Swim Instructor
Swim Instructor.
Responsibilities include:
- Creating a curriculum for K-5 students that emphasizes water safety and basic swim strokes and skills.
- Execute the curriculum during the 6-week summer program. Students attend the program from 8:15am to 3:00pm. Swim instruction occurs weekdays in the morning.
- Supervise recreational swim every weekday afternoon.
- Develop specialized instruction plans for students on an as needed basis.
- Work in partnership with co-lead instructor and assigned Swim Assistants.
- Partner with colleagues so that the student experience is consistent between classes and connected to the summer theme.
- Receive and/or maintain swim instructor and lifeguard certification (Lifeguard certification/re-certification training is provided in early June).
Responsibilities include:
*Creating a curriculum for K-5 students that emphasizes water safety and basic swim strokes and skills.
*Execute the curriculum during the 6-week summer program. Students attend the program from 8:15am to 3:00pm. Swim instruction occurs weekdays in the morning.
*Supervise recreational swim every weekday afternoon
*Develop specialized instruction plans for students on an as needed basis.
*Work in partnership with co-lead instructor and assigned Swim Assistants.
*Partner with colleagues so that the student experience is consistent between classes and connected to the summer theme.
*Receive and/or maintain swim instructor and lifeguard certification (Lifeguard certification/re-certification training is provided in early June).
What would the ideal candidate demonstrate?
- Commitment to the Horizons mission and deep belief in the potential of each child.
- Ability to build strong relationships with students, families, and colleagues in a short period of time.
- Commitment to safety.
- Ability to coach students who may be fearful of the water.
- Skilled collaborator.
- Ability to coach assistants to work effectively with students.
- Must be 21 or older.
- Swimming ability, current lifeguard certification or willingness to be certified or re-certified, swim instruction certification or willingness to be certified or re-certified.