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Lifelong Wellness Dance Aerobics Adjunct Instructor
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Position Title Lifelong Wellness Dance Aerobics Adjunct Instructor
Employee Group Faculty
Division/Department Health & Wellness
Status Part-time Faculty for Fall and Winter
Position Summary Information
Position Accountabilities and Essential Functions The successful candidate must demonstrate experience, skills, and commitment to fostering an environment of belonging, diversity, equity and inclusion.
Instructor needed to teach LWA 153 Dance Aerobics. The class meets Fridays
from 10 am – 11:55 am every Fall and Winter semester.
LWA 153 – Dance Aerobics
Credits: 1
Instructional Contact Hours: 2
Provides information and skills needed to assess and improve fitness through
the use of aerobic dance, exercises to music, and analysis of personal
nutrition habits.
Outcomes and Objectives:
Demonstrate an understanding of the health-related components of fitness
as they relate to wellness.
Identify activities and criteria that meet the FITT principle for each
component.
Explore how the FITT principles of the five health-related components of
fitness can impact student's overall wellness.
Describe how the health-related components of fitness impact chronic
disease risk.
Demonstrate an understanding of healthy nutrition.
List all macronutrients along with their caloric values, healthy food
sources, relationship to healthy diet, and roles in the body.
Explain the importance of micronutrients and their role in a healthy diet.
Demonstrate an ability to think critically about nutritional claims and
differentiate myth from fact.
Demonstrate knowledge of major muscle groups.
Identify the location of the major muscles groups.
Give examples of exercises to strengthen the major muscle groups.
Demonstrate an understanding of heart rate training.
Demonstrate how to take, monitor, and calculate resting heart rates,
exercise heart rates, and training zones.
Explain how the training zones impact cardiovascular training principles.
Demonstrate an understanding of the dimensions of wellness.
Identify and define the dimensions of wellness.
Explain, with examples from their lives, what contributes to or detracts
from the various dimensions of wellness.
Demonstrate various dance aerobic training exercises using safe and proper
technique as a means to improving fitness.
Describe the importance of a warm-up and cool-down.
Demonstrate an understanding of various dance aerobic training programs
and principles.
Required Qualifications
Associate's Degree in Health Fitness or Nutrition Related
Additional Experiences Considered
Group Fitness Instructor Certification
Previous experience leading group exercise
Application Deadline Position will remain open until filled. The College reserves the right to close the recruitment process once a sufficient applicant pool has been identified.
Special Instructions to Applicants Complete an on-line application and attach a cover letter with position title, resume, and copies of transcripts (official transcripts required upon hire) and/or certifications and licenses.
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Describe your understanding and experience working with a culturally diverse student and college/university population.
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Applicant Documents
Required Documents
Resume
Cover Letter
Transcript 1
Optional Documents
Transcript 2
Transcript 3
Letter of Recommendation 1
Letter of Recommendation 2
Letter of Recommendation 3
Professional Certifications or Licensures
