Welcome to ETAQ

The English Teachers Association of Queensland is the professional association providing support and advocacy for teachers of English in secondary schools through:

  • face-to-face professional development activities
  • journals and newsletters - Words’Worth, English Matters and English in Australia
  • forums to share and gain new ideas on the teaching of English
  • opportunities for networking with other English Teachers.
 
 
 

 

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Opt-in for AJEE

The current issue of Australian Journal of English Education  (and back issues of AJEE and English in Australia) are available on the website in the members area and will continue to be available there. For a variety of reasons, the management committee has decided to make the delivery of a hard copy optional. These reasons inc...

Start Time: 9:00 AM
Date: Wednesday 31st December 2026
 Repeating Annually on December 31 until 31/12/2025
Venue: Online
Phone Enquiries: 0455464000
Email Enquiries:  adminofficer@etaq.org.au


Essential English Community of Practice 2026

Celebrating the Power of Meaningful Encounters in Essential English   DATE CLAIMER AND CALL FOR PRESENTERS   In the dynamic world of education, every encounter- with texts, contexts, and learners -shapes how we teach and inspire. This year’s theme, Encounters, invites us to explore the moments of connection that defin...

Category: Seminar
Start Time: 9:00 AM
Date: Saturday 21st February 2026
Venue: St Joseph's, Nudgee College
Venue Address: 2199 Sandgate Road, BOONDALL


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


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This is the first time I have been to an ETAQ conference and it was really sensational to get so much at all of the sessions.

ETAQ conferences always have sessions that make me excited to be a teacher.

I know that ETAQ conferences in the past have never disappointed - valuable, relevant, practical, inspiring so I came again.

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