Benefits for PASS Leaders

Key benefits include:

• Consolidating the Leader’s own knowledge in the PASS course material 
• Developing Graduate Attribute skills such as:
  • Skills of a high order in interpersonal understanding, teamwork and communication. As  PASS leader you will have the opportunity to work with students from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds and will have the opportunity to develop your skills in the context of the PASS team
  • A commitment to the highest standards of professional endeavour and the ability to take a leadership role in the community. PASS leaders have consistently found that employers highly regard PASS leadership skills and experience
• Greater opportunities to become tutors- PASS leadership is regarded as useful training and experience for tutoring
• Learning to employ creative methods for sharing and promoting knowledge
• Satisfaction from having assisted other students to improve their own academic performances
• Developing a closer identification with the School staff, both academic and professional
• The potential to take leadership roles within the wider PASS community
• Receipt of a cash reward at the end of the program as a thank you from the PASS staff for the Leader’s  contributions to the program
• Receipt of a certificate that recognises the role Leaders have played in the program- excellent to include in job applications and CVs
• Invitation to attend the annual Appreciation Ceremony for student leaders and to receive the PASS Leader certificate from the Vice-Chancellor
• Opportunity to be considered for National PASS awards

Cash Rewards

PASS Leaders are not tutors, nor are they paid at a tutor rate.  However a cash reward is one of the ways in which we say thank you to our volunteer PASS Leaders for sharing their knowledge and experience, attending the pre-requisite training days, facilitating weekly classes, and contributing to the overall success of PASS at this University.

At the end of the relevant semester, PASS Leaders will receive a one-off honorarium cash payment. The amount of the honorarium will be determined by the number of classes led by the PASS Leader and budgets. Currently, the amount paid as honorarium varies between $600 and $900.

Information for students receiving income support via Centrelink

The University has sought clarification from Centrelink about how the honorarium payments will be viewed. The Business Support Services Level 2 response is that cash rewards or honorariums are regarded as assessable income, assessed over a 52 week period. In other words, a $200 honorarium represents an assessable weekly income of about $3.90.

The relevant section of the Social Security Act 1991 is Section 8 (1) entitled Income Test Definitions