Drug education in schools
The attached document, Promoting Student Health and Wellbeing: A Guide to Drug Education in Schools is for school boards of trustees, principals, and drug education teachers. It’s part of the health and physical education curriculum.
The guide covers developing and implementing a drug education programme. It also outlines how these programmes are supported by a whole-school approach to promoting health and wellbeing that links to wider school communities.
Schools, teachers and the whole school community have a role in providing a safe and supportive environment for young people. This is so that young people can develop appropriate attitudes, knowledge, skills and competencies to make positive, healthy choices about drug use - including alcohol and tobacco.
Section 1 is primarily for school governance and strategic planning.
Section 2 is primarily for classroom teachers and curriculum planners.
Reducing harm from drug use is a collective responsibility between young people, schools, parents, families, whānau and communities. As part of the communities where young people grow up, schools contribute through developing competent and confident young people with healthy mind, body and soul, who are secure in their identities and have a sense of belonging.