New to teaching & marking? Start here.

A free, practical starter kit for casual and sessional academics — seven essentials, real checklists, no jargon. Work through what you need, in any order.

You do the most, and are too often given the least. Casual academics teach and mark a huge share of the sector's classes, frequently at short notice and with little induction. This kit is the induction you should have been given — including the honest parts most won't tell you, like getting paid for your marking time. Tick things off as you go; it saves on your device, for you alone.

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◇ Honest about limits. This is practical teaching guidance, not industrial, legal or institutional advice. Your pay, hours and entitlements are set by your enterprise agreement or award and your contract — check those, your unit coordinator, and your union (e.g. the NTEU). Your university's own policies (integrity, GenAI, escalation) always take precedence. NTLSN is independent; we point you to good practice, we don't speak for your institution.

A free NTLSN starter kit — because everyone who teaches deserves support, including the casual academics who too often get none. Pair it with the in-browser tools linked throughout. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.