Instructor I - Recreation 2025

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**The City of Wichita is NOT an E-Verify Employer.**

• Distinguishing Features of Work**\
  
  

As an **Instructor for Park and Recreation**, you will play a vital role

in delivering dynamic and engaging classes and activities at various

City facilities, including Recreation Centers, Athletics programs,

Tennis Centers, Watson Park, and golf course clubhouses. This limited

part-time role offers a unique opportunity to share your expertise and

passion in subjects such as arts, crafts, sports, music, or playground

activities, enriching the lives of participants of all ages and

backgrounds. You will design and lead interactive programs that cater to

varying experience levels, ensuring each participant feels included and

inspired. Your role may extend to coordinating class logistics, managing

materials, and guiding fellow instructors, all while creating a

welcoming environment that promotes community connection, physical

fitness, and lifelong learning. This flexible position offers the

satisfaction of making a meaningful impact in your community through

high-quality recreational experiences.

• \*\*Posting may close at any time\*\***
  
  

**Examples of Work Performed**

• Designing the course and writing course descriptions.
• Developing and submitting a lesson plan and materials list.
• Effectively conveying the information that was advertised to
  
  

participants.

• Keeping track of class rosters.
• Notifying the appropriate supervisor if any changes occur in the
  
  

class schedule content or the instructor\'s ability to conduct the

class.

• If applicable, turning in time sheets by the dates specified in
  
  

order for prompt payment to be made.

• Instructs classes, activities, or games in an area of expertise.
• Works directly with class participants.
• Organizes materials for class instruction and completes preparation
  
  

accordingly.

• Perform basic custodial duties.
• Sets up and takes down building furnishings and arrangements.
• These examples are not intended to be all-inclusive.
• Other job-related duties may be assigned as needed.
  
  

**Requirements of Work**

• Considerable knowledge of the subject or activity to be taught
• Sufficient skill in the subject or activity to be credible as an
  
  

instructor

• Ability to teach students who have a wide variety of experience and
  
  

aptitude

• Ability to develop a class plan, and to organize and conduct classes
  
  

according to the plan

• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, orally and in
  
  

writing, and/or by whatever creative means are necessary to cross

communication barriers

• Ability to maintain effective working relationships with associates,
  
  

participants and the public

• Ability to lift and carry equipment, furniture and/or supplies
  
  

required for the assigned activity

• May require ability to work outdoors in unpleasant weather
  
  

conditions

• May require ability to tolerate airborne nuisances associated with
  
  

open grounds and windy conditions

• May require ability to acquire and maintain a valid Kansas Driver\'s
  
  

License.

• An employee will not pose a direct threat to the health or safety of
  
  

other individuals in the workplace

Offers of employment are contingent upon passing a pre-employment

physical, which includes drug screening, and upon satisfactory

evaluation of a criminal record check.

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