Arts Sessional Register
Due to the current situation and subsequent changes in teaching practices and student engagement, this may affect semester 1 timelines.
Registration requirements
Before commencing your application, ensure you have the following information:
- Contact details
- Working with Children Check / VIT Registration – DETAILS BELOW
- Qualified teaching area (maximum of 3 areas)
- Teaching experience
- Student evaluations (upload into EOI)
- Preferred Arts Teaching Unit/s (refer to relevant Area of Study link and teaching units)
- Availability
- HDR Restrictions / Permission from main supervisor – DETAILS BELOW (upload into EOI)
New interested sessionals also need:
- Work Eligibility
- Deemed Equivalence – DETAILS BELOW (upload into EOI)
- CV (upload into EOI)
Registration submission
You will receive a confirmation message upon submission.
Note: Candidates will only be contacted by the relevant program coordinator prior to the commencement of the semester, should teaching positions arise in their areas of interest and expertise where there is an appropriate match of their skill base, disciplinary background, and availability.
Registering means that you are interested and available for sessional work, but does not mean that you are employed.
The rates of pay for sessional staff are set out in the Monash University Enterprise Agreement (Academic and Professional Staff) 2019.
- Teaching associate sessional rates
- Teaching associate sessional rates descriptors
Additional requirements
Working With Children Check (WWCC)
Successful registrations may require a Working With Children Check (WWCC). This will be confirmed at the time of offer and the process will be communicated to you.
HDR restrictions on teaching
If you are currently enrolled as a HDR student, or will be enrolled in Semester 1 2021, your work commitment should not normally exceed 20 hours per week: that is you may teach a maximum of 6 hours face to face per week. This will optimally be in 1 unit, but may be in more than one unit provided the delivery and preparation time do not exceed 20 hours in total.
Sessional positions should not interfere with your requirement of the student to devote at least 4 weekdays to their research program (if enrolled full-time) graduate research studies. You will not be able to apply for extension to candidature using sessional employment reasons.
Refer to: Section 3.4 and Section 3.6 of the Doctoral Handbook, and Section 3.3 and Section 3.5 of the Masters Handbook.
Language disciplines
These will be assessed for Language Statement of Equivalence prior to selection. Coordinators will contact you to arrange if applicable.
TEQSA/Deemed Equivalence
TEQSA (Tertiary Education Quality Standards Agency) introduced revised standards as of 1 Jan 2017 which require positions that involve teaching to have qualifications at least on AQF (Australian Qualifications Framework) level higher than the program being taught or Equivalent relevant academic and professional or practice-based experience is required.
The revised standards require universities to establish a defensible framework for assessing whether a person, who does not have the required level of qualification, can be deemed to have the equivalent to the AQF standard and to record the decision. This is only relevant to the following disciplines and will require the Arts Academic Deemed Equivalence CV be completed and uploaded within the online form.
Undergraduate level | Graduate level |
Communications and Media Film and Screen Studies Journalism Music (Composition and Music Technology) Music (Jazz Performance) Music (Classical Performance) Music (Popular Music) Critical Performance Studies |
Communications and Media Cultural and Creative Industries Environment and Sustainability International Development Practice International Relations International Sustainable Tourism Management Interpreting and Translation Studies Journalism Journalism and International Relations |
Registration system issues:
Access HR – 9902 0400 or hr@monash.edu
General School/Centre Enquiries:
For enquiries please contact:
School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics
arts.admin.llcl@monash.edu
School of Philosophical, Historical and International Studies
arts.admin.sophis@monash.edu
School of Social Sciences
arts.admin.soss@monash.edu
School of Media, Film and Journalism
arts.admin.mfj@monash.edu
Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music and Performance
arts.admin.ctp.music@monash.edu