Aquatics Instructor
American International School of Guangzhou
- Guangzhou, Guangdong
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Has served in an aquatics position in the international school community
- Has experience and skill implementing a competitive and inclusive aquatics program that is both differentiated and sensitive to the developmental needs of school-aged students
- Possess strong communication skills and is a model collaborator with members of the community including but not limited to fellow aquatics department members, health and physical education department, School Service Office (SSO), and parent community.
- Has extensive experience in competitive swimming such as knowledge of stroke development, writing swim training plans, and hosting swimming invitationals.
- Implementing and leading aquatics lessons and training sessions for students and community.
- Implementing the physical education aquatics and co-curricular programs at the swimming pool.
- In collaboration with the Aquatics Coordinator; coordination, organization, and development of the AISG age-group swim program. Including, but not limited to training, home meets, away meets, travel and communication.
- Responsible for prevention, emergency care, and first aid injuries to swim patrons under their care.
- Maintain up-to-date Emergency Action Plans.
- Ensure that the aquatics facility is covered with onsite coverage according to the school’s policy and procedure.
- Work collaboratively and maintain a line of communication with the lifeguard staff, swim coaches, health & physical education teachers, and facility maintenance personnel to maintain a safe aquatics center.
- Develop age-appropriate training plans for all AISG age-group swimmers.
- Travel to domestic and international events with teams.
- Serve as liaison among aquatics staff, lifeguard, and maintenance staff.
- Log and document emergency care as well as maintain accurate records of injuries according to Emergency Action Plan (EAP) protocol
- Other duties as assigned by the Director of Athletics and Activities as well as the Aquatics Coordinator.
- There is classroom teaching associated with this position
- Minimum 2 years of relevant experience in aquatics (international school setting preferred)
- Minimum Bachelor’s degree in appropriate field.
- Lifeguard Certification by the American Red Cross (or equivalent) with up-to-date CPR and first aid qualification.
- English language proficiency (preferred bi/tri-lingual in Mandarin and/or Cantonese)
- Technical Proficiency with capability to use Active Hytek swim software
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Our vibrant, positive community spirit - what we see as the heart of AISG - is one of our greatest assets.
- We are the longest established and only not-for-profit international school in Guangzhou, enabling us to reinvest directly back into the school in support of our educational mission.
- We were founded in 1981as the first international school in southern China and have established a rich history of educational excellence.
- We only recruit forward-thinking and dynamic instructional leaders who wish to contribute to an environment that values creative learning and quality teaching.
- We recruit faculty who are not simply looking for a ‘job’ but who are seeking to join a connected community.
- AISG’s full curriculum is available on Atlas and can be accessed on our website,
- Secondary School uses Common Core, NGSS, and AERO standards for core subject areas.
- Secondary School offers the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme (DP) and is in the process of adopting the Middle Years Programme (MYP). It also implements the Readers and Writers Workshop Model.
- Course guides are available for Lower Secondary and Upper Secondary on their learning website pages, www.aisgz.org/learning/lower-secondary and www.aisgz.org/learning/upper-secondary, respectively.
The Ersha Island campus is located in the heart of bustling Guangzhou City and is home to Early Years (Pre-K and K) and Lower Elementary students (Grades 1-3). All classrooms are well-equipped with cutting-edge TVs with touch screens, flexible furniture, class libraries, 1:1 iPads (starting in Grade 1), and are well-lit with natural sunlight. Additional facilities include an air-conditioned multi-purpose room, a nurse's office, a maker-space area, and a central library. For sports, play time and activities, there is a dedicated playground for Early Years and for Lower Elementary students, there are additional playground structures and an outdoor basketball court. For all students, there is an air-conditioned gymnasium that houses a full-size basketball court.(Science Park: Upper Elementary and Secondary):
The Science Park campus is located in the heart of Guangzhou’s technology center, Science City, in Huangpu District, where Upper Elementary students (Grades 4 and 5) and Secondary students (Grades 6-12) attend. The Science Park campus finished its complete renovation in August 2023 and has state-of-the art, well-equipped facilities with an open-concept design. The campus also features a Performing Arts Center with at theater, black box, music classrooms, and practice rooms; an Athletic Center with a natural grass field, an indoor 25-meter swimming pool, two gymnasiums with three full-sized courts, a fitness room, a dance studio, two external climbing walls, an indoor running track, and two rooftop spaces; and additional amenities that include innovation labs and design centers, a cafeteria and cafe area, a nurse's office, a creative multimedia space, and a central library.TECHNOLOGYAll classrooms are equipped with the appropriate technology for interactive instruction. Starting in Grade 1, students are in a 1:1 device program, iPads for Grades 1-5 and laptops for Grades 6-12. Teachers incorporate the ISTE Standards into their curriculum with the support of the innovation technology coaches. Technology is integrated where appropriate, and the development of research and information literacy skills is expected. Each teacher is assigned a MacBook laptop.Key Software:
- Veracross (Student Information Management System and grade book)
- Microsoft Office 365
- Outlook (school email),
- Teams, OneNote and OneDrive (collaboration and learning engagement)
- Atlas (curriculum articulation)