Gymnastics Instructor

City of Evanston, IL - Evanston, IL

Evanston, IL

Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support

About the position

The City of Evanston Gymnastics Program offers instructional classes to children ages 18 months to 14 years. The Gymnastics Instructor is responsible for coaching children ages 3.5 - 13 years old in preschool, beginning I & II, and/or advanced beginning in small group settings, according to the provided weekly lesson plans. Opportunities to coach private lessons and birthday parties are available.

Responsibilities

• Attend staff training sessions
• Be positive, patient, and engaging
• Responsible for the safety of participants
• Instruct and facilitate program activities for participants, according to weekly lesson plans
• Assist with program set up as needed
• Maintain open communication with the Program Supervisor/Coordinator, other staff, and Family/Guardian/Caregiver with information concerning programming, families, and/or participants
• Report participant progress and behavior within program setting to parents/Supervisor
• Ensure all participants are properly dismissed to caregiver
• Communicate to supervisor(s) if there are problems or issues needing special attention
• Responsible for care and maintenance equipment and storage areas
• Complete written reports such as accident, incident and the like on a timely manner
• Performs other duties as assigned by camp director, camp assistant directors or program manager

Requirements

• Must possess previous experience in gymnastics, tumbling, or dance
• Previous experience working with children in group settings preferred
• Experience coaching gymnastics preferred
• At least 1 year experience working with children
• At least 1 year experience participating in team or club sports