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For educators & ES staff

Work that fits your life.

Casual and contract work in early learning, kinders and schools. Anywhere in Australia. You choose the days, the suburbs and the rooms or year levels. We handle the paperwork and pay you weekly.

6:415G
New shift nearby
Year 4, today
Brunswick North PS · 4.2 km
90s
8:30
Start
6.5 h
Hours
$470
Est. gross
Not this one
Paid weekly
Verified once, ready to work
01Why educators choose I Recruit

Valued. In control. Paid properly.

Three promises we build the whole app around. No agency guilt trips, no chasing, no waiting for your money.

Pick your days

Go online when you want work, offline when you don't. No guilt, no phone calls at 6am.

02

Paid weekly

Award-aligned rates for the hours you were booked, super paid on time, payslips through Employment Hero.

03

Schools that want you back

Schools can favourite you, so the places you love send you work first.

02PD Hub · unlocked after your first 5 shifts

Grow between shifts. On us.

Complete 5 shifts and your PD Hub and free ClassBreak year unlock: professional development from The School of Play Academy, inside the same app as your offers, shifts and pay.

The School of PlayClassBreak
Your first unlock
5 completed shifts
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. PD Hub
  1. Day oneThe Better Us Project
  2. 5 shiftsPD Hub and ClassBreak
  3. 50 daysSchool of Play Academy

A shift or day counts once its timesheet is submitted or approved.

  • 48 on-demand video courses. Well-being, relationships and leadership. Pick up where you left off.
  • A certificate for every course. Name, course, date and duration. Keep a record for your PD log.
  • 12 months free. ClassBreak (opens in a new tab): 1,000+ brain breaks and games. Live now. Free ongoing when you teach 50+ days a year with us.
The PD Hub in the I Recruit educator app, listing 48 short courses with completed, in-progress and certificate counts
Certificate of completion
Priya Natarajan
Connection before content
6 Oct 202658 min
ClassBreak
12 months free
ClassBreak · 1,000+ brain breaks
03Everything you get

Become the educator you set out to be.

Signing up costs nothing. Here's what comes with it: work that fits, pay you can count on, and support to keep growing between shifts, plus perks that grow with you: The Better Us Project from day one, the PD Hub and ClassBreak after 5 completed shifts, and the School of Play Academy after 50 completed days.
The School of Play

48 courses. Yours to keep learning.

On-demand video courses from The School of Play Academy, streamed through Vimeo and ready whenever you are. Start with Connection before content, then explore well-being, relationships and leadership.

A printable PDF certificate for every course, with your name and completion date, ready for your PD and registration records.

ClassBreakLive now

12 months of ClassBreak, free.

Complete your first 5 shifts and unlock a free year of ClassBreak (opens in a new tab): 1,000+ brain breaks and games for any room you walk into.

50+
days in 12 months through I Recruit keeps it free for another year, renewing every year you stay active.
  • Unlocked after your first 5 completed shifts
  • Your own personal link, with the code already filled in
  • No card needed. Nothing charged during or after the year
  • Stays free every year you teach 50+ days through I Recruit
  • Web and iPhone app, one account
  • One subscription per educator
Find your link in the PD Hub once it unlocks. Conditions
  • 01

    Weekly pay

    Award-aligned rates for your booked hours, super on time, payslips in Employment Hero.

  • 02

    Shifts on your terms

    Go online when you want work. Decline anything that doesn't suit, with no penalty.

  • 03

    Two-way ratings

    Rate every school, see its score before you accept, and get offered first where you're loved.

  • 04

    Compliance, handled

    Upload once. We chase your referees and tell you before anything expires.

Join as an educator Free to join. Nothing to pay, ever.
The Better Us Project
★Free for every educator, from day one

Every educator on our books gets The Better Us Project.

A private, 60-second check-in at the end of your day. Free, and inside the I Recruit app you already use.

  • 60 seconds, end of day

    Five quick questions inside the I Recruit app you already use.

  • One small thing to try

    Practical and specific: for the drive home, for tonight, or for tomorrow's new school.

  • See what's changing

    Watch your own tally over time and get a plain-English sentence each week.

  • A reset when it's big

    Take a 60-second reset when a day has asked a lot of you.

It's yours, not ours.

No one at I Recruit can see your answers, and nothing you enter ever touches your offers, ratings, pay or compliance. Download or delete everything in two taps.

Free support is always one tap away:

The School of Play
50Unlocked after 50 completed days

Unlock the School of Play Academy.

Reach 50 completed days with I Recruit and the full Certificate in Play-Based Well-being Education is yours, free.

Free
for I Recruit educators after 50 completed days. Normally $295.

The five modules

  1. Module 1: The Superpowers of Play
  2. Module 2: Brain Breaks that Work
  3. Module 3: Play for Every Brain
  4. Module 4: Wolf Logic: Play-Based Leadership
  5. Module 5: From Behaviour to Belonging
  • Five video modules. Each with a textbook and workbook, presented by Dale Sidebottom and Paul Campbell.
  • Aligned to the standards. Mapped to VIT requirements and the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (AITSL).
  • 10-hour PD certificate. QR-verified, and ready to go straight into your registration PD log.
↗Perks that grow with you

The more you teach, the more you unlock.

