Paper Diary

  The Paper Diary is a year-long opt-in support program for early career English teachers, teachers new to the English space or teachers wanting to invigorate their planning and organisational practice. Attendees will register for a term at a time. The registration fee for each term will be $20. Sessions will be recorded; if...

Start Time: 4:00 PM
Date: Thursday 26th February 2026
Venue: ZOOM
Email Enquiries:  adminofficer@etaq.org.au


March seminar 2026

Encounters with Literacy, Literature, and Language “At first, I struggled with some of the bigger words, but Kinsella kept his fingernail under each, patiently, until I guessed or half-guessed it and then I did this by myself until I no longer needed to guess, and read on. It was like learning to ride the bike; I felt myself taking off,...

Category: Seminar
Start Time: 8:40 AM
Date: Saturday 14th March 2026
Venue: St Laurence's College
Venue Address: South Brisbane
Email Enquiries:  adminofficer@etaq.org.au


Literature Community of Practice

ETAQ plans to host a Literature Community of Practice on Saturday 9 May. This will be an online only event. Interested teachers are invited to submit a workshop proposal. We would especially welcome proposals on the texts new to the EA list in 2025-7 (Beloved, Stasiland, Antony and Cleopatra, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Alias Grace, Cloudstre...

Start Time: 9:00 AM
Date: Saturday 9th May 2026
Venue: Online
Email Enquiries:  adminofficer@etaq.org.au


Poetry Toolbox

Students are reading less widely than ever before, yet English teachers are still expected to equip students with the analytical and creative skills demanded by the senior curriculum. Poetry offers a powerful way to bridge this gap, its brevity and intensity make it the perfect form for developing deep thinking, close reading, and expressive wri...

Category: Zoom meeting
Start Time: 9:00 AM
Date: Saturday 16th May 2026
Venue: ZOOM


Charlie Thomson

‘Pass the mic!’: Student (and staff) engagement, belonging, and success through hip-hop pedagogy and affinity groups For over 50 years, hip-hop culture has been a worldwide phenomenon. Extending the significance of hip-hop as an aesthetic form, hip-hop pedagogies have emerged as accepted approaches in mainstream schools, particula...

Start Time: 9:00 AM
Date: Saturday 22nd August 2026
Venue: ZOOM


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