Dance Instructor

Job description

Description POSITION SUMMARY: Under the guidance of the Program Director, the Dance Instructor teaches the dance classes. The instructor is responsible for planning, organizing, and documenting each lesson. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: - Organizes, plans, and executes all activities for enrolled children. - Prepare for special program presentations. - Monitors the area at all times to ensure safety, and immediately makes changes as necessary. - Provides a positive environment for all participants, and actively encourages participation to ensure growth and development. - Exemplifies appropriate behavior and is a role model for participants; actively listens to all children and shows patience, understanding, and respect for others. - Instructs and guides participants through the rules of the program and ensures adherence; disciplines children within established guidelines of the YMCA and parent, and only when appropriate. - Exercises effective problem solving techniques, tackles issues directly and makes timely decisions based upon logical conclusions of factual information - Ensures that the Association provides its services with sensitivity to the cultural differences that are present amon...