No points, no fine print games. Shifts count once a timesheet is submitted or approved, and your portal shows your progress.

  1. Day one

    The Better Us Project

    Your private 60-second check-in, free from the day you join.

  2. 5 shifts

    PD Hub and ClassBreak

    48 courses with certificates, and 12 months of ClassBreak free.

  3. 50 days

    School of Play Academy

    The Certificate in Play-Based Well-being Education, free (normally $295).

  4. Every year

    ClassBreak renews

    Teach 50 days with us in 12 months and your next free year is reserved.

REGRegistration and compliance hub

Your registration, sorted for good.

Registered in more than one state? Keep every teacher registration, PD hour and renewal in one place, then download exactly what your regulator asks for.

Honest by design. Regulators don't offer a live data feed, so your regulator's portal stays the official record. Every status in the hub shows its source, method, date and who checked it.
  • Live

    Every state, one place

    VIT, NESA, QCT, TQI, TRBWA and the SA, Tas and NT boards: expiry, fees, PD hours and practice days for each.

  • Live

    PD log

    Log PD against the APST standards. PD Hub certificates sit alongside, ready to count.

  • Live

    Automatic statements of service

    Your I Recruit shifts become a statement of service with a public verification link.

  • Live

    One-click audit packs

    A ZIP with your PD log, statements and evidence, ready if your regulator asks.

  • Live

    Renewal reminders

    60, 30 and 7 days before expiry, and before annual fees fall due.

  • Live

    Consent centre

    You decide who sees what, purpose by purpose, and you can see every view of your records.

VISAWorking holiday and visa holders

Here on a working holiday? We've got your days.

Keep a record of specified work with any employer (farm, construction, hospitality in the north and more), see how many days count towards a second or third working holiday visa, and download a summary.

Specified-work tracker

Live
  • For 417 and 462 visa holders, aiming at 88 or 179 days
  • Log work with any employer, not just us
  • Download a summary for your application
  • Separate consent from any visa check

Relief teaching usually isn't specified work, and the tracker says so plainly. Home Affairs decides what counts.

Work rights checks

Rolling out

Declare your work rights once in your profile. Checks against the Department of Home Affairs VEVO service are built in, with your consent first and a person reviewing any problem. Nothing ends your work automatically.

04Inside the app

Built for the 90 seconds that matter.

Big buttons, bright-light contrast, and everything you need to decide at a glance.
Compliance wallet
  • Registration✓ Verified
  • Right to work✓ Verified
  • Child safety! 1 step left
  • References! 1 of 2
01
Your compliance wallet

Upload once. We tell you before anything expires.

New shift nearby
Year 9 Maths
Coburg High · 3.1 km
Tomorrow 8:20$470
Accept shift
02
Offers that fit

Year level, school, distance, hours and pay, up front.

This term
$13,160.00
Next pay · Fri 17 Oct$1,880.00
03
Earnings and payslips

Every shift, every dollar, every week.

05Install the app

No app store. No waiting.

Add I Recruit to your home screen from your phone's browser. It opens full screen, sends push alerts for new offers, and updates itself.

iPhone

Safari, tap Share, then Add to Home Screen.

Android

Chrome, tap the menu, then Install app.

I Recruitnow
New shift nearby · Year 9 Maths
Coburg High · 3.1 km · Tomorrow 8:20
  • Alerts your way

    Push, SMS, email or the in-app inbox. Offers can come by push and SMS, so you won't miss one.

  • Works without signal

    Check in from a basement staffroom. It's saved on your phone and syncs when you're back online.

  • Paid for booked hours

    By default, pay follows the hours you were booked for, less breaks.

  • Availability you control

    Set your days, earliest start and travel radius, and block out dates you're away.

  • Payroll on Employment Hero

    Add your bank, tax and super details straight into Employment Hero. Payslips live there too.

  • Referees chased for you

    Secure links go to your referees with reminders at 24, 48 and 72 hours. You'll know if one stalls.

Two-way ratings

You rate schools. Schools rate you.

Quick, private and two-way. See a school's score before you accept, and get offered first where you're loved.

  • You rate schools too

    After every day you rate the school and the school rates you. Stars plus quick tags.

  • See before you accept

    Every offer shows the school's pooled score, so you know where you're heading.

  • Loved? Offered first

    Schools that rated you highly offer you their shifts first.

  • Anonymous and fair

    Double-blind, pooled, shown after five ratings. Concerns go to safeguarding, not your score.

Rate today's school
PRIVATE
Brunswick North PS
Warm welcomeClear lesson plansSupportive staffEasy parkingWould return
Safety concern? Report it to our safeguarding team.
Pooled and anonymousShows after 5 ratings
06Getting ready

Four checks, then you're ready to work.

Upload once in the app. Your recruiter reviews everything, chases your referees for you, and tells you before anything expires.

