ETAWA Council 2008/2009

Wendy Cody
Padbury SHS. President.
After teaching at three high schools and in the UK, Wendy has become a fixture at Padbury SHS where she is central to the schools functioning in curriculum and literacy as well as other committees and interests. She cannot remember a time when she did not want to be a teacher. She has many out-of-school educational achievements including co-authoring books, syllabus committee, and presenting training.
wendy.cody@det.wa.edu.au

Warren Grellier
Department of Education and Training. Vice-President.
Warren Grellier is a Principal Consultant with the Senior School Academic Standards and Support (SSASS) Directorate in Central Office. In this role he is supporting public schools to introduce the new English Course of Study, interpret their TEE and other performance data and plan for improvement for their students. He also manages the English Teacher Development Centre Coordinators who are supporting the implementation of the English Course of Study in senior schools in WA. He has been involved in significant English educational developments in WA as a syllabus writer, Senior Curriculum Officer for English for WA, supervising examiner for English and the English Language Competence examinations, Chair of the Curriculum Council English reference group writing the English Learning Area Statement for the Curriculum Framework and Chair of the Reference group that wrote the new English Course of Study. He is currently Chair of the English Assessment, Reporting and Moderation (ARM) Panel. As Vice President of ETA, Warren has been actively involved in advocacy, the production of Good Answers and exam papers and professional development. He has delivered seminars, workshops and papers at local, national and international conferences.
warren.grellier@det.wa.edu.au

Rod Quin
Consultant. Secretary.
Rod is a past ETA President and recently left the classroom for full-time consultancy and writing. He has been a significant influence on every English curriculum initiative since the 1980s including revisions of the TES English, development of the Senior English course, the National Profile, and as a writer of the English Learning Area Statement in the Curriculum Framework. Most recently he has written the English Course of Study and the English Second Language course of study. He edits Good Answers in his limited spare time.
rodquin@iinet.net.au

Alex Solosy
Catholic Education Office. Treasurer.
Alex has taught in schools in Australia and overseas. She has been a Head of Department and Literacy Co-ordinator in a K – 12 campus. She is currently employed as the English and Literacy consultant 7 – 12 at the Catholic Education Office of Western Australia.
alex.solosy@cathednet.wa.edu.au

Kelly Klymiuk
Professional Development Officer, ETAWA. Immediate Past-President
Kelly has taught in rural and urban schools in WA. She has been a Head of English in public and private schools before leaving the classroom to take up a position to work on the development of WACE courses in the English and The Arts learning areas at the Curriculum Council. More recently, Kelly was a Curriculum Manager at WestOne Services (DET), where she managed the development of learning resources for schools and the training sector. It is from this position that she is currently seconded to the role of Professional Development Officer for the English Teachers Association of WA.
kklymiuk@etawa.org.au
kelly.klymiuk@det.wa.edu.au

Pat Kiddey
Principal Project Officer- Syllabus Directorate, DET. Council Member
Pat Kiddey is currently Principal Project Officer-Associate Resource Development, within the Syllabus Directorate at the Department of Education and Training. The role focuses on the development of partnerships with external agencies; the procurement of relevant print and digital learning resources from other jurisdictions; and coordination of processes related to the development of resources. Previously, Pat managed the development and implementation of VETsteps within Australia and Stepping Out across Australia, the UK and Canada.
keyplan@iinet.net.au

Tim Manea
Head of English, St Mark's College. Council Member
Tim Manea is Head of English at St. Mark's Anglican Community School. He has taught at a range of schools, both government and private, over the past 15 years. He was recently involved in the QTP Action Research Program and presented at the ETAWA State Conference and the AATE/ALEA National Conference in Adelaide.

Barbara Wright
Aranmore College. Council Member
Born and raised in WA, Barbara was sent out to the Eastern Goldfields as an English and French teacher, after completing her studies at UWA. Then followed stints at Thornlie and Kwinana, before she left the classroom for five years' work with the Commonwealth, working in Aboriginal education programs, in the metro area as well as the Pilbara and the Murchison-Gascoyne. She returned to the English classroom at Guildford Grammar, where she worked for 18 years. During this time she completed an M Ed looking at the status of women teachers in boys' schools, and also developed an ongoing interest in incorporating Asian texts into the English classroom. Barbara is currently the English HOLA at Aranmore Catholic College in Leederville.

Clare Macfarlane
Teacher, Perth College. Council Member
After studying and working in Melbourne, Clare moved West. She has taught in Kalgoorlie and at Catholic schools around Perth. Clare is passionate about English teaching and is currently working at Perth College.

Angela Italiano
Council Member
Over the past twenty plus years Angela has taught English in WA city and country government schools. She is currently HoD at Cyril Jackson Senior Campus and an English Teacher Development Centre Coordinator.
aitaliano@cyriljackson.wa.edu.au

Di Edwards
Council Member
Di has been teaching for 30 years and has worked in a variety of schools, both in the DET and private sectors, as well as in distance education. Her last teaching position was from 1999 - 2006 at St Marks Anglican College, where she taught English and English Literature. In 2007 Di worked at the Curriculum Council as an English Moderator and in 2008 moved to AISWA to take on the role of English and Literacy Consultant.