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Texas A&M University System
Victoria TAMUV
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Job Title
Founding Program Director, Aviation
Agency
Texas A&M University - Victoria
Department
College of Natural & Applied Science
Proposed Minimum Salary
Commensurate
Job Location
Victoria, Texas
Job Type
Faculty
Job Description
Texas A&M University–Victoria seeks a full-time, 12-month faculty member for an appointment as a tenure-track Associate or Full Professor or a non-tenure-track Professor of Practice to serve as the Founding Director of the new Bachelor of Science in Aviation program to promote and enhance the degree and teach within the program.
Qualifications: Aviation is a new Bachelor of Science (BS) degree designed to serve the community in the Coastal Bend region of Texas. The Founding Director will serve as a primary point of contact for Texas A&M University-Victoria (A&M-Victoria), with a primary focus on developing and supporting the BS in Aviation. The Aviation Science Program offers Professional Pilot and Aviation Management pathways. Flight training through a contracted provider will be conducted at the Victoria Regional Airport.
The Founding Director will be employed by A&M-Victoria and will teach face-to-face courses within the University’s academic programs.
Victoria is about two hours driving time from Houston, Corpus Christi, Austin, and San Antonio. The Victoria region offers great flying weather throughout the year, Class D airspace, a tower-controlled airport, and vast airspace for flight training.
The Founding Program Director reports to Dean of the College of Natural and Applied Science, working within the Department of Engineering and Aviation Sciences, and has both administrative and instructional responsibilities, which may include classroom, flight, or ground school instruction. The proportions of each will be negotiated upon hire.
The successful candidate should demonstrate the following qualifications:
· Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to effectively engage professional, community, industry, and student audiences.
· Ability to plan and implement activities that increase the visibility and profile of the A&M-Victoria Agribusiness concentration within the regional community and agricultural industry.
· Demonstrated commitment to supporting and working effectively with students from diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds, as well as students with disabilities.
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