Dance Instructor - McKinney

YMC; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 26,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

YMCA of San Diego County is seeking a Dance Instructor to lead ballet and hip hop classes, greet members, and foster a welcoming workout environment. You will demonstrate safe movements, provide modifications, and maintain facility safety while engaging participants and building community.

Responsibilities include leading classes, ensuring equipment is set up and broken down on time, and upholding YMCA guidelines.

Qualifications

• Minimum age 16 or older.
• If actively enrolled in high school, a valid Work Permit is required.
• 18+ and fingerprinting per state requirements for YMCA staff.
• Dance experience preferred.
• All required trainings within 90 days of hire.
• CPR/AED and First Aid certification within 30 days of hire from ARC, AHA or ASHI.

Responsibilities

• Create a positive member experience by welcoming participants and keeping them actively engaged.
• Demonstrate safe form, provide modifications and cueing.
• Maintain a clean and safe workout area.
• Use scheduled class time effectively.
• Set up and breakdown class equipment within allotted timeframe.
• Build community by learning names and helping members reach wellness goals.
• Adhere to YMCA guidelines and safety standards.
• Communicate effectively to groups of members.
• Lead and participate in exercise/fitness activities.
• Possess the visual and auditory ability to respond in emergencies.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Communication skills

Fitness principles

CPR/AED Certification

First Aid Certification

Leadership

Job description

Overview

The Dance Instructor is responsible for building positive relationships among members, participants, volunteers and staff by actively greeting and providing excellent customer service, guidance and leadership. The Instructor creates and leads dance classes in a safe, effective, and timely manner, appropriate to the level of the participants in class, to enhance the physical, mental, and spiritual health of each student.

Job Details :

Class preferences are ballet and/or Hip Hop styles.

Responsibilities

• Create a positive member experience through welcoming participants and ensuring they are actively engaged in their workout

• Provide a safe workout routine by demonstrating proper form and technique, appropriate modifications, and cueing

• Maintain a clean and safe workout area

• Effectively utilize scheduled class time

• Properly set up and breakdown class equipment in allotted timeframe

• Build community through forming positive relationships through learning names, and helping members reach their Health & Wellness Goals

• Adhere to the core functions of the YMCA and exemplify Y Group Exercise Class Guidelines
• Ability to communicate verbally to large and small groups of members
• Physical ability to lead and participate in exercise/fitness activities
• Visual and auditory ability to respond to critical situations and physical ability to act swiftly in an emergency

• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Minimum of 16 years of age or older
• If actively enrolled in high school, a valid school district Work Permit is required
• 18 years of age or older, licensing, state law and our government funders require that staff within YMCA of San Diego County be fingerprinted, prior to reporting to work, and include subsequent arrest notifications
• Dance experience preferred

• All job required trainings within 90 days from date of hire

• Strong communication skills and the capability to work with members of all fitness levels and abilities

• Knowledge of fitness principles and practical applications required
• CPR/AED, and First Aid Certification, must include Adult and Child/Infant, obtained within30 daysofhireand must be from one of the following certifying organizations:
  • American Red Cross
  • American Heart Association
  • American Safety & Health Institute

YMCA will consider qualified applicants with a criminal history pursuant to the San Diego County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act. You do not need to disclose your criminal history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if the YMCA is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the opportunity to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report. Find out more about the Fair Chance Ordinance by visiting the San Diego CountyOffice of Labor Standards and Enforcement.

Pay Range

USD $19.69 - USD $23.63 /Hr.