A collaboration between Independent Schools Queensland (ISQ), Queensland Independent Schools Parents Network (QIS Parents Network) and Griffith University.

Our landmark longitudinal study into parent engagement has confirmed parents and teachers are able to maximise student learning and wellbeing when they respect each other as partners in a child’s education.

The Engaging Parents in Curriculum (EPIC) research project, which has been investigating effective and sustainable parent engagement in Queensland’s independent school sector since 2021, has also found while parents are time-poor, parents of children of all ages still crave opportunities to value-add to their child’s education.

Read the EPIC 2023 Final Report
Read the Media Release

Download the Snapshots of EPIC Findings
Engaging Parents: What we Know
Engaging Parents: Ideas for Teachers
Engaging Parents: Ideas for School Leaders 
Engaging Parents: SSOOPP
Engaging Parents: C-H-A-N-G-E Framework

Watch videos where teachers, school leaders and families explain their parent engagement successes:
A family perspective
A graduate teacher's journey
Parent Engagement in a boarding school context 
Parent engagement officers in schools: a new model 
A K-12 school's journey in parent engagement
Engaging distance education parents