Useful links

• Legislation
• Queensland Teacher Employers
• Queensland Education Interest Groups
• Queensland Higher Education Institutions
• Teacher Professional Associations and Networks
• Child Protection Agencies
• Interstate Employing and Registration Authorities
• International Teacher Registration Authorities
• Reference and Information Sites

Legislation

Queensland College of Teachers

• Education (Queensland College of Teachers) Act 2005
• Education (Queensland College of Teachers) Regulation 2016

Related Legislation

• Education (General Provisions) Act 2006
• Education and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2016

Queensland Teacher Employers

State Schools

• Department of Education

Non-State Schools

• Queensland Catholic Education Commission
• Independent Schools Queensland

Non-School Settings

• C and K (Crèche and Kindergarten Association)
• TAFE Queensland

Queensland Education Interest Groups

Education Authorities

• Queensland Department of Education
• Queensland Catholic Education Commission (QCEC)
• Independent Schools Queensland (ISQ)
• Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority (QCAA)

Teacher Unions

• Queensland Teachers’ Union (QTU)
• Independent Education Union � Qld and NT (IEU-QNT)

Parent and Community Groups

• P&CsQld
• Catholic School Parents Queensland
• Parents Network - Qld Independent Schools
• Isolated Children’s Parents’ Association (ICPA)

Queensland Higher Education Institutions

• Australian Catholic University
• Central Queensland University
• Christian Heritage College
• Griffith University
• James Cook University
• Queensland University of Technology
• The University of Queensland
• University of Southern Queensland
• University of the Sunshine Coast

Teacher Professional Associations and Networks

Please note that this is not an exhaustive list of professional associations and networks.

Arts, Music and Design

• Australian Dance Council (Queensland) Inc (AUSDANCE)
• DRAMA Queensland Inc
• Queensland Art Teachers Association (QATA)
• Design and Technology Teachers Association of Queensland (DATTA)
• KMEIA (Kodály Music Education Institute of Australia)
• Australian Society for Music Education (Inc.)

Beginning Teachers

• Beginning & Establishing Teachers' Association (BETA)

Business

• Business Educators' Association of Queensland Inc. (BEAQ)
• Queensland Economics Teachers' Association Inc. (QETA)

Curriculum

• Australian Curriculum Studies Association (ACSA)

Early Childhood

• Early Childhood Teachers Association Inc. (ECTA)
• Kindergarten Advisory Support Service

Health and Physical Education

• Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation Inc. (ACHPER)

Humanities

• Geography Teachers' Association of Queensland (GTAQ)
• Queensland History Teachers' Association Inc. (QHTA)
• Social & Citizenship Educators' Association of Queensland (SCEAQ)

Language, Literacy and Media

• Australian Literacy Educators' Association (ALEA) 
• Australian Teachers of Media Queensland Inc. (ATOM)
• English Teachers' Association of Queensland Inc (ETAQ)
• Modern Language Teachers' Association of Queensland Inc. (MLTAQ)
• Queensland Association of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Inc. (QATESOL)
• Primary English Teaching Association of Australia (PETAA)

Leadership

• Joint Council of Queensland Teacher Associations (JCQTA)
• Australian Council for Educational Leaders (ACEL)
• Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia
• Catholic Secondary Principals Association of Queensland (CaSPAQ)
• Independent Primary Head of Australia (IPSHA)
• Queensland Association of Combined Sector Leaders (QACSL)
• Queensland Association of State School Principals (QASSP)
• Queensland Catholic Primary Principals Association (QCPPA)
• Queensland Secondary Principals' Association (QSPA)
• Queensland Association of Special Education Leaders Inc. (QASEL)

Learning Support

• Queensland Association for Gifted and Talented Children Inc. (QAGTC)
• Queensland Guidance and Counselling Association Inc. (QGCA)
• Learning Support Teachers Association QLD
• Specific Learning Disabilities Association Queensland Inc. (SPELD)
• Queensland School Library Association (QSLA)

Maths, Science and Information Technology

• Marine Teachers Association of Queensland (MTAQ)
• Queensland Society for Information Technology in Education (QSITE)
• Queensland Association of Mathematics Teachers Inc. (QAMT)
• Science Teachers' Association of Queensland Inc. (STAQ)
• Psychology Teachers’ Association of Queensland

Other Networks and Associations

• Adolescent Success
• Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE)
• Australian College of Educators (ACE)
• Australian Teacher Education Association (ATEA)
• Australian Professional Teachers' Association (APTA)
• Australian School Library Association (ASLA)
• Asia Education Foundation (AEF)

Child Protection Agencies

• Crime and Corruption Commission
• Blue Card Services
• Queensland Police Service
• Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services
• Department of Justice and Attorney-General

Interstate Employing and Registration Authorities

Australian Capital Territory (ACT)

• ACT Department of Education and Training
• Association of Independent Schools ACT
• Catholic Education Office, ACT
• ACT teacher registration authority (Teacher Quality Institute)

New South Wales (NSW)

• NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA)
• NSW Department of Education
• Association of Independent Schools NSW
• Catholic Schools NSW

Northern Territory (NT)

• Teacher Registration Board of the Northern Territory
• NT Department of Education
• Catholic Education Office NT

South Australia (SA)

• Teacher Registration Board of South Australia
• Department for Education and Child Development
• Association of Independent Schools of South Australia
• Catholic Education South Australia

Tasmania (Tas)

• Teachers Registration Board Tasmania
• Department of Education Tasmania
• Independent Schools Tasmania
• Catholic Education Office Tasmania

Victoria (Vic)

• Victorian Institute of Teaching
• Department of Education and Training Victoria
• Association of Independent Schools Vic
• Catholic Education Commission of Victoria

Western Australia (WA)

• Teacher Registration Board of Western Australia
• Department of Education and Training, Western Australia
• Association of Independent Schools WA
• Catholic Education WA

International Teacher Registration Authorities

New Zealand (NZ)

• Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand

United Kingdom

• General Teaching Council for Scotland
• General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland
• Education Workforce Council Wales
• Teaching Council – Ireland

Canada

• British Columbia Ministry of Education Teacher Regulation Branch
• Ontario College of Teachers

Other Locations

• Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria
• South African Council for Educators
• Education Bureau, Hong Kong

Reference and Information Sites

• Australian Government Department of Education
• Education Council (national)
• Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
• Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership