Join the Evergreen Instructor Team

Are you passionate about learning and teaching? Looking for a way to get more involved in the mountain biking community? Or do you have the technical skills and want to share the fun of mountain biking with others? Then join Evergreen’s Volunteer Instructor Team and help expand our sport by helping others progress their mountain biking skills!

Becoming an Evergreen Instructor is a great way to improve your own technical and teaching skills, as well as connect with a great community of mountain bikers. Evergreen MTB is now accepting applications for our Instructor Program for the 2016 Education season. Our official teaching season runs April - October. Check out the commitments below to see what needs to be completed within that time frame.

Evergreen trains instructors through our Certified Instructor Training Program in exchange for your volunteer commitment. If you are interested, please complete the Instructor Application and return it via email to Mike Sidwell.

Special considerations to bear in mind:

• This is a volunteer position.
• Due to popular demand, we are in greatest need for additional female instructors and advanced riders, but we encourage all qualified candidates to apply.
• Applications are due by February 21st.

Minimum Requirements (in chronological order) to become an Evergreen Instructor:

• Submit an Instructor application by Sunday, February 21st.
• Complete a phone interview with Mike Sidwell by March 4th.
• Attend the instructor ride interview on Sunday, March 6th.
• Complete the Evergreen Certified Instructor Training Program
◦ April 1st (Friday evening), April 2nd & April 3rd (all day Saturday and Sunday)
• Attend CPR/First Aid training, if not certified – dates to be determined
• Undergo background check
• Teach or assist in ten classes between April through October
• Attend team meetings

To submit your application or if you have any questions - contact Mike Sidwell.

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6 Comments

joeyjoedotorg (Feb 11, 2016 at 20:09)

See one do one teach one. Teaching has made an immense improvement on my own riding so if you're interested only for selfish reasons, it's well worth it on that alone. In addition, you get to help others enjoy this awesome sport and help support an organization that is responsible for making Washington an awesome place to ride.

overdrive47 (Feb 12, 2016 at 18:34)

I think it'd be good if they expanded their horizons a little bit. Nearly all of their classes are just "Intro to MTB 1" or "MTB Techniques 1" etc. What about classes that go into their double-black trails, develop style/tricks, etc.? "Backflip Lesson 1", "20 Footers for Chumps", "Basic Tricks 1"? Hire some people that can teach that stuff!.. hopefully someday...

KingsgateDirtJumper (Feb 12, 2016 at 10:01)

I would love to teach a "How to build & ride dirt jumps" class if it would bring more diggers out to my spot

jojotherider1977 FL (Feb 12, 2016 at 11:18)

EMBA does actually teach a trail building class a couple times in the spring. You should approach them about jump building. Unless you're only looking for people to build on your own jumps. For that, you'd probably have to go independent of EMBA.

Tarka (Feb 12, 2016 at 14:53)

Talk to them about the dirt jumps at Swan Creek - I think they're planning on rebuilding/expanding them soon (like this spring/summer?) so you might be able to get involved in that!

preston67 (Feb 12, 2016 at 13:08)

Where are the Kingsgate dirt jumps ?
(pm me ?)