There should be an unambiguous standard bipartite pay structure. Either the work is salaried or it is paid on a properly specified piece-work basis. Students involved in teaching should be given a written specification detailing their duties, including the total number of hours required in preparation, class contact hours and marking, and the payment involved for each task, along with any training and administration required. Payment should be based on the number of hours worked, as detailed in the specification. In order to provide effective and valuable support to the teaching of undergraduates, postgraduate teachers must be properly trained.
Teaching is a skill, and as such requires to be learnt.
An excellent knowledge of the subject area concerned is a necessary but not sufficient requirement for good teaching. Training in general teaching methods is necessary so that postgraduate teachers can effectively communicate with their students. All students involved in undergraduate tutoring should be given the opportunity to attend some form of training or discussion of the skills involved in good teaching and departments should develop formal procedures for supporting them. Such an attitude is unfair to the undergraduates who are in the first few groups under instruction. As well as a knowledge of the principles involved with the experiment, the postgraduate should be given an idea of the likely problems students will encounter and their solutions.