Sessional Staff
Who is this site for?
At Macquarie, Sessional Staff can be defined as academic staff who are not on permanent or continuing contracts. This includes any academic staff member on a casual or short-term contract, such as a lecturer, tutor or Lab Demonstrator.
This site has been developed as a toolkit to support sessional staff at Macquarie University.
You might find this site useful if you are a sessional staff member, an administrator who manages sessional staff, or a unit convenor or Head of Department who has responsibility for sessional staff. Resources on this site have been grouped according to these roles.
Sessional Staff - Working at Macquarie
This page provides essential information for working as a sessional staff member at Macquarie University and answers questions such as:
- What do I do once I have my contract?
- What are my responsibilities as a sessional staff member?
- Do I have any rights as a sessional staff member?
- Can I borrow from the library?
Sessional Staff - Teaching at Macquarie (Professional Learning & Development)
Resources to help develop skills for quality teaching including teaching basics, integrating technology in teaching, professional and ongoing development opportunities at Macquarie.
Supporting Sessional Staff (for Managers and Administrators)
Administrators, unit convenors and Heads of Department will find resources on employing, inducting and developing sessional staff. The sessional staff standards framework establishes standards that departments and faculties should be working towards.
FAQs
Answers to frequently asked questions about sessional teaching and working at Macquarie.
This site has been developed with support from the Provost's Learning and Teaching Priority Grant scheme. Sessional staff are encouraged to consider this scheme and other learning and teaching grants and awards.
This resource was developed by the Learning and Teaching Centre at Macquarie University.
Comments and feedback are welcome and can be sent to ltcenquiries@mq.edu.au
