We are now delighted to announce the opening of registrations for the 2025 English and Literature Teachers Conference to be held at Curtin University on Tuesday 2nd December.
The English and Literature Teachers Conference was first held in 2021 as a replacement to the annual Year 12 English and Literature Conference being cancelled due to COVID management policy. Since then, there has been a sizeable amount of enquiries requesting another teachers only conference.
With our continued close collaboration with English Teachers Association of WA, and previous WACE/ATAR examiners, we have developed a program that will be informative and relevant to teachers. The program is made up of 6 topics spread across 3 parallel sessions and will be presented by current professionals in the Secondary and Tertiary Education sectors.
Conference details
Dan Osborn and Vince Perrella
Dan and Vincenzo are highly experienced English teachers by day, and an award-winning creative team after hours. They have written for film, television and live performance, and their novel, Old Bertie, will be published by Fremantle Press in 2026.
Emma Cattapan
Emma is the Head of English at Rossmoyne Senior High School, with over 25 years’ experience. She is passionate about English education and is the author of Literature: Western Australia by Insight Publications.
Claire Burton
Claire Burton is the President of the English Teachers Association of Western Australia (ETAWA) and teaches English and Literature at Willetton Senior High School. Claire has delivered numerous professional development workshops for English teachers, marked WACE examinations, and written ETAWA examinations and marking guides.
Claire Jones
Claire Jones is the Executive Officer of the ETAWA and an Honorary Research Fellow in English and Literary Studies at the University of Western Australia. She previously acted as examiner and chief marker for both ATAR English and Literature. Claire has produced many resources for the classroom, including Good Answers Guides and Reading Australia units.
Bruce Derby
Bruce is the Leader of Learning for English & Languages at Holy Cross College. He has 25 years of experience in teaching English. Bruce has also served on the exam panel for the Literature ATAR examination and contributed to the Good Answers Guide for English.
Jasiel Millett
Jasiel has been a teacher in public education for 8 years and currently works at Shenton College, teaching upper school English. She has led and coordinated Gifted and Talented English courses alongside Year 11 and Year 12 ATAR English courses, and has worked as a writer for Reading Australia and Good Answers.
Dan Osborn and Vince Perrella
Emma Cattapan
Claire Burton
Claire Jones
Bruce Derby
Jasiel Millett
How to register
To register:
- Download and complete the registration form
- Email the completed registration form to ELC@curtin.edu.au
- Once your registration is confirmed, please make payment – Payments can be made via tax invoice (with Purchase Order number) or via Credit Card through Curtin ePay.
Registrations close on Monday 24th November, 2025
