Instructor

ob Overview: Water Safety Instructor – DOE Aquatic Injury Prevention Program

The Water Safety Instructor will provide free swim and water-safety lessons to elementary school students through a Department of Education (DOE) aquatic injury prevention program. The instructor’s primary responsibility is to teach children essential swimming skills, water-safety practices, and basic aquatic survival techniques in a safe, supportive, and age-appropriate environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Teach beginner and water-safety swim lessons to elementary-aged students.
• Provide instruction in swimming fundamentals, water orientation, floating, kicking, breathing, and basic strokes.
• Teach aquatic safety, including safe behavior around pools and open water.
• Help students develop confidence and appropriate responses to water emergencies.
• Maintain a safe and supervised aquatic environment at all times.
• Follow DOE/program safety policies, lesson plans, and emergency procedures.
• Monitor student progress and provide appropriate feedback to students and program staff.
• Adapt instruction to different ages, abilities, comfort levels, and learning needs.
• Communicate professionally with school staff, program coordinators, students, and families as appropriate.
• Maintain accurate attendance, progress, and incident documentation.
• Respond appropriately to emergencies and participate in required safety and emergency-response procedures.
• Promote injury prevention and lifelong water-safety awareness.

Qualifications

• Experience teaching or assisting with swimming or aquatic programs.
• Strong swimming and water-safety skills.
• Ability to work effectively with elementary-aged children.
• Strong communication, patience, professionalism, and classroom-management skills.
• Current CPR/AED and First Aid certification, as required.
• Current lifeguard, water-safety instructor, or equivalent aquatic certification preferred/required depending on program requirements.
• Ability to pass required DOE/background screening and complete program training.

Program Purpose

The position supports aquatic injury prevention by giving children access to free swimming instruction and practical water-safety education that can help them become safer and more confident around water.

Pay: $20.00 - $30.00 per hour

Expected hours: 8.0 – 10.0 per week

Work Location: In person