About

Our Mission
We seek to promote the study and teaching of English and to provide professional support for those working in the area of English education.

We fulfil the Association’s objectives by:

  • enhancing the professional status of English teachers
  • promoting activities associated with English teaching
  • promoting and exchanging ideas of professional interest to members by meetings, seminars, conferences, discussions and publications
  • cooperating and affiliating with other professional bodies holding similar aims & objectives

Contact Information

Contact The Administrative Officer (Trish Purcell)
Postal address ETAQ Inc.
PO Box 3375 STAFFORD BC Q 4053
Telephone (07) 3357 9367
Email Administrative Officer: trish.purcell@bigpond.com 
Webmaster: webmaster@etaq.org.au

Management Committee 2013-14          Committee members elected at the AGM on 16 March 2013 are:

Executive

  •  President: Garry Collins, part-time tutor at the University of Queensland (School of Education) 

    ETAQ President Garry Collins

    President Garry Collins

  • Vice President: Dr Kelli McGraw, Queensland University of Technology
  • Secretary: Jenny Ivett-Hawes, Centenary State High School
  • Treasurer: Trish Purcell
  • Membership Secretary: Fiona Laing, Forest Lake State High School

Members:

  1. Julie Arnold, Corinda State High School
  2. Diana Briscoe, The Gap State High School
  3. Bronwyn Darben, Runcorn State High School – website coordinator
  4. Sophie Johnson, Stuartholme School
  5. Helen Johnston, Brisbane Grammar School
  6. Shauna O’Connor, Brigidine College
  7. Debbie Peden, Stuartholme School – Coordinator of ETAQ aspects of the annual Literary Competition
  8. Michelle Ragen, Brisbane Grammar School
  9. Dr Stew Riddle, University of Southern Queensland – Editor of ETAQ’s journal Words’Worth
  10. Matthew Rigby, Go Grammar Consulting
  11. Leah Wells, Brisbane State High School
  12. Melanie Wild, Anglican Church Grammar School

Patron  ETAQ’s Patron is Pofessor Catherine Beavis, Griffith University (Gold Coast campus)

National Affiliation       ETAQ is affiliated with the national English teacher body, the Australian Association for the Teaching of English (AATE). ETAQ pays an annual capitation fee to AATE and financial members of ETAQ are automatically members of AATE. The AATE website can be found at www.aate.org.au

ETAQ Rules     ETAQ’s Rules (ie its constitution) as amended at the 2011 AGM can be found here ETAQ Rules as amended 19 Mar 11

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