Swim Instructor

Foss Swim School•Ankeny, IA

147d•Onsite

About The Position

Foss Swim School (FOSS) Swim Teachers teach swimming while helping students build confidence and lifelong water safety skills. The school provides paid training and ongoing support. This is a part-time, year-round role with a minimum of 10–12 hours per week, typically across three shifts of 3–5 hours each. Shifts include weekday evenings starting around 3:45 p.m. and weekends. Weekend shifts pay an additional $3 per hour, and substitute shifts pay an additional $1 per hour. Base pay starts at $19 per hour, with the opportunity to increase the base rate through additional training and the potential to earn quarterly performance bonuses. Swim Teachers lead lessons for 1–4 students using the FOSS Swim Path curriculum. They create a safe and engaging learning environment, adapt lessons to individual needs, and build positive relationships with students, families, and teammates. The role involves working in and around a warm, humid indoor pool and participating in water-based instruction and training.

Requirements

Must be at least 18 years old.
Able to lift up to 50 pounds.
Comfortable working in a warm indoor pool.
Able to participate in water-based training and instruction, including putting your face in the water, floating, going underwater, and demonstrating skills.
Able to demonstrate basic freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly strokes.
Able to safely move and remain active in water up to 4 feet deep.
Able to read and comprehend written and digital training materials and use a computer for online training.
Able to reach overhead and below the knees and perform movements such as bending, twisting, pulling, and stooping.
Able to work safely around pool chemicals, industrial equipment, and other aquatic facility supplies.
Available for weekday evening and weekend shifts.

Responsibilities

Teach swim lessons for 1–4 students using the FOSS Swim Path curriculum.
Create a safe, engaging learning environment where students build confidence and water safety skills.
Build positive relationships with students, families, and teammates through clear communication and collaboration.
Adapt lessons to individual student needs while maintaining a safe learning environment.
Bring a positive, reliable, and professional attitude to every lesson.
Demonstrate basic swim strokes, including freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly.
Move safely throughout the pool and remain active in water up to 4 feet deep while teaching, supervising students, and responding to safety situations.
Monitor students, communicate with students, families, and teammates, and respond appropriately in a busy aquatic environment.
Complete online training courses, videos, reading assignments, and assessments.