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Substitute Teaching Employment Opportunities (Site-Based Substitutes)
Opportunities to substitute teach at a single work location
Join Fairfax County Public Schools as a Site-Based Substitute!
Looking for a rewarding and consistent role in education? We are currently hiring site-based substitutes at many of our schools. This unique opportunity allows substitutes to work at a single school location while helping to maintain a positive and engaging learning environment.
- Enjoy the stability of staying in a familiar school environment.
- Be Part of a Community – Build meaningful connections with students, teachers, and staff in the community.
- Consistent & Reliable Schedule – Gain steady work while maintaining flexibility with a consistent and reliable schedule.
- Site-based substitutes are responsible for instructing students in an elementary, middle, or high school setting serving special education, English as a Second Language, advanced academics, and resource classes, including Art, Music, Physical Education, Library, World Language, and/or other content area classes.
- Site-based substitutes assume responsibility for all aspects of classroom instruction, assessments, and behavior management on a short-term or long-term basis. Implements teacher-created lesson plans or works collaboratively with a team of educators to generate lesson plans, providing differentiated strategies to instruct students at all levels in all content areas.
- Site-based substitutes will be assigned to one school and will be expected to report to that school daily.
- Site-based substitutes earn $27.16 per hour.
- Site-based substitutes will be offered the option of enrolling in FCPS health programs, including medical and dental. They will also be able to participate in the FCPS 403(b) Deferred Compensation Retirement Savings Plan.
- An offer of health and dental coverage is extended once an employee works 30 or more hours per week for four (4) consecutive pay periods.
- Please note that there is no retiree pay band for this position.
- Because site-based substitutes are expected to work every day, VRS retirees will need to consider the effect of accepting daily employment on their current and future retirement benefits. Retirees may call VRS toll-free at 1-888-827-3847 and/or the Social Security Administration for information on how earnings during retirement affect their eligibility for Social Security Benefits. Call toll-free at 1-800-772-1213 or visit the Social Security Administration website.
- Current teacher substitutes, student monitors, and hourly employees.
- Applicants who meet one of the following criteria:
- College transcripts reflecting 30 or more credits, or
- Accepted into an accredited educational preparatory program within a college/university’s school of education, or
- Completed a high school teacher preparatory course, like Teachers for Tomorrow or Educators Rising, or
- Been employed as an Instructional Assistant for at least one school year in a K12 organization, or
- Have one full year of experience teaching preschool or in a school-aged childcare program.
- Interested applicants should send their resumes to schools with site-based substitutes.
- An Individual not already employed by FCPS as a substitute teacher must first create an account and submit a site-based substitute teacher application.
Current Site-Based Schools
- Copper MS
- Cunningham Park ES
- Dogwood ES
- Forest Edge ES
- Great Falls ES
- Herndon ES
- Hughes MS
- Hutchison ES
- Lake Anne ES
- Mosaic ES
- Oakton ES
- Terraset ES
- Waples Mill ES
- Baileys ES
- Baileys Upper ES
- Beech Tree ES
- Belvedere ES
- Camelot ES
- Clearview ES
- Fairhill ES
- Falls Church HS
- Franklin Sherman ES
- Glasgow MS
- Glen Forest ES
- Graham Road ES
- Justice HS
- Luther Jackson MS
- Mason Crest ES
- Parklawn ES
- Pine Spring ES
- Sleepy Hollow ES
- Timber Lane ES
- Westlawn ES
- Woodburn ES
- Bucknell ES
- Bush Hill ES
- Cameron ES
- Edison HS
- Fort Belvoir Primary ES
- Fort Belvoir Upper ES
- Fort Hunt ES
- Franconia ES
- Groveton ES
- Hollin Meadows ES
- Hybla Valley ES
- Mount Eagle ES
- Mount Vernon HS
- Mount Vernon Woods ES
- Pulley Center
- Riverside ES
- Rose Hill ES
- Quander Road
- Sandburg ES
- Stratford Landing ES
- Twain MS
- Washington Mill ES
- West Potomac HS
- Whitman MS
- Woodlawn ES
- Woodley Hills ES
- Burke School
- Centre Ridge ES
- Cherry Run ES
- Hunt Valley ES
- Laurel Hill ES
- Liberty MS
- South County MS
- Davis Center
- Fairfax Villa ES
- Floris ES
- Freedom Hill ES
- Frost MS
- Johnson MS
- Kilmer MS
- Lemon Road ES
- London Towne ES
- Marshall HS
- McNair ES
- Olde Creek ES
- Providence ES
- Shrevewood ES
- Westfield HS
- Westgate ES
- Woodson HS
- Annandale HS
- Annandale Terrace ES
- Braddock ES
- Bren Mar Park ES
- Columbia ES
- Crestwood ES
- Forestdale ES
- Garfield ES
- Gunston ES
- Hayfield Secondary School
- Holmes MS
- John Lewis HS
- Key MS
- Lorton Station ES
- Lynbrook ES
- Poe MS
- Saratoga ES
- Springfield Estates ES
- Weyanoke ES