The application to be a 2025 Snowboard Instructor is NOW OPEN! DUE NOV 1st!
Do you love snowboarding? Do you enjoy teaching proper techniques to youth? Then a volunteer role as a snowboard instructor might be right for you. A snowboard instructor will teach the youth new skills or improve their snowboarding ability. As an instructor, you may be asked to teach snowboarding lessons, ensure equipment are well maintained, observe weather conditions, maintain safety and administer first aid if necessary.
Responsibilities:
- Be able to engage in physical activity for 4+ hours
- Teach prophets, peer leaders and mentors how to snowboard
- Teach proper technique and maintain safety
- Be in a safe place and Call 911 in the event of an emergency
- Monitor progress, give feedback, assign more training to improve skills
- Complete skills sheet after each lesson for each assigned student
- Communicate with other snowboard instructors, program manager, and volunteer coordinator when you need help
Qualifications:
- Understands our mission and vision or is willing to learn
- Intermediate experience in snowboarding skills (Must be able to ride at least Blue Runs and carve without difficulty)
- Teaching experience is not required, but advantageous
- Organize training and promote safety first
- Open minded, patience, fun-loving personality
- Excellent communication skills and enjoy supporting others
Time Commitments & tSB Events:
Our Core Program will look a little different this year. After much consideration and a lot of community conversations, we have decided to make some changes. This year’s Core Program will be four months long, beginning in late January and ending in mid-May. We believe this change will provide more flexibility for all of our participants and allow youth to participate in other extracurricular activities.
- 2 day overnight Volunteer Retreat December 14-15th
- Attend Program Kickoff (1/22) and host Gear Distribution Day (1/29)
- Our on-snow season runs February- March (must be available to attend 70% of on snow days)
- 3 day overnight Retreat May 9th-11th @ Mt. Hood. Full costs covered by tSB.
- Attend/Support ONE Core Program Workshop and ONE Service Project of your choice! (see calendar)
- Additional opportunities to support one-off on-snow days with other BIPoC serving community orgs!
- Optional SI-only and all volunteer social events!
Benefits:
- Participate in resort- led snowboard instructor training
- Free continued Instructor education offerings throughout the session by affiliated ski schools
- Impact and help youth improve interpersonal relationship skills.
- All meals (in accordance with dietary restrictions), equipment and supplies provided during program participation
- Mileage reimbursement for use of personal vehicle at volunteer rate
- Opportunities to access industry deals on gear, services and training through a variety of partners in our network
Reports To: Snowboard Instructor Lead(s) & Program Operations Manager
