Come Teach with Us

The City of Tampa Parks and Recreation Department is currently seeking instructors to offer fun and exciting recreation programs to our community. Our department offers a wide variety of recreation programs to citizens of all ages.

As a Recreation Contract Instructor you will enter into an Independent Contractor Agreement with the City of Tampa.  As a Recreation Contract Instructor you will receive 70% (indoor) or 80% (outdoor) of all course revenue and the City will retain 30% (indoor) or 20% (outdoor) of the total monies collected from your course. The Recreation Contract Instructor and City will determine a mutually agreed upon course fee. All registration fees are collected and deposited by the City of Tampa.

What can the City of Tampa offer you as an Instructor?

The City has great facilities. We have gymnasiums, classrooms, meeting rooms, fine art facilities, aquatic and athletic facilities as well as parks available for Recreation courses.

The City of Tampa will place your class description in our Program Catalog which is available online and updated three times per year.
The City is currently purchasing a technologically advanced computer registration system that will allow us to maintain facility booking for your class and to process registrations in an efficient manner. Instructors will receive attendance reports, wait list reports and we will maintain the database to provide participant main contacts from all classes. The system will automatically reserve spots for wait list participants when a cancellation in a class occurs. Participants will be able to register through the internet for classes and programs.

We accept cash, checks, Visa and MasterCard for payments. We offer registration through easy, customer friendly ways including: mail, online registration (future), telephone, fax, or in person.

Recreation Contract Instructor Manual

Please review the information within the Recreation Contract Instructor Manual to acquaint yourself with the program. The Recreation Contract Instructor Manual is your resource for information on our Recreation Contract Instructor program as well as for instructions on how to apply to become an Instructor with the City of Tampa Parks and Recreation Department.

• Recreation Contract Instructor Manual
• Recreation Contract Instructor Application
• Recreation Contract Instructor Course Request Form

You may also pick up your application at our Administrative office located at 3402 W Columbus Dr., Tampa or at any of our Community Centers throughout the City. You can request to have the information faxed or mailed to you  by calling (813) 274-8023 or email us at infoparksandrec@tampagov.net.