🎙️ Episode: “Covering a Class Doesn’t Mean Losing Your Mind”

Covering a class during your prep period can feel like being asked to sprint a marathon on your lunch break—again. In this episode of Hall Pass, we take a hard look at the realities behind this common (and often exhausting) practice.

Whether your district pays for coverage or not, teachers everywhere are grappling with the same questions:

→ How do we protect our prep time without feeling like bad teammates?

→ What happens when some teachers cover constantly, while others avoid it altogether?

→ And how can we keep our sanity when we’re asked—yet again—to sub for someone else’s class?

Oliver unpacks the systemic causes behind chronic coverage issues, shares some real talk about boundaries, and offers strategies that can help you protect your energy while still being a solid colleague.

Because covering a class shouldn’t mean compromising your well-being—or your own students’ success.