Paul Cantrell
Would you like to teach alongside me at Macalester? If that sounds like fun and not a martyrdom, we’re hiring for a full-time (5 courses per academic year) 1- or 2- year visiting faculty position in computer science, and I’d be one of the people helping train you in to our curriculum:
https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/29428
You do NOT need a PhD for this position. We’d welcome people with industry experience •or• graduate experience.
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Paul Cantrell
You’d be teaching intro programming courses that emphasize collaboration, communication, critical thought, creativity, inclusion, and mutual support.
The intro courses are heavily hands-on: lots of in-class activities and little lecture, emphasis on software as a living craft practiced by humans and for humans (as opposed to the traditional CS checklist of concepts detached from their context).
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Paul Cantrell
Course materials are already lined up (though you’d always have input; we value our visitors’ fresh perspective). Your job would be shepherding students through the complex intellectual and emotional experience of learning to create software together.
Compared to what you might imagine, it's probably a lot less “knowing all the technical academic answers” and a lot more “human caring for students and modeling problem-solving.”
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Paul Cantrell
Selling points:
- The students are wonderful human beings.
- My faculty and staff colleagues are wonderful human beings.
- Pay is mediocre for tech industry, but good for teaching.
- If you’re in industry, I can almost guarantee you are not used to seeing your work visibly •mattter• to real people on a daily basis like this.
Happy to field questions. DM if curious.
Again, this position is open to industry folks •and• academics. Located in MSP.
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ck
@inthehands very cool, I didn't even know Macalester did CS stuff, good luck!
Paul Cantrell
@belehaa
💯 “unlicensed therapist” I always say
B Haas
@inthehands I think non-professors generally don't understand how much of a higher ed teaching job is actually pastoral care
Paul Cantrell
@johentsch
Is this post a satire of Mastodon? Because if so, it’s a damn good one
Johannes Hentschel
@inthehands
What country is this? Homepage doesn't bother to tell people where "Macalester" is located. No, I don't know where the "Twin City" is. Sorry, you seem to be looking for a very specific bunch
way°i°am
@inthehands just to confirm, this is not remote/online?
Paul Cantrell
@mlohbihler
Very much in person!
Paul Cantrell
@jorendorff
We have several people taking simultaneous sabbaticals next year, and not enough regular people to cover the gap. But we can’t commit to anything beyond 1-2 years because we don’t know that the need will be there in the longer term.
jorendorff
Paul Cantrell
@cursedsql
Macalester has (in my humble opinion) a really awesome CS program! I’d put the quality of experience the students get here up against just about anywhere.
ck
@inthehands definitely not intended as shade, I just lived next to M for years and am an uneducated fool
Paul Cantrell
@cursedsql
No shade perceived! And no obligation to know all the programs at Mac. Hit me up and I'll talk about all the zillion things our CS program does that are ahead of the curve.
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