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New York City, NY - USA

Hourly Salary drjobs

USD 17 - 40

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

POSITION SUMMARY

CityParks Golf typically offers free instruction to over 2000 participants at parks and numerous golf facilities citywide and has made the sport more accessible for urban youth in the city. The program is anchored at CPFs CityParks Junior Golf Center a $stateoftheart training facility in Brooklyn that provides free lessons and playing time exclusively for NYC children. Since 2017 CPF has partnered with the First Tee of Metropolitan New York delivering the FIrst Tee programming pathway and incorporating its lifeskills curriculum.

CPF is seeking to hire experienced players coaches or PE teachers to provide free beginner golf lessons to children in NYC parks. Spring and Fall lessons are typically held on weekends from 9am 4pm at one of our training facilities in Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens or La Tourette Golf Course in Staten Island. Summer lessons are held on Mondays / Wednesdays or Tuesdays / Thursdays and some Fridays from 912 noon at NYC parks locations citywide. Instructors will be trained to teach a standardized First Tee curriculum and will be members of the CityParks Play Department. Our program sites are throughout NYC however staff are usually assigned to work in their borough of residence.

Compensation: commensurate with experience and can range from $17 to $40 per hour

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Demonstrate and teach daily lesson plans
  • Work with 12 other coaches to organize large groups of children in an orderly and safe manner
  • May be required to carry equipment to/from sites
  • Monitor weekly attendance and maintain accurate records of class participants
  • Answer questions from parents and promote whenever possible to the community
  • Arrive promptly to various designated and appointed park sites

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Advanced playing ability and thorough knowledge of tennis rules and etiquette
  • Ability to work with diverse constituencies both internal and external to CPF
  • Exceptional communication skills and workethic
  • Willingness to carry and transport sports equipment as needed
  • Willingness and ability to travel to various park sites
  • Groupteaching experience preferred preferably with children
  • Applicants will be subject to a background check and SafeSport training through The First Tee

ABOUT CITY PARKS FOUNDATION

At City Parks Foundation (CPF) we are dedicated to invigorating and transforming New York City parks into dynamic vibrant centers of urban life through arts environmental education sports and community building programs for all New Yorkers. Our ethos is simple: we believe thriving parks mean thriving communities.

Community engagement includes Partnerships for Parks a publicprivate program of City Parks Foundation and NYC Parks which supports and champions a growing network of community leaders who care and advocate for the transformation of our neighborhood parks and the Parks and Open Space PartnersNYC coalition of conservancies and alliances. We also administer the NYC Green Fund a regranting program for parks and open space nonprofits and grassroots organizations.

We produce SummerStage the iconic free outdoor performing arts festival in NYC presenting worldclass artists from across the globe and our own neighborhoods on our mainstage in Central Park and in local parks in all five boroughs and our Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre and roving PuppetMobile present marionette puppet theater throughout New York City.

We connect youngsters to nature in the urban environment through progressive experiential teaching. Using parks as classrooms we provide learning experiences and handson activities in urban forests coastal areas and gardens.

Free golf tennis track & field soccer and fitness programs bring highquality instruction and equipment into areas where few organized athletic opportunities exist. We offer leveled training yearround scholarship coaching and special pro events.


Required Experience:

Junior IC

Employment Type

Temp

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