RIVER TRAILS PARK DISTRICT

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Enrichment - Youth Program - Instructor

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Job Title: Special Interest Instructor

Department: Recreation

Location: 1500 E. Euclid, Mount Prospect, IL 60056

Reports To: Youth Program and Camp

Supervises: N/A

Status: Part-time, Non-exempt

Essential Functions

The Special Interest Instructor is responsible for planning, implementing, leading and teaching youth/teen variety programs.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

  • Must be 16 years of age or older
  • Must have experience or skills supervising children
  • Possess the knowledge and skills of planning, organizing and leading activities

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Maintain and develop a thorough understanding of the Park District’s policies and operations and enforce them in a positive manner.
  • Be able to lead, teach and demonstrate the program offered in easy, understanding terms.
  • Be able to organize a class, keep attendance and cover all material required.
  • Maintain safe and clean atmosphere for everyone. Equipment must be taken care of and put back neatly for storage.
  • Perform any other duties as assigned.
  • Maintain a watchful eye on the class at all times
  • Be responsible for the safety and instruction of all students
  • Consistently enforce all rules for the facility.
  • Take attendance each time class meets
  • Have an agenda for each week of what will happen prior to program starting. Have a plan B if it isn’t working.

BEFORE CLASS

  • Be on time and prepared for class before class begins.
  • Follow your agenda

DURING CLASS

  • Teach all class material in an effective manner, adapting teaching styles to fit the needs of the class
  • Watch your class at all times. Do not leave the class participants unattended at any time.

AFTER CLASS

  • Be available and approachable for participants/ parents to discuss questions or concerns.
  • Be sure to clean up all equipment used during the lesson.
  • Go over your agenda make notes what worked what didn’t where you left off tweak future lesson plans

Required Qualifications:

  • Valid Driver’s License
  • Experience in the program you are teaching
  • Excellent (oral and written) communication skills
  • Proficient knowledge and experience in Microsoft Office applications

Recommended Qualifications:

  • Certification in Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), First Aid and Automated External Defibrillator (AED) within 3 months of employment

Physical Considerations

  • See the attached “Essential Functions Pertaining to the Job”

Customers:

Internal: Other Park District staff

External: Patrons of River Trails Park District, residents of Mount Prospect and Prospect Heights

Reviewed: August 2025

EOE

This job description is intended to be an illustrative, and not an exhaustive, listing of experiences, skills and duties of this position.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS PERTAINING TO JOB

1. In an 8 hour work day employee may:

a. Stand/Walk None x 1-4 hours _X 4-6 hours 6-8 hours

b. Sit _X None x 1-3 hours 3-5 hours 5-8 hours

c. Drive X None 1-3 hours 3-5 hours 5-8 hours

2. Employee may use hand(s) for repetitive:

Single Grasping Fine Manipulation Pushing & Pulling

3. Employee may use foot/feet for repetitive movement as in operating foot controls”

yes X no

4. Employee may: Not At All Occasionally Frequently

Bend _X

Twist _X

Squat X

Climb _X

Reach _X

5. Employee will be required to perform the following work:

_ Sedentary Work Lifting 10 pounds maximum and occasionally lifting and/or carrying such articles as dockets, ledgers and small tools. Although a sedentary job is defined as one which involves sitting, a certain amount of walking and standing is often necessary in carrying out job duties. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and other sedentary criteria are met.

X Light Work. Lifting 20 pounds maximum with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 10 pounds. Even though the weight lifted may be only a negligible amount, a job is in this category when it requires walking or standing to a significant degree or when it involves sitting most of the time with a degree of pushing and pulling of arm and/or leg controls.

Light Medium Work. Lifting 30 pounds maximum with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 20 pounds.

Medium Work. Lifting 50 pounds maximum with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 25 pounds.

Light Heavy Work. Lifting 75 pounds maximum with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 40 pounds.

Heavy Work. Lifting 100 pounds maximum with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 50 pounds.

JOB CLASSIFICATION Office/Clerical X Non-Office/Clerical

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