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Paper Diary

Presented by ETAQ

Thursday 19 March 2026·6:00 am

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 you register you will get a link to the recording, so you will never need to miss out on a session.

90 min preferably in the morning

Welcome to English teaching – what does this mean?

Getting to know your English students

English curriculum and how to teach it

Focus on reading and writing – benchmarking

Setting some goals for the term

Term 1 2026 teacher diary template

Term 2 2026 teacher diary template

Term 1 2026 Term overview template

Term 2 2026 Term overview template

Semester 1 2026 overview template

Assessment submission template

Professional development record template

Goal setting and reflection template

January Teacher Organisational Calendar

February Teacher Organisational Calendar

Feedback and drafting student work

Developing English teacher identity and how they are feeling about their journey thus far

March Teacher Organisational Calendar

English exam marking and feedback

Reporting and writing good report comments

Reflection on Term 1 goals and setting goals for Term 2

April Teacher Organisational Calendar

Week 2 – Thursday 30 Apr 4 – 5pm

NAPLAN - the test, the data and how to make it work for you

Preparing for exam marking session

Term 3 2026 teacher diary template

Term 4 2026 teacher diary template

Term 3 2026 Term overview template

Term 4 2026 Term overview template

Semester 2 2026 overview template

May Teacher Organisational Calendar

Week 6 – Thursday 28 May 4 – 5pm

English reporting, data gathering and student progress

Responding to parents (P/T interviews)

Reflection on Term 2 goals and setting goals for Term 3

June Teacher Organisational Calendar

July Teacher Organisational Calendar

Week 2 – Thursday 23 July 4 – 5pm

Building English curriculum units

Senior IAs and Year 12 ‘stuff’

Helping junior students in their selection of senior English subjects

What EA looks like in Term 4 globally and for their school

Reflection on Term 3 goals and setting goals for Term 4

September Teacher Organisational Calendar

October Teacher Organisational Calendar

From provisional registration to full registration; the QCT teacher folio – ready to submit

Reflection on your year – your progress, your challenges

Maintaining your support group connections

December Teacher Organisational Calendar

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