82%
You're 82% of the way to ready.
One child-safety step and one reference to go.
  1. 1
    Teacher registration
    State registration (VIT, NESA, QCT…) or ES qualifications
  2. 2
    Right to work
    Passport, citizenship or visa
  3. 3
    Child safety
    Your state's check (WWCC, blue card…) and a short declaration
  4. 4
    Two references
    We contact your referees for you
07Join I Recruit

Your first shift could be tomorrow.

  • Free to join. Nothing to pay, ever.
  • Pick your days, suburbs and year levels.
  • Paid weekly, super on time.

We'll only use this to contact you. See our privacy policy.

One-page guide

The one-page guide to working with I Recruit.

Shifts that fit your life, weekly pay with super on time, free PD after five shifts and a registration hub for your whole career, all on one A4 page.

PDF · 1 page · A4 · 1.3 MB

Share it with a colleague. Know a teacher or ES staffer looking for flexible work? Send them the PDF.

One-page I Recruit flyer for educators and ES staff: “Work that fits your life.” Covers two-tap shift offers, weekly pay with super on time, free PD after five shifts, the registration hub and wellbeing support.
08Educator FAQs

The fine print, in plain English.

How am I paid?

Weekly, through our payroll on Employment Hero. You set up your bank, tax and super details in Employment Hero directly (we never store them), and your payslips live there too. Super is paid on time.

Do I have to accept every offer?

Never. Go online when you want work and decline anything that doesn't suit. There's no penalty and nobody will chase you.

Who can join?

Early childhood educators with an ACECQA-approved Certificate III or Diploma, early childhood teachers (ECTs) with an approved degree and registration in their state or territory, registered primary and secondary educators, specialist educators, and education support staff, in every state and territory. Pre-service and graduate educators can register interest too.

What do educators need for early learning shifts?

Your ACECQA-approved qualification (or proof you're actively working towards one), your state's current child-safety check (such as a Working with Children Check or Queensland blue card), ACECQA-approved first aid including anaphylaxis and asthma management (such as HLTAID012), child protection or child safe training, right to work and two references. ECTs also need VIT registration.

How long do checks take?

It depends mostly on your referees. Reference links go out as soon as you nominate them, with automatic reminders at 24, 48 and 72 hours, and a person reviews your documents as they come in. Nominate referees early.

How are offers decided?

Only fully verified, available educators within your travel radius are considered. Then offers are ranked on things like the school's preferred list, distance, year level, subject, experience, ratings, reliability (turning up as booked) and fairness, so work is spread around. Nothing about who you are, only how you work.

Is the professional development really free?

Yes. Complete your first 5 shifts through I Recruit and the PD Hub unlocks in your portal at no cost: 48 on-demand video courses from The School of Play Academy, a printable certificate for each course you finish, and a free 12-month ClassBreak subscription you claim from your portal. A shift counts once its timesheet is submitted or approved.

Who can get the free ClassBreak subscription?

Any I Recruit educator who has completed 5 shifts through us. Once you hit 5, you'll find your own personal link in your portal with the code already filled in. It's one subscription per educator, so please don't share your link.

What does ClassBreak cost?

Nothing. No card is needed to claim it, and nothing is charged during the 12 months or after them. It works on the web and in the iPhone app with the same account.

What happens after the 12 months?

If you've taught 50 or more days through I Recruit in the last 12 months, your ClassBreak keeps going free for another year, and it renews every year you stay active. If not, your free year simply ends. You're never charged automatically, because there's no card on file.

Do the certificates count towards my registration?

Each PD Hub certificate shows your name, the course, the date and the duration, so you can keep a record for your PD log; how you count those is up to you and your registration requirements. The School of Play Academy's Certificate in Play-Based Well-being Education, free after 50 completed days, is aligned to VIT and AITSL standards and comes with a 10-hour PD certificate with QR verification for your registration PD log.

What is the School of Play Academy perk?

Once you've completed 50 days through I Recruit, you unlock the Certificate in Play-Based Well-being Education from The School of Play Academy for free (normally $295). It's five video modules with textbooks and workbooks, presented by Dale Sidebottom and Paul Campbell.

Can I Recruit see my wellbeing check-ins?

No. The Better Us Project check-in is private to you. No one at I Recruit can see your answers, and nothing you enter ever touches your offers, ratings, pay or compliance. You can download or delete everything in two taps.

Can I keep all my registrations in one place?

Yes, free. The registration and compliance hub tracks every teacher registration you hold, in any state or territory: expiry, annual fees, PD hours and practice days, with reminders 60, 30 and 7 days out. Your I Recruit shifts become statements of service, and you can download a one-click audit pack. Your regulator's portal remains the official record.

I'm on a working holiday visa. Can you help with my specified work days?

The specified-work tracker lets 417 and 462 visa holders log specified work with any employer and see how many days count towards a second or third visa. Relief teaching usually isn't specified work, and Home Affairs decides what counts.

Is my information safe?

Your documents are private and stay in Australia, stored in Sydney. They open only through short-lived signed links, uploads are virus-scanned, and only our compliance team reviews them. Schools see your verified badges, never your documents.

Pick your days. Keep your weekends.

Set up once, then choose the days that suit you.