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Extraordinary General Meeting
Members are invited to an Extraordinary General Meeting on 26th July at 10.00am at the Professional Teachers' Council Meeting rooms, cnr Norton and Marion Sts Leichhardt to amend the following two clauses of the consitition of the ETA. The changes marked as bold type will allow us to organise the finances of the association according to the financial year, rather than as previously done, according to the calendar year.
8.01 True accounts shall be kept of all sums of money received and expended by the Association and the matter in the respect of which the receipt and expenditure takes place for the financial year; and of the property, credits and liabilities of the Association; and subject to any reasonable restrictions as to time and matter of inspecting them that may be imposed by the Association for the time being, those accounts shall be opened to inspection by a duly authorised representative of any unit of the Association.
11.04 The Treasurer of the Association shall cause to be delivered to the auditor a list of all the accounts, books and records of the Association for the previous financial year.
National Reading Day
Begin preparing for National Reading Day 2008 on 3rd September
ETA Annual Conference: New Texts: (R)evolution or (Re)action?
With the new HSC prescriptions list taking effect this year, this conference asks teachers to consider the role of texts in the English classroom. How can we ensure that what was good in the past remains so and the changes we make create educational improvement? How can we establish effective foundations in Stages 4 and 5 so students make the most of the possibilities in Stage 6? Call for Papers
Congratulations to Mark Howie, ETA President,
for achieving high commendation for outstanding English teaching in the Australian Government National Awards for Quality Schooling. Full citation and other 2008 award winners.
Report on ETA Consultation of members on Extension 2 English
The ETA has submitted this report of teachers' experiences of and attitudes to the HSC Extension 2 English Course to the NSW Board of Studies. The report is the result of a survey conducted in March after members expressed concern that the 'risk management approach in relation to the corruption risks associated with its HSC Assessment Program' may include the Board of Studies' substantially altering Extension 2 as it is currently practised.
Interested in more professional involvement in 2008?
If you want to be involved in developing an aspect of professional life, you might like to think about joining one of the ETA committees. To do this for 2008, simply submit an Expression of interest.