Freelance teaching / tutoring contract

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I'm in social sciences at postgrad level, my institution is a wee bit niche. I have been doing a tiny bit of freelance tutoring and teaching, and am exploring doing a bit more.

I'm not yet at a point of talking specifics with my institution, but would others be willing to share how their contracts are structured in terms of the balance of teaching / marking / prep time? How much time are you given to write / prepare a 2 hour lecture, for example?

I absolutely appreciate this is a 'how long is a piece of string' question, and nobody can tell me what my institution might offer, but I'm curious about the range of norms.

The department will have fixed hours for tutoring work as it would depend on what you are doing- teaching, marking, dissertation supervision. Even with teaching, you may not necessarily be preparing your own materials as you might be co-teaching or using the module leader's slides. Therefore, no prep time will be given. If it is a fixed-term contract, then you probably will have hours like a full time or part time tutor.

We have hourly paid teaching assistants, they get paid per hour and an extra two hours prep time. They will also get additional for marking. But generally these positions go to people known to the department, PhD students or those just finished looking for work to get them through. It wouldn't give you a reliable wage.

3 hours prep per seminar
5 hours per lecture
1 hour for every 3000 words marked
3 x 1.5 hour exam scripts per hour

One hour teaching is paid at 2.5 or 3 times that if prep and marking expected. Guest lecturer with no marking - probably a fixed negotiated rate.

5 hours per 1 hour of lecturing here