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Darling Downs Branch News

 Office Bearers

     
Rohan Davis Linda Creedon Kriss Menzies Kathleen Hannant
President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer

 

Branch News from Townsville

Office Bearers

Heather FraserAlison LLoydEmma MonfriesKiri Lucas
President Vice President Secretary Treasurer


Townsville Branch is planning to host the JCU Spectacular on 25th July 2020 when Dr Emma Maguire will present a workshop on Creative Writing and Dr Claire Hansen will present a workshop on teaching Macbeth.

Southern Cross Catholic College will present a Resource Sharing workshop on 17th October, 2020

 

Upcoming Events

Indigenous Perspectives in the Junior Curriculum

After a work program review Town High explored ways to better embed indigenous perspectives in the year 7 program through a novella study of Black Cockatoo.  The unit became our first taste of analytical essay writing in year 7, in preparation for subsequent years.  We found greater engagement from students across the board. ...

Category: Seminar
Start Time: 9:00 AM
Date: Saturday 16th July 2022
Venue: Town High, Townsville
Email Enquiries:  adminofficer@etaq.org.au

External Examination Preparation

Acting on feedback from last year, we will be making the materials available earlier this year. We will be running the External Examination Preparation as one package with more flexibility for schools in using these materials with students. The program will consist of three segments: Writing the analytical essay: three fully rev...

Category: Student (and teacher) Event
Start Time: 9:00 AM
Date: Saturday 23rd July 2022
Venue: Online
Phone Enquiries: 0455464000
Email Enquiries:  adminofficer@etaq.org.au

State Conference 2022

Our state conference Writing our future celebrating teacher agency, wisdom, and community will be held on Saturday 6 August, at Lourdes Hill School, Hawthorne Road, Hawthorne. The  program is now available.  Keynotes will be presented by Dr Stewart Riddle, Associate Professor (Curriculum and Pedagogy) in the School of E...

Category: State Conference
Start Time: 8:45 AM
Date: Saturday 6th August 2022
Venue: Lourdes Hill School
Email Enquiries:  adminofficer@etaq.org.au

Early Career Conference 2022: Writing our future?

Writing our future? - a conference presented by and for early career teachers  on Saturday 22 October at Wynnum SHS (tbc)

Category: Seminar
Start Time: 9:00 AM
Date: Saturday 22nd October 2022
Venue: Wynnum SHS

Writing our future in Essential English 2022

Writing our future in Essential English - a community of practice especially for teachers of Essential English on Saturday 5 November.

Category: Seminar
Start Time: 9:00 AM
Date: Saturday 5th November 2022
Venue: To be confirmed

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