Schedule 3 - Sessional Rates Descriptors
1. Tutorials
"Tutorial" means any education delivery, described as a tutorial in a course or unit outline, or in an official timetable issued by the University.
Except for repeat tutorials, the rates prescribed are paid per hour of tutorial delivered (or equivalent delivery through other than face to face teaching mode) and assume two hours' associated working time such as preparation reasonably contemporaneous marking and student consultation.
A repeat tutorial is a second or subsequent delivery of substantially the same tutorial in the same subject matter within a period of 7 days and any marking and student consultation reasonably contemporaneous with it. The prescribed rates are paid per hour of tutorial delivered and assume one hour's associated working time.
Where a tutorial is more or less than one hour in length, the payment will be pro-rata the appropriate rate for a tutorial of one hour's duration.
Marking at the end of a subject or course may, in addition, be paid at an hourly rate as determined by the Dean.
2. Lectures
"Lecture" means any education delivery described as a lecture in a course or unit outline, or in an official timetable issued by the University. The pay rates are paid for 1 hour of delivery (or equivalent delivery through other than face to face teaching mode) and directly associated non contact duties in the nature of preparation, reasonably contemporaneous marking and student consultation.
3. Music Accompanying with Special Educational Services
"Musical accompanying with special educational services" means the provision of musical accompaniment to one or more students or staff in the course of teaching by another member of academic staff in circumstances where the accompanist deploys educational expertise in repertoire development or expression for student concert or examination purposes, but does not include concert accompanying, vocal coaching or musical directing.
The rates are paid per hour of accompanying delivered and assume one hour of preparation time for each hour of musical accompanying delivered.
Departments intending to pay the rates prescribed for such musical accompanying should first consult with the Human Resources Division.
4. Undergraduate Clinical Nurse Education
"Undergraduate clinical nurse education" means the conduct of undergraduate nurse education in a clinical setting.
The rates of payment for undergraduate clinical nurse education are paid for each hour of clinical education delivered and assumes, for each hour of clinical nurse education delivered: half an hour of associated working time for sessions requiring little preparation; or one hour of associated working time for sessions requiring normal preparation.
Departments intending to pay the rates prescribed for such clinical nurse education should first consult with the Human Resources Division.
5. Marking
Marking as a supervising examiner or marking requiring a significant exercise of academic judgement assumes skills appropriate to an academic at Level B status;
Standard marking, includes multiple choice examinations.
Sessional staff also may be paid for marking class exercises or examination papers at the end of the subject or course sequence, where they are required to do so by the supervising lecturer in charge of the subject or course. The number of hours and the appropriate marking rate per hour will be determined by the Dean.
6. Supervision
The supervision rates reflect the preparation required for supervision work:
7. Other Required Academic Activity
"Other required academic activity" includes work that the university requires a sessional academic staff member to perform and that is performed as required, being work of the following nature:
- the conduct of practical classes, demonstrations, workshops, student field excursions;
- the conduct of clinical sessions other than clinical nurse education;
- the conduct of performance and visual art studio sessions;
- musical coaching, repetiteurship, and musical accompanying other than with special educational service;
- development of teaching and subject materials such as the preparation of subject guides and reading lists and basic activities associated with subject co-ordination;
- consultation with students;
- attendance at departmental and faculty meetings as required; and
- attendance at any of the activities set out in 1-4 above as directed.
The above list is not intended to be exhaustive, but is provided by way of examples and guidance.
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