1. Departmental Support for Assistant Professors Kathryn S McKinley The University of Texas at Austin

2. Outline J Moore Remarks Discussion points –General –Research –Teaching –Service –Family What is the best thing your department has done to help you?

3. General Beyond your startup package Department assigns you (and pick your own) department and UT mentors for –Research, Teaching, & Service Administrative support –who will help you fill out paper work!? Peter & Bill’s Excellent CS Adventure –explains how UT and CS work Assistant professor financial planning –Spend ahead

4. Research Night time reading year 1 –recent successful tenure cases at your institution –recent successful Career grants in your area and from your institution Every year –keep detailed records –review your progress with your department chair and some other senior faculty mentor –What are the research criteria? Papers in top conferences, journals, funding, etc. Meet and greet –Introductions to NSF/Darpa program managers –Introductions to industrial contacts Collaborate –your colleagues have trained students

5. Teaching Appropriate course choices –undergraduate course you can teach repeatedly –graduate course you can use to screen and train students –seminars for advanced training TA support and good TAs Invest in being a decent teacher –“the right thing” –get it right quickly and both you and the students will find it more rewarding –Department & University seminars –Teaching software & remote question systems –Mentor evaluations

6. Service Department Service –not too hot, not too cold, but just right –teaches you how the department works –active member of department life External Service –what to do?

7. Family Teaching release for babies End department meetings no later than 5 and start no earlier than 9 Miminize after 5 obligations –how many faculty candidates do you need to eat dinner with?

8. What’s the best thing your department to help you?