Karate Instructor - North

The Karate Instructor position supports the work of the Y, a leading nonprofit, charitable organization committed to strengthening community through youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility.

Requirements

• Administer curriculum to karate participants, maintaining safe, effective, modified, and accessible routines for all children.
• Welcome all participants to the facility, keep running records of attendance, and motivate participants to perform their best during programming.
• Utilizes proper spotting techniques, ensuring children only attempt skills they can perform.
• Observe participant skills, evaluate individual and group needs and abilities, and provide meaningful feedback on their performance and progress.
• Set-up and tear down equipment daily, checking all equipment for safety and reporting any deficiencies to the director.
• Knows, reviews, and applies all safety, emergency, and child abuse prevention policies and procedures, responding to emergency situations in accordance with YMCA protocol
• Provides and welcomes ongoing dialogue with families about their child’s participation in activities, behaviors, and related topics, connecting families to the YMCA.

Benefits

• Free individual YMCA membership (<19 hours/week) with YMCA program discounts available
• Paid sick time accruing at 1 hour every 40 hours worked
• Up to two hours of Child Watch services per day, per child while employee is on site and working
• Flexible schedules that work for YOU
• Something new and exciting to learn and work with every day
• Retirement plan with 8% employer contribution after 2 years of service (1,000 or more hours worked required in each anniversary year)