The people behind every lesson 

Debbie has been involved in the intial development of Austswim and attended the first Austswim Course in the ACT. Featured in the early Austswim advertisements with Suzie Landells. Debbie consulted on the initial development of the Austswim Teacher of Infants Qualifications.

Debbie is a qualified swim teacher. She teaches babies, preschoolers, and competitive strokes. She also has qualifications for teaching adolescents and adults. She has a Bachelor of Education in Early Childhood and Physical Education. Also, she holds a Graduate Diploma in Business Administration.

She also had coaching experience. She helped develop the Belconnen Swim Club. She held a Bronze Coaching Licence and attended Silver Qualifications. However, she decided to focus on learn-to-swim programs.

Debbie has years of experience as a swim teacher presenter. She has worked with both Austswim and Swim Australia. Also, she has lectured at the ASCTA Conference.

ACT representative for Austswim Teacher of the Year in 2013 at Queenstown in New Zealand.

Attended World Aquatic Babies Congresses and conferences since 1996. Locations include Melbourne, Mexico, France, Canada, and the USA.

When Aquatots opened in 2002, Andrew built it. When a new centre came along, Andrew built that too. He has been invaluable in the growth of our amazing centres. He keeps them all running, handles the maintenance, and makes sure every pool families walk into each week is exactly as it should be.

Alena has been with Aqautots from the beginning and previously taught at the AIS. She teaches all levels from infants through to squad level swimmers. She loves seeing the children who start in her infant classes progress throguh to squad level swimmers.

Her qualifications include:

SAT teacher of swimming and water safety. SAT teacher of infant and toddlers. SAT teacher of adults and adolesence. SAT competitive strokes. AUSTSWIM teacher of babies and toddlers. AUSTSWIM teacher of swimming and water safety. SAT course presenter for teacher of swimming and water safety and infant and toddlers. Cert 3 in Fitness, Aqua instructor. Cert 4 in pool and plant room operations. Cert 4 in training and assessing. Assessor for AUSTSWIM teacher of swimmign and water safety.

Daniel holds his Swim Australia qualification and the teacher of babies and toddlers. He also has his Bronze level coaching and is a combat fitness leader for the army. He is a qualified Aqua Aerobic instructor and pool and plant room operator. His passion for coaching children and getting them excited and motivated to try and do their best is second to none. Kids love his classes and training sessions and this is shown throguh the awesome number of attendance he has each week.

Jordi holds the AMDP Teaching Swimming and Water Safety qualification, the Swim Australia Babies qualification, the Swim Australia Coaching qualification, current First Aid and CPR. She primarily teaches the Seahorse levels, working with children from three to five years old, and coaches the school's advanced and squad-level swimmers.

What sets Jordi apart is the depth of the relationships she builds. After ten years as a swim teacher and more than two years managing swim school sites, she still describes the impact on swimmers and families as the part that drives her. She has watched children move from their first uncertain moments in the water through to older, experienced swimmers refining and perfecting their strokes, and that full arc of development is what keeps her passionate about the role.

Her connection to families runs the same way. She is not just their child's instructor, she is someone who has been alongside them through years of firsts, and when children come back from development meets, it is Jordi they want to show their ribbons to.

Jordi leads the Googong team with the same culture she grew up in. Building a strong, positive environment and helping instructors grow in confidence is as central to her role as anything that happens on the pool deck, and it shows in a team that backs each other up and brings energy to every session.