Gymnastics Instructor II Pre-Team and Advanced

TITLE:

Gymnastics Instructor II - Pre-Team and Advanced

DEPARTMENT:
Parks and Recreation

DATES:
Varies

PAY RATE:
Starting at $20.07/hr

General Task Statement:

The City of Evanston Gymnastics Program offers instructional classes to children ages 18 months to 15 years. The Gymnastics Instructor II is responsible for coaching children ages 5 - 15 years old in pre-competitive, Advanced Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced gymnastics classes in small group settings, according to the provided weekly lesson plans. Opportunities to coach private lessons and birthday parties are available.

Supervision:

This position reports to the Chandler-Newberger Program Coordinator and Division Manager

Qualifications:

* Must possess three (3) years of experience working with ages 5-15 years in an instructional group setting, including six (6) months or more of experience instructing advanced recreational or competitive gymnastics classes.

* Previous experience coaching USAG Level 2, Level 3, and Xcel Silver preferred.

* Must possess or be willing to obtain USAG Recreational Coach Membership and maintain it as a condition of employment.

* Must be able to obtain CPR/AED/First Aid certification from a nationally recognized institution and maintain it as a condition of employment.

* Must demonstrate knowledge of the USAG Women's Developmental Program and USAG Xcel Program.

Essential Function(s) - Task Statements:

* Attend staff training sessions

* Be positive, patient, and engaging

* Responsible for the safety of participants

* Instruct and facilitate program activities for participants, according to weekly lesson plans

* Assist with program set up as needed

* Maintain open communication with the Program Supervisor/Coordinator, other staff, and Family/Guardian/Caregiver with information concerning programming, families, and/or participants

* Report participant progress and behavior within program setting to parents/Supervisor

* Ensure all participants are properly dismissed to caregiver

* Communicate to supervisor(s) if there are problems or issues needing special attention

* Responsible for care and maintenance equipment and storage areas.

* Complete written reports such as accident, incident and the like on a timely manner

* Performs other duties as assigned by Program Supervisor/Coordinator

Schedule:

* Schedule is flexible.

* Classes offered weekday evenings and weekends all day.

* Weekday evening availability required.

* Weekend availability preferred.

* Summer availability preferred.

Specifications:

* Minimum Reasoning ability usually associated with this classification:

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagrammatic form; to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in or from standardized situations.

* Minimum Language ability usually associated with this classification:

Read:
Ability to read staff manuals, memoranda, and attendance sheets.

Write:
Ability to complete attendance sheets, accident reports, incident reports and camper behavior reports using prescribed format and conforming to all rules of punctuation, grammar, and style.

Speak:
Ability to give verbal direction to subordinates, communicate effectively with co-workers, supervisors, citizens, and the public as well as other employers; speaking extemporaneously on a variety of subjects.

* Amount of training, either on-the-job or formal education, usually associated with this occupation in addition to the reasoning, math and language abilities detailed above:

* At least 1 year experience working with children

* At least 1 year experience participating in team or club sports

* Degree of Physical Demands (strength) usually associated with the essential functions of this classification:

Light work:
Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. Physical demand requirements are in excess of those for sedentary work. Light work usually requires walking or standing to a significant degree. However, if the use of arm and/or leg controls requires exertion of forces greater than that for sedentary work and the…