Asking a colleague to cover a group-class session

When you can't teach one session of your group class, you can ask a colleague to teach it for you. The class, its students and every other session stay yours. Who has to agree depends on whether the colleague is part of your school.

How to ask

1. Open your class and go to Class schedule.
2. Next to the session, choose Ask a colleague to cover.
3. Search for a colleague. Only teachers who teach the class's language and are free at that time can be chosen.
4. Add a note if you like, and send.

Your colleague sees the date, the class, the number of seats and exactly what they would earn, and answers yes or no.

A colleague from your school

If you and your colleague both teach in the same KoloLingo school, their yes is enough. They host that session's room, and your students get a notification and an email saying who is teaching it.

A colleague from outside your school

If your colleague isn't part of your school, or you don't belong to a school, their yes isn't the last word: every student in the class must agree.

• Each student gets a notification and an email with the colleague's profile, and answers yes or no.
• Students have up to 12 hours to answer, or until an hour before the session if that comes first.
• If every student says yes, your colleague teaches the session, and you, your colleague and your students are told.
• If any student says no, or not everyone answers in time, nothing changes: you teach the session as planned, and you and your colleague are told.
• If a new student joins the class while the others are deciding, the request closes and you can ask again.

While the students are deciding, you can see how many have said yes in Cover requests (under More in the menu).

If the session is less than about four hours away, there's no time to ask the students, so only a colleague from your school can take it.

Changing your mind

You can withdraw your request any time before the session starts. The session is yours again, and anyone who was told about the change hears that it's off.

How your colleague is paid

Once the session is taught, what you would have kept for it goes to your colleague. KoloLingo's commission and any school share stay the same. Your colleague is paid only if they joined the session.