Swim Instructor

YMCA Swim instructor is a person who has a love for educating and all things swimming! They teach ages ranging from 6 months old and above. A dedication to safety and maintaining a positive and fun environment is a must for one of our instructors.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensuring safety of participants
• Educating based on American Red Cross and/or YMCA Swim instruction lessons
• Conducting yourself in a professional manner and being a helpful and informative team member for any questions that may arise from parents/guardians.
• Ensuring testing, Lesson plans, and recording is concurrent with all Swim lesson requirements.

Skills And Qualifications

• American Red Cross Water Safety Instructor Certificate (preferred)
• Prior Experience as a swim instructor is highly preferred but not required.
• Willingness to obtain an ARC water safety Instructor or YMCA instructor certificate or equivalent upon hire.
• Be physically fit enough to pass a swim test and demonstrate proficient knowledge of most common swimming strokes (Front crawl/ freestyle, Back crawl/backstroke, and breaststroke) during the interview.

Work Environment

• Swim instructors will be teaching from in the water with their students. Lessons range from 30-40 minutes and typically in the morning or evening time. A common day looks like: coming in 15 min early to set up for class, teaching 1-2 group lessons, cleaning up then (if applicable) teaching 1-2 private lessons afterwards. Most shifts range from 2-5 hours, 2-4 times per week.
• More times available upon request.

Additional Work Opportunities:

• Obtain an ARC Lifeguard Certificate and work as a lifeguard as well as a swim instructor (Most Common)
• Private Swim Lessons: After a brief trial period of teaching Group swim lessons, you will be able to pick up private lessons, which are usually 1 on 1 lessons that raise your hourly rate during them to around $20-$25/hr during the lessons.
• Growth Opportunities within department into leadership or additional training