Swim Teacher

Benefits:

• Company parties
• Employee discounts
• Flexible schedule
• Free food & snacks
• Free uniforms
• Opportunity for advancement
• Training & development
• Wellness resources

NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED. DISCOUNT CHILD CARE AVAILABLE.

The Almaden Valley Athletic Club (AVAC) Swim School is looking for people who LOVE children and enjoy being in the water. We're proud of and passionate for our superhero team who instill in children a lifelong love of swimming, respect for the water, the full spectrum of swimming skills, and prevention of the #1 cause of death in the US, drowning. Never taught a swim lesson before? That's OK! We train all our teachers our award winning skills progression and aquatic/child development philosophy.

Pre-requisites:

• Schedule consistency (super important to our kiddos), able to work weekends
• LOVES children. Loves watching them learn, play, talk, sing, and get excited. Welcomes the challenge when they cry, fall down, pout, talk back, and struggle with their learning.
• Ability to be on stage (or rather a fishbowl). An AVAC Swim School Teacher is calm, collected, friendly, playful, and professional.
• Extreme patience
• Comfort with talking to a child at eye level with age relevant conversation.
• At home in the water. Able to spend hours in chlorinated water, in a swimsuit, in an out of the pool via stairs, supporting kids of all sizes in shallow and deep water
• Ability to obtain CPR/AED Certificate within 30 days. Ability to obtain a Red Cross Lifeguard certificate within 6 months (Shallow Water Lifeguard is acceptable)
• Ability to pass a background check and California's child care registry, Guardian.

Compensation: $18.50-$25.00 with opportunities for advanced positions.

Reports to: Swim School Management Team

Compensation: $0.18 - $0.25 per hour

Member schools are independently owned and operated. Your application will go directly to the member school, and all hiring decisions will be made by the management of this school. All inquiries about employment at these schools should be made directly to the school location, and not to US Swim School Association.