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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

Harness Your Parent Community

In this game-changing practical workshop, better understand and harness your parent community to enhance school culture and lift student learning and wellbeing. Griffith University experts in parent engagement Dr Linda Willis and Beryl Exley will share their extensive school-based research and evidence-informed strategies with principals, curriculum leaders and community engagement staff. Don't miss this opportunity.

Cultural Immersion Experiences

Experience the diverse beliefs, traditions, rituals and values of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in this tailored cultural immersion experience for school leaders. Build your cultural competence and enhance your school’s ability to engage with Indigenous communities by joining one of these unique leadership growth opportunities. The first experience kicks off in March.

Build high-performing teaching teams

Harness the skills and energy of the members of the school community by applying the common characteristics of high-performing teams, strategies for building effective teams and ways to be a positive team contributor. Course length: 30 minutes

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Professional learning, in your own time

ISQ offers an extensive suite of online learning modules. This self-paced mode of learning sustains your continuous improvement, facilitating greater access to high quality professional growth and development, without the need for travel and expense. As the specialist learning provider for all areas of an independent school, there's an online learning module for everyone.

School boards

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

A service to suit your family's values, community and culture

More than half of all independent schools in Queensland are either operating or are co-located and affiliated with an early childhood service. To find a learning environment that best suits your child's needs, use the ISQ search tool.

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Maximising learning outcomes in early childhood

Develop your reading instruction using research-based best practice. Each module builds understanding from the perspectives of higher order thinking, high-yield instructional practice and evidence-based planning to improve reading engagement and oral language.

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ISQ Briefings - Enrolment Diversity and Artificial Intelligence

18 February 2020 - In the first 2020 issue of Briefings, Executive Director David Robertson draws on the latest enrolment data to present the changing face of the sector, while the opportunities and challenges Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents for schools are examined by Director (School Improvement & Performance) Mark Newham and Project Manager (Educational Data & NAPLAN) Kate Crowe.

Parents of 1 in 7 school-age Queenslanders Choose Independent Schools

6 February 2020 - The growth trajectory of Queensland’s independent schooling sector is continuing with new enrolment figures showing 3.2% growth in the last year, with enrolments into Year 7 increasing by nearly 8%.

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Letter to the Editor - All Schools Need Funding

5 February 2020 - The headline figures from the latest Productivity Commission 2020 report on government services for school education (C-M, Feb 4) are clear and simple.