Cheer Coach I

Crossroads YMCA•Griffith, IN

23h•Onsite

About The Position

Bring your spirit, share your passion, and join the Crossroads YMCA Cheer Team! As a Cheer Coach, you'll have the opportunity to work with children, teens, and/or adults while teaching cheer skills, building confidence, and creating an environment where everyone feels welcome and supported. No two classes are exactly alike. You will lead fun, energetic, safe, and educational cheer classes, provide appropriate supervision and maintain a safe learning environment, create age- and skill-appropriate lesson plans that help participants progress, modify activities and instruction to meet the individual needs of participants, teach and develop cheer skills, routines, and choreography, assist with planning and developing cheer routines for competitions and performances, build positive relationships with participants, parents, and families, encourage participants and celebrate their progress and accomplishments, bring energy, enthusiasm, and positivity to every class, communicate with parents and guardians about participant progress when appropriate, maintain accurate class attendance records and help support program retention and growth, complete daily equipment checks and cleaning tasks, and participate in staff meetings, required training, special events, and YMCA activities. You will also promote other YMCA programs and support the YMCA's mission and community initiatives.

Requirements

Minimum age 15 required.
Must have 12 months experience in participating in cheer training.
Certifications required within 30 days of hire: CPR/AED & First Aid and New Leader Orientation.
Must be available to work evenings and weekends.
Excellent interpersonal, communication, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to relate and communicate effectively to diverse groups of people from all social and economic segments of the community.
Ability to read and interpret instructions, procedures, manuals, and other documents.
Must have a passion for learning, working with youth/families, and the sport in general.
Accepts and demonstrates the Y’s values.
Demonstrates a desire to serve others and fulfill community needs.
Recruits volunteers and builds effective, supportive working relationships with them.
Supports fund-raising.
Works effectively with people of different backgrounds, abilities, opinions, and perceptions.
Builds rapport and relates well to others.
Seeks first to understand the other person’s point of view, and remains calm in challenging situations.
Listens for understanding and meaning; speaks and writes effectively.
Takes initiative to assist in developing others.
Makes sound judgments, and transfers learning from one situation to another.
Embraces new approaches and discovers ideas to create a better member experience.
Establishes goals, clarifies tasks, plans work, and actively participates in meetings.
Follows budgeting policies and procedures, and reports all financial irregularities immediately.
Strives to meet or exceed goals and deliver a high-value experience for members.
Pursues self-development that enhances job performance.
Demonstrates an openness to change, and seeks opportunities in the change process.
Accurately assesses personal feelings, strengths, and limitations and how they impact relationships.
Has the functional and technical knowledge and skills required to perform well; uses best practices and demonstrates up-to-date knowledge and skills in technology.
Visual, auditory, and verbal ability to communicate effectively.
Must have a high level of alertness, concentration, and initiative.
Sufficient strength, agility, and mobility to perform job responsibilities.
Ability to lift 50 lbs. and stand, walk, or sit for extended periods of time; occasionally stoop/bend.
Maintain a neat and professional appearance at all times.
Sufficient physical strength and agility to carry out essential duties.
Position may require bending, leaning, kneeling, and walking.
Visual and auditory ability to respond to game situations and the physical ability to act swiftly in the event of an emergency.
Must demonstrate initiative and sound judgment.

Nice To Haves

Previous cheer, coaching, gymnastics, tumbling, or related experience is preferred.
Prior experience teaching gymnastics lessons preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead fun, energetic, safe, and educational cheer classes.
Provide appropriate supervision and maintain a safe learning environment.
Create age- and skill-appropriate lesson plans that help participants progress.
Modify activities and instruction to meet the individual needs of participants.
Teach and develop cheer skills, routines, and choreography.
Assist with planning and developing cheer routines for competitions and performances.
Build positive relationships with participants, parents, and families.
Encourage participants and celebrate their progress and accomplishments.
Bring energy, enthusiasm, and positivity to every class.
Communicate with parents and guardians about participant progress when appropriate.
Maintain accurate class attendance records and help support program retention and growth.
Complete daily equipment checks and cleaning tasks.
Participate in staff meetings, required training, special events, and YMCA activities.
Promote other YMCA programs and support the YMCA's mission and community initiatives.