Swim Group Instructor-Aquatics
5 months ago
East Orange
Job DescriptionDescription: POSITION SUMMARY: Teaches YMCA swim lesson program classes while maintaining safe swimming conditions in the pool, deck, and surrounding areas. Creates a safe and positive atmosphere that promotes member safety and engagement in accordance with YMCA policies and procedures. Requirements: ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: • Responsible for teaching YMCA swim lesson program classes of up to 12 children. Instructors must teach in the water for every class., • Must be able to teach freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, elements of butterfly and elementary backstroke and sidestroke., • Teach the correct skills for the level of class and evaluates student progress based on criteria., • Make eye contact with students and communicate in terms of students understanding. Asks students questions to monitor their understanding and provide students with feedback on their activities., • Use positive motivation. Use teachable moments to speak about character development and address behavior with appropriate techniques., • Must be able to see all students at all times during lesson, never turns back on class., • Must be skilled in observing the behavior of swimmers in the water and be ready at all times to stop dangerous behavior., • Maintains effective, positive relationships with the members, participants and other staff., • Use a variety of organizational patterns maximizing swim time for every student. Smoothly keep class moving from one activity to the other., • Use teaching aids and equipment appropriately with activities and incorporate games in to classes., • Balance working with students individually and allowing students to practice on their own., • Keeps accurate attendance and all other class records current and organized., • Clean area after every swim lesson class., • Must be 5-10 minutes early to every shift and record time worked correctly with limited mistakes., • Must find coverage if unable to attend a shift. Contact must be made ahead of time if a scheduled shift cannot be worked., • Flexibility, may be asked to substitute for other employee’s shift or work beyond assigned shift in an effort to ensure safety and proper coverage., • Mandatory attendance for in-services. In-Service meetings will be scheduled in advance., • In the event of pool closure, must accommodate an alternate date for swim lesson., • Minimum age of 16 years., • Proven knowledge of various swim strokes and teaching levels., • Previous experience teaching swim lessons preferred., • Strong vocal ability to project instruction clearly during lessons., • Excellent interpersonal communication and organizational skills., • Strong problem-solving skills., • Ability to swim at least four laps (200 yards) of freestyle and be able to scissor kick (sidestroke) or breaststroke kick., • Must be willing and able to teach in the water for each class. Must be able to enter and exit pool without assistance., • Must be able to remain alert., • Adequate ability to hear noises and distinguish distress signals., • Ability to lift up to 55 lbs., • Ability to communicate verbally, including projecting voice across distance in normal and loud situations.