Jobs

Indoor Ski & Snowboard Instructors

Adventurous Sports is hiring a Curriculum Director as well as Experienced Ski & Snowboard Instructors for the Endless Slope indoor deck.  Instructors teach private 30 and 60-minute lessons at the Sports Studio at 650 Florida & 18th, Potrero Hill, San Francisco. (Women strongly encouraged to apply. We tend to have more male than female Instructors and we need diversity.)

You
• love teaching, inspiring and sharing your love of skiing & snowboarding
• can work independently at the Sports Studio and are super dependable & professional
• are PSIA ski or AASI board certified
• have both ski & snowboard skills

Work Schedule

part-time work of two to four 6-8 hour shifts per week (weekdays 9-2pm or 2-8/10pm; weekends 9am-3pm or 3-9/10pm)
• one weekend shift weekly

 

Our instructors are fun, wise, highly experienced, wildly intelligent, and consistently charming. If that describes you, drop us a line – we’d love to meet you!

Compensation rates are $20-$40/hour, depending on certification & experience. Curriculum Director roles requires with management experience and Level II or III certification.

The Endless Slope instructional program provides accelerated results for students. Clients can be complete newbie snowboarders who can skip the usual bruises & frustration, hitting the snow with advanced beginner or intermediate skills; intermediate skiers & boarders looking to move beyond plateaus to consistent expert skills, or racers & long-time experts working on specific technical skills. Clients are all ages: most are adults 25-45, although we’re seeing more kids and are successful teaching as young as age 3. See more at adventurous.com/endless-slope/

Instructor benefits include
• $20-$35/hour depending on certification ($35=level III cert., $30=level II cert., $25=level I cert., etc.) and client loyalty (high-request Instructors are paid 1 level above their certification pay grades)
• practice and conditioning time on the Endless Slope
• acceleration of your own instructional skills
• rewarding repeat clients; students take 5-12+ lessons in a season
• friends & family discounted lesson rates

TRAINING
• Paid training on the ski deck, our curriculum, business operations and client hospitality.

Interested candidates please respond with:
• Your own skiing/boarding background
• Years of on-snow teaching experience and the kinds of students you’ve taught
• Teaching experience in other sports or areas (sports coach, adult classroom, camps, etc)
• Your teaching philosophy and why you like teaching
• Your schedule availability: The Endless Slope Demand & Season

The San Francisco Endless Slope school began 15 years ago at Adventurous Sports. There are less than 10 other professional teaching ski decks in the country.  We deliver tremendous results and have a high demand throughout the Bay Area. The Endless Slope “busy season” goes from October through April. (In summer, we teach skiing as part of our Youth STEM Camps; 30-40 hr week roles are available there as well.)