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Welcome Message from Prof Bernard Mans, Head of Department

Welcome to the Department of Computing, Faculty of Science, Macquarie University. Congratulations on being selected to teach with us this semester. Casual academic staff such as yourself are very important to our ability to deliver a quality teaching program.

This webpage is designed to help answer some of your questions and assist you in easing into your job. It is meant to contain news and information that will be of use to you during your employment with us.

If you have any further general enquiries, please contact Melina Chan, Executive Officer on 98509510 or email melina.chan@mq.edu.au. If your enquiries are about the unit you are teaching, please contact the Unit Convenor. We hope that you'll enjoy your experience of teaching in the Department of Computing.

The application for teaching in 2012 Session 1 is now open. The deadline for application is 22 January 2012.

The application form: word format, pdf format. Please aslo see the selection criteria and the duties of different roles.

MU_webpage_for_teaching staff
Induction_booklet
Timesheets
Staff_by_unit
Tutor_Consultation_Hours
Meetings with Unit Convenors
Need Help
Recruitment
Teaching Supplement Scheme
Training and Development

The Macquarie University 's Learning and Teaching Centre provides useful links on

Department specific information is contained in the Casual Academic Staff Induction Booklet 2011.

Timesheets
Currently we are using a web-based timesheet entry system.

Casual academics need to use the Science-ID to login at http://rutherglen.ics.mq.edu.au/~fos/cgi-bin/staff.pl

Once you login, please go to "Print Timesheet", then select the account number 426105032201 for undergraduate units. The default timetable of that staff would be loaded with the appropriate job numbers and timetable details. If you have extra classes for that timesheet pay period, please select the extra dates and you would get the message of "extra" on the web. After you selected all the job dates, please submit the timesheet with your signature and dropped in the locked box in E6A302 tearoom. For those hours not according to your default timetable, please put a note on the printed timesheet. Please contact Melina Chan or Sylvian Chow or Donna Hua if you have any problems. If you can't come to the university to submit the timesheet, please fax it to us at +61-2-98509551.

Copy of timesheet in pdf and rtf format.

.Timesheet is usually due by 5pm on Mon or latest before 9am on Tue every fortnight. But sometimes due to public holidays, the submission date will be different. Timesheet due dates in 2011.

Would you like to know who your colleagues are?
Check here for a list of casual academic staff by unit , teaching staff for Undergraduate units and Postgraduate units.

"Buddy System" email us if you would like to be put in contact with a more experienced staff member - someone who can show you the ropes, this can be especially helpful if you are new to the Department.

Tutor Consultation Hours
These are the times when tutors make themselves available for consultation by students. Please email Sylvian Chow of your nominated hours.

Tutor consultations are held at the Help Desks in the Computing Labs on E6A Level 1 - Help101 in E6A110 for 100-level units, Help201 in E6A121 for 200-level units and Help301 in E6A119 for 300-level units.

Staff teaching on ITEC units need to publish their consultation hours on the Unit Outline as well as inform their students directly. Consultation times should be set up to suit the students availability.

While taking your tutorial/s please inform your students of your consultation hours.

Meetings with Unit Convenors
As a commitment to quality teaching, we will have periodic meetings of teaching staff involved in units with large enrolment. Unit Convenors will meet face-to-face will all staff teaching on their unit on a periodic basis. Casual staff will be paid for their attendance at the practical demonstration rate. Please indicate on the timesheet that the hours are for staff meetings.

Need Help?
Please contact us should you need help with any of the below:

•  Unit Convenor, Unit-specific issues.

•  Dr Christophe Doche, Director of Teaching, christophe.doche@mq.edu.au Available by appointment. Teaching related issues undergraduate units.

•  Dr Peter Busch, Director of Postgraduate Program, peter.busch@mq.edu.au

•  Melina Chan, Executive Officer, melina.chan@mq.edu.au
Available 9.30 am to 4 pm Monday to Friday. Room Number E6A360
HR matters - employment contracts, assignment marking arrangements, timesheets, mailboxes, personal timetables, OHS, calling in sick.

•  Sylvian Chow, sylvian.chow@mq.edu.au
Available 9.30 am to 4 pm Monday to Friday. Room Number E6A360
Textbooks, attendance lists, class lists, changes to tutor consultation times, set-up of email accounts, unit aliases, keys to the tearoom, ID badges, stationery.

Recruitment
The recruitment process for Semester 2, 2011s now closed.

The new rates from 24 March 2011.

Teaching Supplement Scheme
This program provides teaching experience to Computing PhD scholarship holders. Supplement holders are given preference in the allocation of casual teaching, subject to meeting the selection criteria and being found suitable by the Unit Convenor.

Training & Development

Induction Session for new staff who haven't attended induction- 9 March 2011

Sharing the experience and standard based assessment, Feedback n structure of Tutorials (Presentation by Christophe Doche)

Administration matters 2011, Administration matters Induction_week 3(Powerpoint presentation by Melina Chan)

Information from previous Induction sessions
Role of Casuals 29 July 2010 (Powerpoint presentation by Christophe Doche)
Mixed Classes and role of casuals Feb 2010(Powerpoint presentation by Christophe Doche)

Professional Development/Induction Program February 2008
The Mixed mode approach and making Tutorials and Pracs worthwhile
Strategies to foster deep learning and Making Tutes & Pracs worthwhile

Professional Development/Induction Program February 2007
Feedback for Effective Learning within Computing
Notes from Plenary Session, 22 February 2007

Professional Development/Induction Program February 2006
Inclusive Practice in Tutorials and Pracs for a Diverse Student Body

Professional Development/Induction Program February 2005
Preparing to teach

Techniques for Asking and Encouraging Questions

Updated 26 July 2011