Instructor - Beyond Bell; Instructor

Salary

Based on our internal equity review process, the starting salary for this position will be $17.04 per hour. The current full hourly range for this position is $17.04 - $21.42.

Are you passionate about working with youth and creating a fun, engaging after school experience? Join the Beyond the Bell team as an Instructor I at one of our Tacoma Elementary school sites! In this role, you’ll support Tacoma Public Schools students as they engage in hands‑on activities and fun active learning.

Instructor I’s are equipped with a fully developed curriculum and are supported through training that prepares them to deliver lessons with clarity, consistency, and high instructional quality. As an Instructor I, you’ll be responsible for supervising and engaging a group of up to 15 K‑5th grade students in fun hands‑on structured ELO activities. You’ll play a key role in creating a positive, structured, and inclusive environment where kids can learn, grow, and thrive.

You'll lead as well as support positive behavior management, ensure a safe and welcoming environment, and build strong relationships that foster a sense of community. Your energy, creativity, and consistency will help make each day meaningful and fun for your group.

The Instructor I position will begin as an on‑call/substitute role to support program needs as they arise. As new curriculum is developed, finalized, and rolled out across program sites, this position is expected to transition into more consistent, regularly scheduled hours. Candidates should be comfortable with an initially flexible schedule and interest in growing into a more structured instructional role as the program expands.

Applications are reviewed as they are received. This position will remain open until filled.

Work where you play! Join our team at Parks Tacoma to put your skills to use serving your community and making Tacoma a vibrant, healthy, and welcoming place to live. Parks Tacoma is a CAPRA‑accredited and AZA‑accredited independent park district that leads efforts to build a healthy, sustainable community. Located in Tacoma, Washington, Parks Tacoma’s mission is to create healthy opportunities to play, learn, and grow.

This independent park district spans the city providing a wide range of life‑enriching destinations and services, including 70+ parks, 80+ miles of trails, 1,000+ acres of urban forest, 66 playgrounds, four community centers, Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, Northwest Trek Wildlife Park, Point Defiance Park, and much more. Our work is guided by eight core values that are the foundation of our actions and goals: innovation, excellence, equity, inclusiveness, sustainability, accountability, safety, and fun.

Come work with us and work where you play! You will contribute to the overall vitality and well‑being of your community when you work for Parks Tacoma, and you’ll do so as part of a supportive team of committed, passionate, and mission‑driven professionals. The people of Parks Tacoma are the key to its success, and you just might be the next great addition to our team.

On top of that, you’ll wake each day knowing that you’re helping make Tacoma a great place to call home.

Provide fun, informative and exciting classes or learning opportunities in assigned program area.

In the performance of their respective tasks and duties all employees are expected to:

• Perform quality work within deadlines with or without direct supervision.
• Interact professionally with other employees, customers and suppliers.
• Work effectively as a team contributor on all assignments.
• Work independently while understanding the necessity for communicating and coordinating work efforts with other employees and organizations.
• Observe applicable safety requirements, use safety equipment provided, implement appropriate safety practices at all times and report immediately any unsafe working conditions or hazards.