Welcome to the 2023 Academic Year!
We hope you’ve had an opportunity to settle back into the school rhythm but that your relaxed holiday aura hasn’t disappeared just yet.
2023 will no doubt be another busy year for teachers, and we hope to again support you by offering professional development events, classroom and professional resources, further study opportunities and by sharing all the best English-related news. So look out for our fortnightly newsletters (like this) and visit our website, which provides links to all events and houses your members-only resources.
In 2022 we reviewed the Good Answers Guides to improve the quality of advice and activities that they contain. We have also asked for access to more accessible student responses to ensure we provide “good” student examples. Get your orders in now to avoid disappointment. These publications sell out each year!
The exams team have continued to refine the exam writing process over the summer break. Tick the Semester 1 exams off your To Do list and get your order in now.
The ETAWA invites you to an afternoon of ideas and discussion (and refreshments) at Curtin University. With two topical sessions to choose from, the afternoon promises to be a valuable opportunity to engage with specialist presenters and colleagues.
Session 1: ChatGPT and Teaching English – Stuart Bender (Curtin University)ORSession 2: Selecting Texts for Study: Picture Books and Graphic Novels – Anna Hardy (The Literature Centre)Registrations are open. More session and venue details will be available soon
ETAWA Conference – Saturday 13th May 2023
Plans are well underway for the annual ETAWA conference. Mark the date on the calendar. The Call for Presenters will be out next week and keynote speakers will be released shortly. It is always a wonderful day to hear new ideas, confirm thoughts you’ve always had, catch up with colleagues and build new networks. Registrations will be open soon.
UWA Microcredentials 2023
This year we have an advance schedule for further study opportunities at UWA Plus. With six courses on offer there should be something to appeal to you if you’re looking for English-related study and detailed conversations with other like-minded English nerds…whoops, individuals. Registrations will be open soon and we will be sending out detailed outlines for each course in the coming week.
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Unit Title |
Dates/Time |
Delivery Method |
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Unpacking Texts and Producing Resources for the English Classroom |
April 16, 17, 18 2 x 2 hour classes a day |
Online and On Campus Holiday Intensive 3 days |
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Teaching Poetry: From Anon to AI |
April 27, May 4, 11, 18, 25, June 1 2 hour tutorial weekly |
Online 6 weeks |
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Teaching Historical Fiction |
July 11, 12, 13 2 x 2 hour classes a day |
Online and On Campus Holiday Intensive 3 days |
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Professional Reading for English Teachers |
July 20, 27, August 3, 10, 17, 24 2 hour tutorial weekly |
Online 6 weeks |
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Programming and Planning for Subject English |
October 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 2.5 hour class a day |
Online and On Campus Holiday Intensive 5 days |
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Teaching Short Stories |
October 12, 19, 26 November 2, 9, 16 2 hour tutorial weekly |
Online 6 weeks |
Remember that your membership with ETAWA also provides membership to the Australian Association for the Teaching of English (AATE). The National Conference is in Canberra this year. It promises to be a great experience and ETAWA scholarships will be available soon.