating students. Thankfully, in our school, parents can send their children to our school, trusting that they will be safe from harm, as well as guided and taught in keeping with our highest hopes for them.
If you are still wondering whether St Columba is worthy of your trust, here are some examples of how we operate:
Not all parents have exactly the same expectations of our school and some parents have different priorities for their children. But we believe all our parents look to our school to promote values such as respect for others, honesty, tolerance, fairness and the pursuit of excellence. In fact, we accept that our school, as well as providing access to knowledge and skills, is charged with keeping and promoting our society’s shared values and ideals, such as respect, tolerance, opportunity and democracy.
Taking all the above into account, you can see developing trust is not only important, it is achieved by constant hard work.
Want to share your thoughts on this story, or do you have something you’d like to add? Email me at principal@scas.nsw.edu.au
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