Teachers may have access to additional shifts throughout the year, depending on operational requirements and availability across locations.

Teachers are encouraged to update any known unavailability in Employment Hero as soon as possible throughout the year to support rostering and planning.

Once submitted, teachers should also notify their Lead Teacher and Regional Manager where required.

Watch: Employment Hero Availability Guide

Yes. Prior to each new roster being prepared, approximately two months in advance, teachers will receive a reminder to review and submit any upcoming unavailability in Employment Hero.

Rosters will generally be published on the 1st of each month for the following month.

Example:

• Unavailability for August should be submitted before 25 June.
• August rosters will be published on 1 July.
• Teachers should continue to advise of any new or ongoing unavailability as it arises.

If you become unavailable after rosters have been released, please notify your Lead Teacher and/or Regional Manager as soon as possible, as you currently do.

Your roster will be published on the 1st of every month. Teachers are not required to separately confirm shifts, however any unavailability should be communicated as soon as possible.

If unavailability has been entered into the Employment Hero Work App before the roster is published, you will not be rostered on or shown as available to work on those dates.

Most locations will continue lessons across additional weeks of the year, including some school holiday periods.

Some clubs may continue operating within existing 10-week term-based pool hire arrangements where venue availability outside school terms is limited, for example pools located within schools or SSPs.

See: Locations Continuing on a 10-Week Term Schedule

Teachers working at clubs continuing on a 10-week term schedule will not be rostered during periods where lessons are not operating.

Yes. Teachers interested in additional work may access available shifts through the Employment Hero Shift Bidding system at locations operating across additional weeks of the year.

Watch: Shift Bidding Tutorial

Yes. Planned closures throughout the year will include:

• A four-week Christmas/New Year break: 21 December 2026 – 17 January 2027.
• Public holidays.
• Selected dates around major Rainbow Club events, including Malabar Magic, Rainbow Carnival, Rainbow Connect and training periods.

Families will be notified on Friday 29 May regarding the move to continuous enrolment and monthly billing.

Yes. Families will be asked to review updated Terms and Conditions and update their direct debit details in the Parent Portal by 20 June to ensure lessons continue without interruption.

The new monthly billing system will commence with payments processed from 1 July.

Families will only be charged for planned lessons operating at their club.

Example: If a club does not operate during the September school holidays, families will only be charged for three lessons in the September billing cycle, processed on 1 August, rather than four.

Continuous enrolment will commence across all locations after the July school holidays, based on each club’s regular lesson day. Check State Term Dates

At most locations, lessons will continue across additional weeks of the year, including some school holiday periods, creating greater consistency for members and more opportunities for teachers.