We need you (and you need us) ETAQ will have a voice at the you in your professional life. There are two reasons to fill in table with the QCAA Working Members also contribute to that yellow form that came to you Group and you will have the in the mail or jump on line and chance to have your say (see p2 edited by Words’worth, renew. for more details). The weight of Stew Riddle, and English our numbers means our voice We need your support to our national in Australia, will need to be listened to. keep sponsoring quality PD refereed journal, providing and to advocate for you. Because you are members, individual and corporate You need to be a member of all manner of people contact members with quality ETAQ to keep receiving ETAQ, offering services and quality publications, timely publications to read. other PD for English. communication and ETAQ certainly needs you to Through E-pistles, English members’ rates. renew and we think you need us 2015 sees a new government Matters and mail outs, you to keep being the great English and some large changes on the teacher that you are. and can know what’s ‘on’ table for senior assessment and access all manner of tertiary entry. exciting resources to help Time to think again about senior assessment As I write, it seems likely the government will change The government also instituted a which means the landscape, in terms of senior series of working groups to assist assessment may change. in moving forward with this agenda. ETAQ has been offered At the end of 2014, then-Education minister, John-Paul Langbroek, representation on the English published his draft response to Gabrielle Matters and Geoff Masters’ working group which is scheduled report on Senior Assessment and Tertiary Entrance. to meet throughout semester one 2015. This is a welcome invitation the
We need you (and you need us) There are two reasons to fill in that yellow form that came to you in the mail or jump on line and renew. We need your support to keep sponsoring quality PD and to advocate for you. You need to be a member of ETAQ to keep receiving quality publications, timely communication and members’ rates. 2015 sees a new government and some large changes on the table for senior assessment and tertiary entry. ETAQ will have a voice at the table with the QCAA Working Group and you will have the chance to have your say (see p2 for more details). The weight of our numbers means our voice will need to be listened to. Because you are members, all manner of people contact ETAQ, offering services and other PD for English. Through E-pistles, English Matters and mail outs, you know what’s ‘on’ and can access all manner of exciting resources to help you in your professional life. Members also contribute to Words’worth, edited by Stew Riddle, and English in Australia, our national refereed journal, providing individual and corporate members with quality publications to read. ETAQ certainly needs you to renew and we think you need us to keep being the great English teacher that you are. Time to think again about senior assessment As I write, it seems likely the government will change which means the landscape, in terms of senior assessment may change. At the end of 2014, then-Education minister, John-Paul Langbroek, published his draft response to Gabrielle Matters and Geoff Masters’ report on Senior Assessment and Tertiary Entrance. The government also instituted a series of working groups to assist in moving forward with this agenda. ETAQ has been offered representation on the English working group which is scheduled to meet throughout semester one 2015. This is a welcome invitation the
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