Salary: $16.28 - $28.85 Hourly
Location : Various Metro Parks locations, WA
Job Type: Part-time, 29 hrs per week or less
Job Number: InstDance2024
Department: Parks and Recreation
Opening Date: 09/10/2024
Closing Date: 12/10/2024 11:59 PM Pacific
Job Description
Based on our internal equity review process, the starting salary for this position will be $16.28
The current full hourly range for this position is $16.28 - $28.85
Make an impact in your community and teach people your passion! Join our team and work in one of our amazing community centers. Dance Instructors have the incredible opportunity to teach different styles of dance from Ballet to Hip Hop to children in the community. We currently offer a wide variety of different mediums and are open to adding others. Day to day tasks include preparing for, teaching, and cleaning up the space after class. Instructors will primarily teach a group of no more than 10 students.
Work where you play!
Join our team at Metro Parks Tacoma to put your skills to use serving your community and making Tacoma a vibrant, healthy, and welcoming place to live.
Who We Are
Metro Parks Tacoma (MPT) is a CAPRA-accredited and AZA-accredited, independent park district that leads efforts to build a healthy, sustainable community. Located in Tacoma, Washington, Metro Parks' mission is to create healthy opportunities to play, learn, and grow. The independent park district spans the city providing a wide range of life-enriching destinations and services, including 70+ parks, 80+ miles of trails, 1,000+ acres of urban forest, 66 playgrounds, four community centers, Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, Northwest Trek Wildlife Park, Point Defiance Park, and much more. Our work is guided by eight core values that are the foundation of our actions and goals: innovation, excellence, equity, inclusiveness, sustainability, accountability, safety, and fun.
Why You'll Love it HereCome work with us and work where you play! You will contribute to the overall vitality and well-being of your community when you work for Metro Parks Tacoma, and you'll do so as part of a supportive team of committed, passionate, and mission-driven professionals. The people of Metro Parks are the key to its success, and you just might be the next great addition to our team. On top of that, you'll wake each day knowing that you're helping make Tacoma a great place to call home.
Position Information
Provide fun, informative and exciting classes or learning opportunities in assigned program area.
In the performance of their respective tasks and duties all employees are expected to:
- Perform quality work within deadlines with or without direct supervision.
- Interact professionally with other employees, customers and suppliers.
- Work effectively as a team contributor on all assignments.
- Work independently while understanding the necessity for communicating and coordinating work efforts with other employees and organizations.
- Observe applicable safety requirements, use safety equipment provided, implement appropriate safety practices at all times and report immediately any unsafe working conditions or hazards.
Essential Duties
- Provide support to, and collaborate with, other department staff to assist with planning, preparing, and implementing programs.
- Plan and prepare instruction materials or lesson plans or implement already established lesson plans.
- Instruct, and/or teach participants using excellent citizenship, sportsmanship, and inclusivity.
- Assess and evaluate student progress and provide feedback.
- Provide each participant the opportunity to succeed and grow their skills through program opportunities.
- Maintain a safe and inclusive learning environment.
- Track attendance reports as required.
- Provide a positive attitude toward program participants and staff; encourage and serve as a positive role model.
- Maintain communication with staff, participants, and/or parents/guardians as needed.
- Stay up to date on trends within assigned program area.
- Responsible for the designated site location program set-up and general clean-up.
- Ensure program/facility rules, policies and procedures are followed; maintain and enforce safety standards and expectations.
- Ensure proper use, care and storage of program equipment and supplies.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
- At least 16 years of age.
- At least 1 year of related dance experience.
- Valid First Aid and CPR certification may be required.
Additional Information
HOURS:
Average 10 hours per week
Instructors will primarily work, if scheduled, after school hours from 4pm - 7pm on weekdays. Saturdays we offer classes primarily between 9am - 2pm.
We also offer homeschool classes during the school day.
COMPETENCY REQUIREMENTS:
- Demonstrate thorough knowledge of assigned recreation programs, activities, and services.
- Demonstrate knowledge of safety guidelines and practices.
- Skill in overseeing and instructing/teaching others.
- Ability to handle conflict and solve problems using tact, patience, and courtesy.
- Ability to navigate emergency situations.
- Work with diverse groups of people in a tactful, effective, and respectful manner.
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff, the community and program participants.
- Follow instructions, both written and verbal.
- Ability to safely perform job tasks in a variety of park and non-park settings.
WORK ENVIRONMENT/PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
- Work is performed indoors and outdoors.
- Work various schedules including mornings, afternoons, evenings, and weekends.
- Ability to Frequent communication with district employees and customers.
- Noise level is moderately loud.
- Standing for long periods of time.
- Walking, kneeling and/or crouching to demonstrating proper form.
- Ability to lift up to 20 pounds on occasion.
- Ability to navigate emergency situations, including performing CPR.
Enrollment in the the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) through the Washington State Department of Retirement Services (DRS) may be mandatory.
Sick Leave: 1 hour earned for every 40 hours worked.
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) -SupportLinc provides emotional wellbeing and work-life balance resources to keep you at your best. Administered by CuraLinc Healthcare, the program offers guidance to help you address and resolve everyday issues at no cost to you or your family.
Community Center Fitness Pass - All Metro Parks Tacoma employees get a Staff Pass to use at our community centers.The All Center Pass allows access to all four centers - Center at Norpoint, Eastside Community Center, People's Center and STAR Center.
Note: THIS BENEFIT OVERVIEW IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED CONTRACT. ANY PROVISION CONTAINED HEREIN MAY BE MODIFIED AND/OR REVOKED WITHOUT NOTICE.
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Are you at least 16 years of age?
- Yes
- No
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Do you have at least 1 year of related dance experience?
- Yes
- No
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Please let us know what styles of dance you would be comfortable teaching.
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Please let us know your dance experience (this includes education, performing, etc.)
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Please list any teaching experience you have (this may include, but does not need to be limited to teaching dance).
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What days and hours are you available?
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What community center would you prefer to work at (Eastside Community Center, Peoples Community Center, Center at Norpoint, or STAR Center)?
Required Question