Why is this important?
You may regularly see a pop up message in your account reminding you to keep your availability up to date. These messages are sent out on behalf of the pool administration or council. Keeping your calendar up to date is important for pool administrators to manage the workflow of their pool supply list and to check who is still available for work. It also prevents any unnecessary invite emails dropping into your inbox.
Your calendar’s default setting is ‘Available’ so there is no need to change this unless there are days you cannot work.
You only need to update your availability if you know you are going to be unavailable on any given days.
If you are booked for a job through Teacher Booker, the booking will automatically be added to the calendar. You do not need to do this yourself. If you belong to more than one pool, the same process applies.
Managing your availability:
Simply log in and follow the video above.
Click 'Availability' in the left hand menu. You'll see a calendar.
Here you are able to:
Mark yourself as unavailable for the whole or part of a day
Click and drag for multiple days of unavailability
Remove any previously set unavailability
Pause your availability without setting dates by clicking the red button at the top of the screen.
Marking yourself as unavailable for the whole or part of a day.
Simply click on the day and then click confirm in the pop up window
For part of a day, after clicking on the day you require, click on the ‘Select hour range’ checkbox in the pop up window. This will now give you the ability to enter the start and end time of your unavailability to the minute.
Marking Multiple Days of Unavailability
If there is a repeated pattern of unavailability, simply set the first day, using one of the above options, tick ‘Repeat event’ and enter the final date of your unavailability.
Please Note:
By marking yourself as unavailable on any given day or time will mean that you will not appear in search results for, and therefore cannot be invited to, any job that includes the time that you are unavailable.
However, a school can choose to send out a job with the dates to be determined. If this is the case, and you fit the criteria, you will be invited to the job even if you've marked yourself as unavailable. This is to ensure teachers get invited to jobs that otherwise may not fit into their availability and the dates can be discussed at a later date.
Removing previous unavailability
If you wish to delete an unavailability event which you have previously created, simply click on the red block (click and hold if on a mobile device) and then either Edit if you wish to change part of the unavailability event or Remove if you wish to remove it entirely.
Pausing Your Availability
You may sometimes know that your unavailability is going to last for some time ie - short or long term employment, illness recovery etc. In such cases you can select the ‘Pause Your Availability’ option. When you do this, you do not need to add any dates but you will have the option to add a reason for your unavailability. This is useful for pool administrators to know why you are unavailable. It will also stop your profile showing up in job searches.