Swim Instructor

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PROGRAM/DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Wear appropriate aquatic attire including identifiable instructor shirt and bathing suit.
• Provide friendly, courteous, safe service to all members, clients, and volunteers of the Y.
• Prepare lesson plans for assigned classes.
• Instruct assigned classes.
• Maintain communication with class participants and parents.
• Explain class and pool procedures to program participants.
• Evaluate swimming levels and prepare certificates.
• Attend all staff meetings and trainings.
• Maintain updated certifications as required by OCY.
• Keep accurate attendance and class records.
• Distribute and collect parent evaluations at assigned times with results given to Aquatic Coordinator.
• Actively recruit members for OCY.
• Promote the values of the YMCA’s Character Development of Caring, Honesty, Respect, and Responsibility.
• Communicate to all program participants and all members all program and membership promotions.
• Establish and maintain supervision of pool area and swimmers.
• Enforce pool rules to staff and all swimmers.
• Adhere to all fiscal policies and procedures of the Old Colony Y.
• Keep accurate air and water test records.
• Check all safety equipment, reporting any problems in writing to supervisor.
• Properly open and close pool as scheduled.
• Ensure security and safety of pool area—never leave area unattended or unlocked.
• Maintain cleanliness of pool areas during assigned hours, ensuring the area is neat and clean at all times, reporting all problems in writing to supervisor.
• Participate in interdivisional job assignments as requested.
• Promote Y programs by maintaining a positive, supportive and cooperative attitude.

Mission Advancement: Accepts and demonstrates the Y’s values. Demonstrates a desire to serve others and fulfill community needs, recruits volunteers, builds effective working relationships, and supports fundraising.

Collaboration: Works effectively with people of different backgrounds, abilities, opinions, and perceptions. Builds rapport, seeks to understand others, remains calm in challenging situations, listens for understanding, and speaks and writes effectively.

Operational Effectiveness: Makes sound judgments and transfers learning between situations. Embraces new approaches, establishes goals, clarifies tasks, plans work, and actively participates in meetings. Follows budgeting policies and procedures, reports all financial irregularities immediately, and strives to meet or exceed goals.

Personal Growth: Pursues self‑development that enhances job performance, demonstrates openness to change, seeks opportunities, assesses personal strengths and limitations, and uses up‑to‑date knowledge and skills in technology.

• Minimum 16 years of age.
• Current certification in CPR, First Aid, and O2.
• Complete 7 hours in‑service YMCA Swimming Lesson Training.
• Lifeguard, YMCA Swim Certification and/or WSI preferred.
• Acquisition of YMCA Swim Certification within 6 months.
• Ability to perform all physical tasks required of a Swim Instructor, including teaching aquatic lessons.
• Complete program‑specific and employee orientation training by required timeline.

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