sessional
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7.2
A teacher hired to teach for one school term
- noun
- /ˈsɛʃənl/
- Jargon
:
profesor temporal
- Many universities hire sessionals to teach courses during the summer term.
Examples
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And if you're a sessional, it's likely you just won't be asked to teach again.
Blog text (10) -
You're too much trouble; they prefer sessionals they never hear about (except to hand in the grades) which had better conform to the university average.
Blog text (10) -
As a sessional instructor, he only worked for one academic term each year.
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The college employs several sessionals to fill temporary teaching positions.
Synonyms
temporary
vssessional
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5.3
A person who works at a job for a short time
applies specifically to teachers hired for a single academic term
Surface Forms
sessional singular
sessionals plural
Etymology
Sessional comes from session + -al, with session meaning a 'sitting' or fixed meeting time, so as a noun a sessional is someone hired for just one session or term. That is why universities call short-term teachers 'sessionals' when they work only for a single term.