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Member school support

Enhancing school-wide performance, student outcomes and robust governance
Specialist learning provider

Delivering quality professional learning experiences via ISQ's online platform Connect&Learn
Purposeful partnerships

Fostering collaboration and continued growth across the independent sector
Thought leadership

Promoting excellence and leading research in public policy and education
Influence and advocacy

A united and powerful voice for Queensland's independent schools

School leaders

Register now for your professional learning

Independent Schools Queensland is your specialist learning provider, offering hundreds of engaging professional learning opportunities and events with leading industry professionals in 2020. Available across three flexible learning modes - face-to-face, webinars and online modules for self-paced, virtual learning - there are opportunities for staff at every stage of their career journey, no matter where they live.

Creating Learning Spaces

M3 Architecture founding partner Michael Banney joins The School Bell podcast to discuss the role of designing learning spaces where students can find their place. In this episode, we also speak with the principals of Brisbane Girls Grammar School, Clayfield College and Fairholme College about award-winning learning spaces and master planning for the future.

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Teachers

Download your copy of the prospectus now

ISQ will offer engaging professional learning and events with leading industry professionals in 2020 across three flexible learning modes. Browse ISQ's prospectus today, register and get in early for your professional learning in 2020.

Apply now for HALT certification

If you are a champion of teaching excellence in your school, we urge you to consider Highly Accomplished and Lead Teacher (HALT) certification. This is an opportunity to establish school-based mentoring and practices that will evidence the impact of quality teaching on the outcomes of your students. Apply now.

Designed specifically for independent schools

This comprehensive 4-day program includes 12 key modules offered through four short courses. ISQ can also help to tailor an appropriate individual program for new and existing directors, or deliver training to whole boards, to meet the professional learning requirements of professional and governance bodies.

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Interpreting a school's financials

This series of four 20-minute finance modules will enable board members to make an informed judgement about the solvency of their school and gain a better understanding of the balance sheet, income and expenditure statements, cash flow, and ratio analysis with this online course.

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Early Childhood

Early childhood & kindergarten - establishing the foundations

ISQ provides guidance, support and resources for member schools operating an early childhood service. Independent schools deliver, or are associated with, Queensland Government approved kindergarten programs in kindergartens.

Maximising learning outcomes in early childhood

Develop your reading instruction using research-based best practice. Each of the four modules builds the knowledge base and conceptual understandings of reading from the perspectives of higher order thinking, high-yield instructional practice and evidence-based planning to improve reading engagement and oral language in the early years.

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Leadership Change at Queensland Independent Schools Parents Network

27 November 2019 - After five years at the helm of the Queensland Independent Schools Parents Network inaugural Executive Officer Sue Kloeden is stepping down and a new Executive Officer is taking the reins from December.

ISQ Briefings - Urgent need for school infrastructure

19 November 2019 - In the final issue of Briefings for 2019, Executive Director David Robertson discusses the urgent need for school infrastructure in the independent sector, while Director (Education Services) Josephine Wise examines the research around emotional leadership.