Park Authority

CONTACT INFORMATION: Open during regular business hours 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday
703-324-8700 TTY 711
12055 Government Center Pkwy.
Fairfax, Virginia 22035
Jai Cole
Executive Director

Instructor Jobs

Teach what you LOVE!

Being a part-time instructor for Fairfax County Park Authority is a great way to earn additional income during evenings, weekends and summer vacations. Many of our instructors have been with us for many years, and some have even launched their own businesses after gaining a following through teaching classes with Fairfax County. Whether you teach dance to adults, teach kids to swim, or teach Pilates to Gen X or Y, you can teach what you love working with Fairfax Parks!

View our open positions below.

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Benefits of being an instructor with FCPA

Our customer service staff handles facility reservations, registrations, fee collection, refunds, evaluation, printing class rosters, etc. You do what you enjoy doing -- teach!  
 

As a County agency, we have access to Rec Centers, schools, sports fields, and other facilities throughout the County that private contractors could not get or obtain only at significant cost.
 

As an instructor with Fairfax County, you are covered by our liability insurance and workers compensation. Our risk management specialists make sure that the classes will comply with ADA eequirements and other mandatory requirements.
 

Your class is listed in the quarterly magazine Parktakes that reaches over 190,000 homes. In addition, flyers for youth classes and camps are distributed through the public schools, and recreation highlights appear on cable television, social media and other marketing outlets. 
 

Class and camp offerings

General classes are held weekday evenings, Saturdays or Sundays, you can pick the day and time that you would like to work, and we will find a location, usually a public school or Rec Center. Instructors often offer classes back to back (i.e. 6-7 pm, 7-8 pm, 8-9 pm) and schedule only one or two nights per week.
 

After-School classes can be held at an elementary school or middle school, especially classes that begin within 10 minutes of the end of the school day, especially on Mondays, early release day. Classes can be for students or classes for school staff or kids (i.e. tot soccer, aerobics).
 

FCPA offers full and half-day camps. Camps range from 5-day camps with 3-hour sessions in the morning (9:00 am -12:00 pm) or afternoon (1:00 - 4:00 p.m.) at school locations to full-day, two-week long camps at Rec Centers. Depending on your schedule, you can teach as many as six weeks of camp during the summer. We have a full range of sports fundamental camps including soccer, tennis, football, in-line skating, excursion camps, as well as specialty drama and camps and adventure camps.

Job Opportunities

Reasonable accommodations are available to persons with disabilities during application and/or interview processes per the Americans with Disabilities Act. Contact 703-324-4900 for assistance. TTY 703-222-7314. EEO/AA/TTY. 

Fairfax County Park Authority prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetics, political affiliation, or military status in the recruitment, selection, and hiring of its workforce.  

 

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