Team Lead - Aircraft Training Program

Texas State Technical College; Waco (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas State Technical College seeks an Aircraft Training Program Team Lead to guide a campus program, shape relationships among faculty and students, and drive performance toward placing Texans in great paying jobs.

You will lead a team, coach staff, and coordinate with statewide partners to ensure curriculum relevance and student success.

Qualifications

• Substantial experience in the aviation industry.
• Understanding of 14 CFR 61, 91, and 141 regulations.
• Experience working in a Part 141 flight school environment.
• Current possession of a CFI certificate.
• Familiarity with TSA regulations pertaining to flight school records.
• Collaborate with the Chief Pilot and Assistant Chief Pilot to implement positive changes to the flight program.

Responsibilities

• Build quality relationships with faculty, students, and industry clients, fostering trust, respect, and empathy towards team members.
• Effectively serve both assigned students and instructors, providing comprehensive guidance.
• Recruit and retain a highly qualified faculty team using statewide qualification standards, support faculty development, and cultivate a learning environment that engages and develops students as productive workforce members.
• Establish clear performance expectations for faculty, manage instructors' performance to achieve organizational goals and initiatives.
• Create a culture of feedback among the team and within the learning environment.
• Develop a team environment focused on trust, accountability, candor, commitment, and results.
• Communicate regularly and purposefully with faculty and faculty teams to ensure engagement and accountability.
• Program Recruitment & Marketing: Participate in the program's sales and marketing efforts, assist with recruiting, coordinate with campus and statewide recruiting campaigns, and engage faculty in student recruitment.
• Represent the program to stakeholders.
• Student Success: Monitor student learning outcomes and leading indicators, coordinating with faculty, campus, and statewide resources for evaluation and intervention.
• Monitor student persistence to identify and remove systemic barriers.
• Manage student and faculty grievance processes in collaboration with shared service providers and local leadership.
• Local Industry Relations: Serve as the primary coordinator for local industrial employer engagement, form and cultivate local employer councils, facilitate annual workshops to align curriculum with labor market trends, and research emerging technology.
• Management: Coordinate program resources for recruiting, safety, and course scheduling; participate in budget development with statewide partners and manage ongoing operational budgets; collaborate with shared services on curriculum and content development to ensure industry and community relevance.

Skills

Leadership

Team leadership

Communication

Student support

Regulatory compliance

Diversity & inclusion

Technology-enabled teaching

Education

CFI certificate

Job description

Job Description

As a Aircraft Training Program Team Lead reporting to the campus Provost offices, you will be at the forefront of shaping TSTC's lasting relationships with faculty and students. Accountable for an instructional program or group of programs, you will guide a team at a campus location towards achieving remarkable performance results and growing their capabilities in "placing more Texans in great paying jobs." The Program Team Lead will accomplish results by fostering a high trust culture, communicating a path to success, executing goals and commitments, and coaching and developing the potential of faculty and students.

Essential Functions

• Build quality relationships with faculty, students, and industry clients, fostering trust, respect, and empathy towards team members.
• Effectively serve both assigned students and instructors, providing comprehensive guidance.
• Recruit and retain a highly qualified faculty team using statewide qualification standards, support faculty development, and cultivate a learning environment that engages and develops students as productive workforce members.
• Establish clear performance expectations for faculty, manage instructors' performance to achieve organizational goals and initiatives.
• Create a culture of feedback among the team and within the learning environment.
• Develop a team environment focused on trust, accountability, candor, commitment, and results.
• Communicate regularly and purposefully with faculty and faculty teams to ensure engagement and accountability.
• Program Recruitment & Marketing: Participate in the program's sales and marketing efforts, assist with recruiting, coordinate with campus and statewide recruiting campaigns, and engage faculty in student recruitment.
• Represent the program to stakeholders.
• Student Success: Monitor student learning outcomes and leading indicators, coordinating with faculty, campus, and statewide resources for evaluation and intervention.
• Monitor student persistence to identify and remove systemic barriers.
• Manage student and faculty grievance processes in collaboration with shared service providers and local leadership.
• Local Industry Relations: Serve as the primary coordinator for local industrial employer engagement, form and cultivate local employer councils, facilitate annual workshops to align curriculum with labor market trends, and research emerging technology.
• Management: Coordinate program resources for recruiting, safety, and course scheduling; participate in budget development with statewide partners and manage ongoing operational budgets; collaborate with shared services on curriculum and content development to ensure industry and community relevance.

Education / Experience / Knowledge / Skills

• Demonstrated leadership and guidance in enhancing student achievement in a competency‑based learning environment.
• Effective coaching and communication skills with a diverse student population.
• Successful collaboration with diverse professional colleagues, partners, and stakeholders.
• Understanding of a competency‑based education model.
• Experience leading a team focused on student support and instruction.
• Proficiency in technology‑based educational delivery systems.
• Proven ability to work with struggling or at‑risk students.

Minimum Qualifications

• Substantial experience in the aviation industry.
• Proficient understanding of 14 CFR 61, 91, and 141 regulations.
• Prior experience working in a Part 141 flight school environment.
• Current possession of a CFI certificate.
• Familiarity with TSA regulations pertaining to flight school records.
• Collaborate with the Chief Pilot and Assistant Chief Pilot to implement positive changes to the flight program.
• Efficiently coordinate with the Chief Pilot and maintenance team to ensure safe and timely maintenance of aircraft.
• Provide valuable guidance to students regarding their future careers in aviation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience recruiting and developing a team.
• Experience with profit and loss responsibility and accountability.
• Experience working with adult learners and distance learning environments.
• Experience with change management and leading change.
• Experience working as faculty within TSTC or a similar environment.
• Demonstrated project management experience or experience keeping tasks organized while keeping others informed of progress with a meaningful sized team and/or a project.

Equal Opportunity Employer

TEXAS STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE (TSTC), as an equal opportunity employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination. TSTC is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.