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ETIA Welcome Pack: New Provisional Instructor

ETIA Welcome Pack: New Provisional Instructor

Written by Kathryn Tonges

Congratulations on successfully completing your training to become a Provisional Instructor. A very warm welcome to ETIA Ltd from the ETIA Board and ETIA Instructors. We are thrilled to have you on board and are confident that your unique skills and experiences will enrich our organisation and transform the lives of your course participants.

Effectiveness Training Institute of Australia is your professional body dedicated to supporting you and making your courses available and accessible to all people in Australia. Please note we are entirely volunteer run. We would welcome your contribution.

When you become a member of ETIA you join a passionate group of Australian Instructors. We welcome your valued input to ETIA whether that be contributing to professional development workshops, instructor newsletters, blogs, social media posts, working groups, or eventually as a board member.

ETIA Ltd volunteer Board Members L to R: Kathryn Tonges (President), Melissa Strader, Regina Sawyer (CEO), Marilyne McPaul, Anne-Marije Bussink, Geraldine Crisp (Vice-President and Fulfilment Agent), Kate Horne, Renee Brauer (Treasurer).

Here’s how we can offer you support as you navigate conducting your first course and becoming an accredited instructor:

  • The first step is to pay your annual professional membership fee. Click the button to complete and pay:
ETIA Membership Form
  • Once you pay you can add your profile to the ETIA website, advertise your course and access the Instructor Hub. Contact ETIA President for your login details: [email protected]

  • To order your materials contact ETIA’s Fulfilment Agent: Geraldine Crisp
Ordering Procedure
  • Promote your course with editable P.E.T. Flyers:
Editable P.E.T. Flyers
  • Get to know the ETIA website including members of the board, Instructor Trainers, blogs for parents and instructors. www.etia.org
ETIA Website
  • Follow Effectiveness Training Institute of Australia Facebook page and Instagram.
ETIA Facebook
  • Contribute blogs, testimonials, or input for the Instructor Newsletter. ETIA’s Newsletter Editor is Judith Richardson – [email protected]
  • Connect and gain support and inspiration from other Instructors at ETIA Professional Development Workshops. Workshops are advertised in the Instructor Newsletter.
July 2025 Instructor Newsletter
  • Your Instructor Agreement is an important guideline for you. You need to also read and adhere to the following ETIA document: https://www.etia.org/blog/etia-ltd-respect-in-the-organisation-procedure/
Respect In The Organisation: ETIA

I look forward to congratulating you once again following completion of your successful first course. Please do not hesitate to reach out should you have questions, suggestions or need support. We are eager to help.

Warmest regards,

Kathryn Tonges 

President 
p: 0466 582 315

e: [email protected]

w: www.etia.org

The Effectiveness Training Institute of Australia (ETIA) Ltd is a not-for-profit, community based organisation that is dedicated to making courses in communication and conflict resolution skills available and accessible to all people in Australia.

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P.E.T.  Parent Effectiveness Training

T.E.T.  Teacher Effectiveness Training

Y.E.T.  Youth Effectiveness Training

B.Y.B.  Be Your Best

L.E.T.  Leader Effectiveness Training

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Kathryn Tonges

Kathryn Tonges

Online Australia & NZ, QLD

I have been deeply rewarded seeing positive transformations in families by teaching P.E.T. effective communication skills since 1978. My two sons are now parents, and I am witness to their natural use of P.E.T. skills in all their interactions with children and people. My passion is to share these skills with others through these options: 1. Parent Effectiveness Training - for parents, grandparents, carers. 2. Be Your Best – personal empowerment skills for self, relationships, and the workplace. 3. Teacher Effectiveness Training – increases the quality of interactions between student and teacher with more teaching-learning time. 4. Instructor Training - I am a Master Trainer of P.E.T., B.Y.B., T.E.T. and Y.E.T. for ETIA Ltd. In my teaching career I taught from early childhood to tertiary level focusing on Child Development and Communication Skills. I lived in Beijing for seven years and conducted P.E.T. and B.Y.B. courses for expatriates as well as training expatriates to become P.E.T. instructors. I have written for parenting magazines in Beijing and Australia and blog for my website The Parent Within (theparentwithin.com). Whilst in Beijing I co-authored a book with P.E.T. Instructors I had trained, to help expatriate children cope with the changes in their life. In the last couple of years I have taken on the position of President of ETIA Ltd. Children, parenting, and effective communications continues to be my passion as I share these courses both online (Australia and NZ) or face to face in Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast as well as coaching parents individually.

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About ETIA

The Effectiveness Training Institute of Australia (ETIA) Ltd is a not-for-profit, community based organisation that is dedicated to making courses in communication and conflict resolution skills available and accessible to all people in Australia.

ETIA’s mission is to provide individuals with effective communication and conflict resolution skills to build connected, harmonious relationships.

Our inspiration and programs come from the late Dr Thomas Gordon who is the author and founder of Parent Effectiveness Training (P.E.T.) program and Gordon Training International (GTI).

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