Winter Volunteer Job Description: Adaptive Snowsports Instructor
Position Overview and Impact: Instructors provide specialized adaptive instruction for people with disabilities. Volunteers will work on a personal level to help students successfully learn to ski or snowboard.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide a safe and fun learning environment for people with varying disabilities and abilities.
- Implement proper instructional practices to ensure success for the student.
- Commitment to ongoing professional development.
- Work as part of a team to help ensure that Achieve Tahoe is the premier adaptive snowsports organization in the country.
Qualifications: Must be an intermediate skier or higher. Must be comfortable working with people with disabilities. Must be physically fit and able to lift a student multiple times. Instructors must be committed to working outdoors in varying weather conditions in a mountain environment. Instructors must be capable of travel to Alpine Meadows or Squaw when committed to do so. Professional ski instruction experience is preferred but not required; all volunteers are strongly encouraged to become a member of the professional organization Professional Ski Instructors of America or American Association of Snowboard Instructors.
Training and Support Provided: Achieve Tahoe offers all of the training necessary to become an adaptive snowsports instructor. All snowsports volunteers are required to complete the required instructor training prior to assisting or leading a lesson. All clinics are taught by Professional Ski Instructors of America certified instructors and clinicians. All instructors and trainers should consider ongoing education as a basic principle.
Commitment: Instructors are asked to commit a minimum of 8 days a season. The snowsports season runs from early December to May. As a 501(c)(3) non-profit, we ask that each volunteer be committed to fundraising in a way that is meaningful to them, so that we are able to uphold our mission statement of keeping their recreational opportunities affordable for individuals with disabilities.
Benefits of Volunteering: You will be helping Achieve Tahoe provide recreational opportunities to people with disabilities who would not otherwise be able to take part in. You will be making a positive impact on someone’s life every time you volunteer. Other benefits include opportunities for discounted season passes to Squaw Valley/Alpine Meadows, free training in ski instruction as well as personal skier improvement, entry into volunteer parties and being part of a very positive, passionate family.
To Get Involved: apply online at https://www.achievetahoe.org/volunteer (and/or)
Please contact the Volunteer Coordinator, Brendan Kelley, at Brendan@achievetahoe.org,