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Zumba Instructor Trainee

Apply now(opens in a new window) Job No: 508594
Division/Organization: Recreation & Wellbeing
Department: Fitness
Job Type: UW Student Jobs
Remote Eligbility: Not Remote
Location: Nicholas Recreation Center and Bakke Recreation & Wellbeing Center
Salary/Wage Range or Lump Sum: $15.00
Job Categories: Interpersonal Communication, Leadership, Critical Thinking/Problem Solving, Teamwork/Collaboration, Professionalism/Work Ethic, Education and Training

Department Overview:

 Join the Rec Well team as we move Badgers to play hard, get fit, and live well.

As one of the largest student employers at UW, we practice customer service, problem solving, critical thinking, professionalism, team building, and other skills that you can talk about in an interview with a future employer.

We believe we are more than a building. We’re building a movement. And we want you to be a part of it! Visit recwell.wisc.edu for more information.

Anticipated Start Date:

 Early April 2025

Anticipated End Date (If Applicable):

 Upon successful completion of our training program in Fall 2023 and completion of the Zumba Basic 1 license workshop, trainees are eligible to be hired as Zumba Instructors for Rec Well

Remote Work Eligibility Detail:

Not Remote

 

Anticipated Hours Per Week:

 Minimum: 5 hours Maximum: 10 hours

Schedule:

 5-10 hours per week, including weekends and nights. Based on semester group fitness schedule. Hours range from 6:40 AM to 8:50 PM M-F and weekends

Salary/Wage Range/Lump Sum:

 Minimum: $15.00/ per hour Maximum: $20.00/ per hour

Number of Positions:

 Depending on needs

Qualifications:

 Must be a UW-Madison student studying on campus in 2025-2026.

Experience attending Rec Well zumba classes preferred

No teaching experience necessary

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

Passionate to learn about exercise and leading zumba classes

Leadership, strong verbal and non-verbal communication skills

Enjoy working with people

Position Summary/Job Duties:

Zumba Instructor Trainees attend training sessions, are assigned a mentor and co-lead an assigned weekly zumba class with their mentor.

If selected, you will be invited for a tryout. The tryout consists of the candidate teaching 3 assigned Zumba songs (10-12 minutes). Candidates will be provided with choreography and music to learn the 3 songs. Candidates will be contacted to coordinate a tryout date/time. 

Training & Mentoring Program

We’ll teach you everything you need to know.
Attend an Orientation and initial Zumba training session in late March, 2025.
Co-lead with a current Zumba instructor one class each week during the Spring 2025 semester.
Complete the Zumba basic one workshop before September 2025 to become licensed to teach Zumba.

Physical Demands:

Fitness level congruent with demands of teaching zumba classes.

Institutional Statements:

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

UW-Madison is an Equal Employment, Equal Access Employer committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce.

Institutional Statement on Diversity:

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background-people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: diversity.wisc.edu

Accommodation Statement:

If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website:https://employeedisabilities.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants/
 
 

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