Session Guide — How to be a Tutor (Practicalities)

Facilitation notes for presenters and participants

About this guide

Companion notes to the slide deck lectures/01-practicalities.md. Useful for the presenter (running order, timings, what each activity expects) and for participants (what to expect, and the admin links in one place).

This is the opening module of the full induction day, so it also carries the Acknowledgement of Country, day goals, and schedule.

At a glance

Slot: ~90 minutes (day schedule: 09:30–11:00, before morning tea).
Room: table groups of 4–5; sticky notes on each table.
Two halves: (1) the job — admin, pay, safety; (2) developing as an educator.

Running order

Time	Segment	Notes
5 min	Welcome, Acknowledgement, goals, schedule	Set the tone for the whole day.
5 min	Task: Journey as an educator	Hands from the room; hear 2–3 prior teaching experiences.
~25 min	The job: qualifications, timesheets, earnings codes, associated working time, contemporaneous marking, 1.5+0.5 structure	The dense admin block — pace it, don’t read every link aloud.
~15 min	Safety, emergency contacts, where to get help, working with convenors	Slow down on safety: it’s the most important slide.
5 min	Task: Getting to know you as a learner	3 sticky notes (enjoy / challenges / support wanted); one of each per table.
~10 min	Developing as a teacher — Kugel’s phases (self → subject → student → active → independent → tuning)	Frame as a journey, nobody is expected to be at “tuning”.
~8 min	Task: What stages resonate for you?	Group discussion, then hear responses. Leads into the break.

Facilitation notes

Admin block is information-dense on purpose — participants can re-read the links later in this guide. Aim for “here’s the shape and where to find it”, not memorisation.
Safety slide: state plainly that resolving threats is not their job — prioritise personal safety, walk out, call security. Worth pausing for questions.
Kugel phases: the point is reassurance (“teaching is a craft, learned by doing”), not a test. The resonance task works best if you share your own honest answer first.

Handoff notes for a new presenter

The “About Charles” intro slide is commented out — add your own short intro where it was (deck line ~54).
Update contact details on the “Where to get help” slide if the role-holder has changed (the [email protected] address is a role address and should stay valid).

Materials checklist

Sticky notes + pens on every table
Projector for slides
The admin links below open in a browser if questions come up

Key admin references (for participants)

ANU Academic Casual Sessional Rates
Enterprise Agreement — Schedule 2 (casual sessional activities & rates)
Casual academic timesheets FAQ
ANU Safety & Security — ANU Security: 6125 2249

Key messages

You have a well-defined role with resources and support — you are not expected to know everything on day one.
Get paid correctly: understand earnings codes and associated working time; submit timesheets on time.
Safety first, always. Your convenor is your manager and first point of contact.