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Assistant Professor of Air Traffic Management and Program Coordinator

Employer
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Location
Florida, United States
Salary
Salary Not Specified
Date posted
Nov 9, 2022
Job Description

Brief Description – Tenure-Track or Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor to teach introductory and higher-level undergraduate air traffic management courses in our B.S. Air Traffic Management degree program. Program coordinator responsibilities include managing the degree curriculum, mentoring students, assessing curriculum effectiveness, and preparing class schedules.

Detailed Description – The Daytona Beach ERAU Air Traffic Management program offers a B.S. in Air Traffic Management. The position requires a candidate with air traffic control experience who will be teaching a variety of air traffic control courses, ranging from an introductory survey course of air traffic basics to more specialized terminal radar, enroute radar/non-radar, and VFR control tower courses (depending on experience).

The position includes a mix of teaching, research, and service obligations. Basic teaching requirements are 12 undergraduate credit hours (four courses/three preps) per semester. Faculty may replace some teaching credit hours with equivalent funded research and/or through service as the program coordinator for the B.S. Air Traffic Management degree.

The candidate must possess effective oral and written communications skills, including the ability to relate theory to application through experiential learning. The candidate is expected to develop new course materials and to teach previously developed courses. Service duties include student mentoring, curriculum evaluation, committee participation, and project leadership. The candidate is expected to pursue scholarly activities with the possibility of workload reassignment for funded research, and to participate in individual and group research projects involving students. This is a nine-month position, renewed annually, with the possibility of summer teaching and/or research assignments.

Qualifications

Ph. D. or Ed.D. (desired) or master’s degree (non-tenure-track) with air traffic control experience in terminal radar, enroute radar/non-radar, or VFR tower fields. Extensive work experience in the enroute radar/non-radar fields of air traffic control (required), two or more years’ experience in higher education (desired).

The position and contract are expected to begin in August 2023.

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