TITLE: Preschool/Recreational Gymnastics Supervisor
DEPARTMENT: Parks and Recreation
DATES: Varies
PAY RATE: $28.69 -$34.18 /hour/DOQ
HOURS: Part-time/seasonal, 20 hours per week
SCHEDULE:
General Task Statement:
The City of Evanston Gymnastics Program offers instructional classes to children ages 6 months to 18 years. The Preschool/Recreational Gymnastics Supervisor is responsible for coaching preschool and beginning gymnastics classes, assisting the gymnastic program coordinator in training new staff, and communicating with parents. Schedules birthday parties and private lessons as needed and prepares physical materials for instructors, including lesson plans, rosters, schedules, and skill requirements for each level.
Supervision:
This position reports to the Chandler-Newberger Gymnastics Program Coordinator and Division Manager
Qualifications:
Must possess five (5) years of experience coaching gymnastics to ages 1-6 years.
Must possess one (1) year of experience in a supervisory position.
Must possess the ability to safely and effectively spot basic gymnastics skills.
Previous experience training and scheduling staff preferred.
Must possess or be willing to obtain USAG Recreational Coach Membership and maintain it as a condition of employment.
Must be able to obtain CPR/AED/First Aid certification from a nationally recognized institution and maintain it as a condition of employment.
Essential Function(s) – Task Statements:
Be positive, patient, and engaging
Responsible for the scheduling and staffing of birthday parties
Responsible for the scheduling and staffing of private lessons.
Responsible for the safety and well-being of participants.
Responsible for the instruction of Gymnastics with a Grown Up, Preschool Gymnastics, Advanced Preschool Gymnastics, Beginning I Gymnastics, and pre-team classes as needed.
Assist with the supervision and training of preschool and recreational gymnastics coaches at Preito Community Center and Chandler-Newberger Community Center.
Assist with the program and room set up as needed.
Prepare class materials for instructors, including lesson plans, rosters, and gym rotation schedules.
Monitor gymnast progress and adjust lesson plans as fit
Maintain open communication with the Program Supervisor/Coordinator, other staff, and Family/Guardian/Caregiver with information concerning programming, families, and/or participants
Report participant progress and behavior within program setting to parents/Supervisor
Ensure all participants are properly dismissed to caregiver
Communicate to supervisor(s) if there are problems or issues needing special attention
Responsible for care and maintenance equipment and storage areas.
Complete written reports such as accident, incident and the like in a timely manner
Performs other duties as assigned by Program Supervisor/Coordinator
Attend staff training sessions
Assists program coordinator with RecTrac including adding private lessons and birthday parties into the Supergrid and customer accounts
Specifications:
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagrammatic form; to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in or from standardized situations.
Read: Ability to read staff manuals, memoranda, and attendance sheets.
Write: Ability to complete attendance sheets, accident reports, incident reports and camper behavior reports using prescribed format and conforming to all rules of punctuation, grammar, and style.
Speak: Ability to give verbal direction to subordinates, communicate effectively with co-workers, supervisors, citizens, and the public as well as other employers; speaking extemporaneously on a variety of subjects.
Amount of training, either on-the-job or formal education, usually associated with this occupation in addition to the reasoning, math and language abilities detailed above:
At least 5 years experience working with children
At least 5 years experience participating in team or club sports
Degree of Physical Demands (strength) usually associated with the essential functions of this classification:
Light work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. Physical demand requirements are in excess of those for sedentary work. Light work usually requires walking or standing to a significant degree. However, if the use of arm and/or leg controls requires exertion of forces greater than that for sedentary work and the worker sits most of the time, the job is rated for light work.
Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction
Handling: Seizing, holding, grasping, turning, or otherwise working with hands.
Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word.
Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds.
Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects such as size, shape, temperature or texture.
Tasting/Smelling: Distinguishing, with a degree of accuracy, differences or similarities in intensity or quality of flavors and/or odors, or recognizing particular flavors and/or odors, using tongue and/or nose.
Climbing: Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, ramps, embankments, and the like using feet and legs and/or hands and arms.
Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing, crouching, or running on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces.
Stooping: Bending body downward or forward by bending spine at the waist.
Kneeling: Bending legs at knees to come to a rest on knee(s)
Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg(s) and spine.
Crawling: Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet
Seeing: The ability to perceive the nature of objects by the eye. The important aspects of vision are:
acuity-far: clarity of vision at 20 feet or more
acuity-near: clarity of vision at 20 inches or less
depth perception: ability to judge distance and space relationships so as to see objects where and as they actually are
field of vision- observing an area that can be seen up and in a given point
accommodation- adjustment of the lens of the eyes to bring an object into a sharp focus, especially important when doing near-point work at varying distances from the eye
color vision- ability to identify and distinguish colors
Working conditions usually associated with this classification:
The worker is subject to working on feet while conduction programs. Occasional heavy lifting of program equipment may be necessary.
Work environment includes recreation centers, gymnasiums, multipurpose rooms, kitchens, swimming pools, athletic fields, parks, playgrounds, office space, conference rooms, beaches, and field trip sites.
The worker is subject to inside environmental conditions approximately 25% of the time and outside work 75% of the time, no effective protection from the weather conditions or temperature changes.
Machines, Tools, equipment, and work aids which may be representative, but not all-inclusive, of those commonly associated with this type of work:
pen, pencil, ruler, blueprints, charts, contracts, diagrams, directives, documents, forms, manuals, publications, reference books, schedules, and specifications.
Application Procedure:
To apply for this position, please apply online at www.cityofevanston.org on or before the closing date.
Chosen candidates will be required to provide proof of licenses, certifications, and education required for this position. Candidates will also be subject to qualifying pre-employment processes, including medical examination, drug/alcohol screen, employment verification, and criminal background check.
The City of Evanston is an equal opportunity employer and ensures against discrimination in employment on the basis of a person’s race, color, sex, age, religion, disability, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, military discharge status, source of income, housing status, or gender identity. The City of Evanston is also committed to accessibility for persons with disabilities. Any person needing mobility or communications access assistance should contact Human Resources at 847-448-8204 (voice) or 847-448-8052 (TTY).