Staff Requests

Ask the school for something you need — most often cover for your classes while you're away.

Making a request

Choose a request type. Two exist:

• General — anything you need from the office or department
• Department — a request handled within your department

Cover requests

A cover request asks someone to take your classes. It records:

• the dates you'll be away, and the reason
• which classes need cover
• where the cover work is for each class, so whoever steps in can find it

A cover request without the classes and the work location usually comes back unanswered — those two fields are what the office acts on.

Following it up

My requests lists everything you've sent and where each one stands. Requests go to the principal, so a status change happens on their side.

Notes and items

A request can carry a short note for the principal — a sentence of context is more useful than a paragraph.

If a request goes unanswered

Requests are reviewed by leadership, not auto-approved. If something is urgent, tell your head of department directly; the request log records it, but it doesn't escalate on its own.