A successful career as an educator involves more than a deep understanding of a research area. Even so, many new CS educators experience relatively little training as educators – and face more questions than answers, e.g., How do I find a career path and institution that are right for me? What strategies can I use during the job search and interviewing process to achieve my goals? What tips could help me organize a course, scaffold engaging experiences, and build lasting relationships with students? What practical steps can I take to support equity, diversity, and inclusion in my work?

The Professional Development Session for New and Aspiring Educators is a pre-symposium event at the SIGCSE TS 2024 that, through presentations, discussions, and small-group community building, will tackle these questions. The session is designed to assist aspiring and early-career educators in exploring the non-research facets of an academic career. It will run on March 20, 2024 in Portland Oregon, USA from 8:30am to 5:30pm, and is open to postdocs and graduate students in any year who are considering careers in academia, as well as pre-tenure faculty members and new teaching-track faculty seeking guidance and/or networking support. This session is one of several career-focused, SIGCSE-affiliated events at the 2024 Technical Symposium that have served more than 300 educators over the past decade.