Transformative Schools
Innovate . Elevate . Rejuvenate . Restore .
Partnering with school leaders to design relational frameworks, strengthen leadership practice, and build cultures where wellbeing and engagement can thrive.
A Blueprint for Relational Schools
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Every school operates through a set of visible and invisible frameworks - structures, expectations, and leadership practices that shape how people relate to one another.
When these frameworks are relationally aligned, they create clarity, trust, and shared responsibility. When they are not, even the most committed educators can find themselves working against the very culture they hope to build.
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This insight sits at the heart of my book, The Relational School, and my work with school leaders across Australia.
I partner with school leaders to design relational frameworks that align values, leadership practice, and everyday interactions.
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This work supports schools to move beyond reacting to behaviour, and toward building cultures where wellbeing, engagement, and learning are strengthened through intentional design.
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- Sue Chandler, Founder, Transformative Schools
PARTNERSHIPS WITH SCHOOLS
Transforming relational culture requires more than professional learning alone. I partner with school leaders to design relational frameworks, strengthen leadership capability, and support sustainable cultural change.
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This work is tailored to each school’s context and grounded in the principles outlined in The Relational School.
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ABOUT
Sue Chandler
“Relational culture is not built through programs. It is built through leadership, systems, and the everyday interactions that shape how people experience school.”
Sue Chandler is an education consultant, mediator, and author of The Relational School, partnering with school leaders to design relational frameworks, strengthen leadership practice, and build cultures where wellbeing and engagement can thrive.
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Sue works alongside schools to move beyond behaviour management and fragmented wellbeing initiatives toward coherent relational cultures grounded in safety, care, and shared responsibility.
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Her work focuses on designing relational engagement and wellbeing frameworks, building educator capability, supporting leadership through coaching and reflection, and facilitating restorative mediation in complex relational situations.
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Drawing on her experience across teaching, educational leadership, conflict resolution, and relational practice implementation, Sue brings both strategic clarity and practical guidance - supporting schools to align their values, systems, and everyday interactions.
Sue’s work is grounded in the belief that relational culture is not achieved through programs alone, but through deliberate leadership, thoughtful design, and sustained professional practice.
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