Teacher Support Organisations
What support is available outside my school?
District beginning teacher network coordinators (Department of Education,Training & Arts)
Beginning teacher coordinators establish and develop networks and offer professional development activities to complement school induction programs.
List of beginning teachers networks can be found using this web-link: Beginning Teachers
Professional Development website (Department of Education,Training & Arts)
The Professional Development site summarises key professional development initiatives for all groups of departmental employees. These initiatives include programs suitable for employees throughout the various phases of their career - from aspiring, through beginning, consolidation and growth, high achieving to transitions.
Professional Development Agenda (Department of Education,Training & Arts)
The Professional Development Agenda outlines professional development initiatives that will be supported in the current financial year, including expectations for key school priorities.
The Beginning and Establishing Teachers ' Association (BETA)
The Beginning and Establishing Teachers' Association (BETA)supports beginning teachers and schools in providing induction programs and assists teachers access networks of support in their local area. Contact BETA 
through their website or email info@beta.asn.au
The Learning Place website (Department of Education,Training & Arts)
The Learning Place site provides Education Queensland staff with access to a range of online communities. These online communities give teachers opportunities to share strategies and experiences, meet online, increase of awareness of issues and access a wealth of online teaching resources.
Employee Assistance Service (Queensland Government)
Employee Assistance Service provides a range of supportive psychological health services to employees. Services include free short-term confidential counselling as well as some presentation, critical incident debriefing and group work. These services assist individuals and school communities to increase psychological resilience, improve communication, develop positive work relationships and enhance well-being. The Employee Assistance Service may be accessed by using these contact details.