Dr. Debbie Ging:

One of the issues that has to be taken into account on outsourcing and working with external agencies is that a key recommendation in all the international research is a whole-of-school approach. It is really important that any kind of outsourcing would not work against that. A whole-of-school approach requires that everybody in the school is cognisant of the RSE approach, is familiar with the programme and is familiar with the principles at the core of the programme. There is a danger that it is threatened if teachers feel they are off the hook and that they do not need to engage. A whole-of-school approach requires everybody to be on board with those principles.