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TypeHow-toFor Admin Teacher Substitute

For teachers

Request coverage

When you'll be out, the guided wizard walks you through requesting a substitute in four short steps. You can do it in under a minute.

A coverage request tells your school you'll be out and that you need a substitute. The wizard collects what's needed (when, why, which subjects, and the lesson plan) and sends it to your admin for approval.

Start a request from the Request coverage button, the command palette, or by pressing N on any page.

Walk through the wizard

  1. Pick your dates
    Choose the day you'll be out, or drag across a range for several days. Single day or a full week, it's the same picker.
  2. Set the reason and how long
    Pick a reason (sick, personal, professional development, or other) and how much of the day you need covered: full day, half day, or a partial. SubHub uses this to figure the PTO hours.
  3. Confirm subjects and add a lesson plan
    Your subjects are pre-selected. Uncheck any the sub won't cover, then attach a lesson plan so they can prepare.
  4. Review and submit
    The summary shows everything on one screen. Submit, and the request goes to your admin to approve.
ScreenshotThe wizard's review step with the stepper across the top and the summary on the right.
The wizard's review step with the stepper across the top and the summary on the right.
More than your balance? If a request needs more PTO than you have, SubHub flags it before you submit. Mark a request urgent for a genuine emergency to send it through anyway, your admin still approves it.
What happens after you submit Your request sits as a coverage request until an admin approves it. Once approved, it becomes coverage and goes out to substitutes as an open job. You can follow its status from your dashboard.

Related guides

How-toAttach a lesson planGive your sub what they need.How-toCheck your PTO balanceSee your hours before you request.FeatureCoverage requestsRequest vs coverage, explained.
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