Teaching Track Faculty in Computer Science

Many computer science departments have chosen to hire faculty for teaching-track positions that parallel the standard tenure-track position, providing the possibility of promotion, longer-term contracts, and higher pay for excellence in teaching and service. This birds-of-a-feather is designed to gather educators, both experienced and new to teaching track positions, to share their experiences as members of the faculty of their departments and schools. As teaching track faculty, we share common challenges and opportunities. This year, our discussion will focus on constructive changes we are making to our curriculum to address the many challenges we are currently facing. Many teaching track faculty are assigned to introductory classes and, therefore, have the first opportunity to shape how students are learning computer science in these changing times. Today's challenges include the expanding capabilities of AI and our students' desire to take advantage of them, decreasing enrollments due to concerns about reduced job opportunities in Computer Science, and general uncertainty about whether what we are teaching is relevant to what our students will need to know in the future. We want to focus the discussion on how we, as teaching track faculty, are adapting the way we teach our courses to the changes in our students' behavior and beliefs.