Lesson Seven - Covering a Lesson
You can use MINTclass to view lessons that you are covering, this is not dependent on you being set as the cover teacher within your school MIS which means cover at short notice is easy and effective.
In order to do this, you will need to search for a class by the teacher you are covering. Click on the staff tab on the top left-hand side of the screen.
In order to do this, you will need to search for a class by the teacher you are covering. Click on the staff tab on the top left-hand side of the screen.
Type the teachers name, or part of the name, in the search box and click on 'Search Staff'. Select the teacher you are covering by clicking on their name and you will see their timetable appear as a pop up on the main screen.
Select the lesson that you are covering by clicking on it and then clicking on 'View Plan'.
You can see the teacher that you are covering for in the top right-hand corner of the screen but also have your lessons for the day displayed beneath.
Covering a Member of Staff for the Whole Day
If you are covering a teacher for the whole day, say you are a cover supervisor within school or you have a supply teacher coming in for the day, you can do this very simply.
Log in as usual (supply staff will need to log in using a temporary login supplied by the person who is in charge of MINTclass at your school). Click on the 'Staff' tab as before and search for the teacher that you are covering for and click on them to display their timetable on the main part of the screen as previously described.
Covering a Member of Staff for the Whole Day
If you are covering a teacher for the whole day, say you are a cover supervisor within school or you have a supply teacher coming in for the day, you can do this very simply.
Log in as usual (supply staff will need to log in using a temporary login supplied by the person who is in charge of MINTclass at your school). Click on the 'Staff' tab as before and search for the teacher that you are covering for and click on them to display their timetable on the main part of the screen as previously described.
Now all you need to do is click on the green 'Cover This Teacher' button located towards the top left of the pop-up.
You can now see all the lessons that teacher has for the day and you can also see who you are covering for as well as the current class and the ability to return to your timetable.