Youth Fitness Instructor/Homeschool PE - Family YMCA of Greater Augusta

Position Summary: The Youth Fitness Instructor must enjoy working with young children (ages 2-12 years old). They are responsible for implementing specialized instruction* in one or more of the following key areas: physical activity and social-emotional learning. The Youth Fitness Instructor shall be responsible for ensuring the safety of all children in the program, interacting with children and their families, working independently as well as with a team, and creating an enriching, fun, and safe environment regardless of race, gender and/or ethnicity. The candidate must have a positive attitude and serve as a role model to participants in the program. This position is ideal for someone who is looking to work a few hours in the morning. The ideal candidate is creative, child oriented, responsible, and dedicated.

*examples include: Dance, Yoga, Sports, and Fitness Instruction.

Job Segments:

• Actively engages with children during all aspects of the program ensuring children are never left unsupervised for any amount of time
• Leads and is responsible for small group of children (15 or less).
• Implements prescribed daily plan of student activities.
• Immediately advises the program director of any child /parent/staff issues and documents that are required.
• Maintains open communication with children's families, and school administration and refers all questions about the overall site (rules and regulation) to the program director.
• Holds children accountable to the program's guidelines and expectations.
• All other duties as assigned.

Performance Requirements:

• Communicate effectively both orally and in writing
• Exercise mature judgment and sound decision making
• Ability to lead or participate in 30+ minutes of activities
• Consistently demonstrate positive communication: teach and redirect rather than scolding or reprimanding children
• Consistently demonstrate and reinforce the values of caring, faith, honesty, respect, responsibility
• Introduce yourself to parents and learn their names being sure to address them by name when greeting during drop off or pick up times
• Encourage parents to participate or volunteer in special events or in activities for the program.
• This is an in-person position at the branch and employee must be alert and engaged.
• Reliable transportation

Education/Experience:

• Must be 18 years old or older
• Minimum of High School Education or General Equivalent Diploma
• Be able to practice professionalism, displaying confidentiality while learning, following, and enforcing, local Y and national guidelines related to internal policy
• Experience in working with school aged children or youth programs is a plus
• Within 90 days of hire must be certified and current in CPR & First aid.

Personal Qualities

• Ability to communicate and promote the family Y mission, goals and objectives to employees, volunteers, members and the community
• Acts as a role model for character development on and off the job
• Self-motivator, has high energy
• Be a team player understanding the operation of the program.
• Demonstrates an openness to change and seeks opportunities to grow