Yoga Instructor Job at After School Matters, Chicago, IL

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  • After School Matters
  • Chicago, IL

Job Description

Summary of Position : After School Matters is seeking committed, part-time instructors to teach yoga alongside basketball and volleyball instructors located at a partner site in Woodlawn area during the Summer Session 2026 Program Session. 

This program offers a vibrant yoga clinic enriched with wellness activities, community building, and personal development while building upon basketball and volleyball skills. Designed for teens, the program provides a safe, supportive, and fun environment where participants can explore movement, build skills, and practice mindfulness. 

 

Major Duties and Responsibilities: 
  • Plan and facilitate a yoga curriculum, including community engagement opportunities and guest speakers. 
  • Teach foundational poses, breathing techniques, and sequences appropriate for teens. 
  • Facilitate mindful group practice, and provide individualized feedback to support growth in flexibility, balance, and self-awareness.
  • Engage and guide teens through leadership methods and their application in real world experiences 
  • Adapt instruction to meet varying skill levels and encourage participation. 
  • Create clear structure and support for teens, including agenda setting, creating group norms, and abide by ASMs supportive behavior management plan and incident reporting procedures 
  • Administrative: Conduct teen interviews and select teens by the roster deadline, complete data entry including interview outcomes, daily attendance, teen checklist support, program reports, teen survey administration 
  • Supervise teens at an average of 15:1, teens: instructor ratio 
  • Supervise and collaborate with a teen coach. 
Instructors must have a program curriculum plan. See ASM Program Planner

 

 
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: 
  • Strong knowledge of basketball fundamentals and ability to teach them effectively 
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills 
  • Must be organized and possess a strong attention to detail 
  • Cultural competence 
  • Youth development 
 

Required Qualifications: 
  • Certified yoga instructor preferred. 
  • Experience teaching yoga to youth or beginners or working with youth in a sports setting is highly preferred 
  • Bachelor’s degree in relevant content area etc. is preferred, high school diploma or GED required 
  • Commitment to diversity and inclusion is required 
 

Program schedule: 
  • Summer programs will run four weeks through July 2026 on Tuesdays and Thursdays between the hours of 12-4pm. 
 

Compensation: $20-27 / per hour, depending on applicable experience and education  

 

About Us:   After School Matters is a Chicago-based nonprofit organization that annually offers after-school and summer programs to nearly 19,000 Chicago high school teens to explore and develop their talents while gaining critical skills that will set them up for success in college and beyond.

Thirty-five years later, now known as After School Matters, our program has engaged more than 450,000 Chicago teens and is the nation’s largest and most successful provider of after-school and summer programs for high school teens. No other organization offers programs to high school students at the scale and quality that we do.

We offer paid apprenticeships led by professionals in the fields of arts, communications and leadership, sports, and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math). Our nationally respected youth development model has been replicated in cities across the country and earned us the City Livability Award from the U.S. Conference of Mayors.

Programs take place at community locations throughout the city, including four ASM buildings: downtown at Gallery 37 Center for the Arts and Orleans, the Michael and Karyn Lutz Center in Belmont Cragin, and the Pullman community at Gately Park. Currently, After School Matters' annual operating budget is approximately $48M and employs approximately 500 staff across the organization. For more information, visit



 

EEO:    After School Matters is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, military discharge status, age, marital status, parental status, or source of income.

Job Tags

Hourly pay, Temporary work, Part time, Apprenticeship, Summer work

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