Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary
Teach courses in computer science. May specialize in a field of computer science, such as the design and function of computers or operations and research analysis. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
Also called: Computer Information Systems Instructor (CIS Instructor), Computer Science Professor, Instructor, Professor
Knowledge:
Engineering and Technology
- computers and electronics
- product and service development
- teaching and course design
Skills:
- reading work related information
- talking to others
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
People and Technology Systems
- thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
- figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it
Abilites:
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
- use rules to solve problems
- add, subtract, multiply, or divide
- choose the right type of math to solve a problem
Personality:
Description: People interested in this work like activities that include helping people, teaching, and talking.
They do well at jobs that need
- Integrity
- Dependability
- Persistence
- Independence
- Achievement/Effort
- Analytical Thinking
Technology:
Computer based training software
- Blackboard Learn
- Desire2Learn
Development environment software
- Google Docs
- Microsoft Word
