Group Exercise Instructor
Job Description
Job Description
YMCA Southcoast
Job Title: Group Exercise Instructor Position Summary:Lead, supervise, and instruct members and guests in exercise classes designed to improve and/or maintain a healthy lifestyle. Essential Functions:
- Demonstrates proper techniques and routines for class participation.
- Communicates exercise physiology principles in generic terms for class understanding.
- Educates participants on proper form, anatomy, contraindications, and modification of moves.
- Develops routines for diversity, enjoyment, and energizing.
- Maintains working knowledge of wellness trends to enhance participation and educate participants.
- Maintains class attendance records; encourages participant commitment individually and as a group.
- Identify and address participant safety concerns.
Mission and Community Oriented : Accepts and demonstrates YMCA values. Works effectively with people of different backgrounds, abilities, opinions and perceptions. Demonstrates a desire to serve others and fulfill a community need. recruits volunteers and builds effective, supportive working relationships with them.
People Oriented: Seeks first to understand the others point of view; remains calm in challenging situations. Builds rapport and relates well to others. Listens for understanding and meaning; speaks and writes effectively. Takes initiative in developing others.
Results Oriented: Strives to meet or exceed goals and deliver a high value experience for members. Embraces new approaches and discovers ideas to create a better member experience. Makes sound judgments and transfers learning
from one situation to another. Establishes goals, clarifies work, and participates in meetings.
Personal Development Oriented: Accurately assess personal feelings, strengths and limitations, and how they impact relationships. Pursues self-development that enhance job performance. Demonstrates an openness to change; seeks
opportunities in the change process. Qualifications:
- BS Degree in Physical Education or related program; or a minimum of three years experience and knowledge in leading group exercise classes.
- Physically able to conduct and demonstrate exercise routines.
- Ability to interact and instruct individuals of a wide range of age and ability.
- National certifications in ACE, AFFA, ACSM highly desirable.
- Required to physically perform and communicate exercise routines.
- Required to demonstrate physical stamina and agility, and to stoop, kneel, crouch, walk, run, and stand for extended periods of time.
- Ability to react to emergency situations by quick movements, strenuous activity, and communicate in noisy environment.
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