Red Rover Substitute Directions

We strongly encourage all substitutes to install the Red Rover app on their mobile device. Click the appropriate link below for directions on how to install and use the app.

Android users click here
Apple users click here

Computer Directions:
Substitute Home Page

On your home page, you will be able to see the Upcoming Assignments you are scheduled for as well as Available Assignments that are currently available for you to accept. 


 

Available Assignments

Red Rover will display any jobs that you are currently qualified and available to work toward the bottom of the home page.  Red Rover will let you know the date(s), employee, position(s), locations(s), and length of each available job.
 

1. The Schools dropdown box allows you to filter the list of available jobs by the school.
2. The Preferences box is automatically set to default. You can choose to see available jobs in either your favorite schools or by ignoring your school preferences altogether. Setting this box to "ignore all preferences" will also show jobs that conflict with your availability. Learn how to set your school preferences by reading our article.
3. You can either Dismiss or Accept the job - if you accidentally dismiss an assignment, use the option to include "dismissed" assignments in order to bring that back into view.  
4. Assignments that are for multiple days will have the Click to expand option. This allows you to see the details of each day.
   
   

Accepting an Assignment

Note!

Subs are able to see School Info before accepting a job by clicking on the school's name.

When you are ready to accept an assignment, click the Accept button. Red Rover will run a series of checks to ensure the job is still available. If you get the job, Red Rover will provide you with a confirmation number.
 

 

Reviewing Your Schedule

You can easily review the jobs that you have accepted by clicking the My Schedule tab on the left-hand side of your window.

From here, you will have the ability to filter them for either future dates or the entire school year at once. Also, you'll have the opportunity to view your schedule in a Calendar View, or a simple List View.


 

To view the details of any particular assignment from the Calendar View, simply click the date to retrieve the detail for that particular day.


 

Bulletin Board

When administrators need to communicate to a group of substitutes, they may post bulletin board messages. When a new message is posted, a notification by the Bulletin Board tab appears. The school admin can also have the message appear on a banner above the page.


 

By clicking on the Bulleting Board tab, you can read messages and acknowledge that you've read them. Clicking on the Acknowledge button will remove the banner for the message.


 

Canceling an Assignment

You can easily cancel an assignment from the My Schedule page. If you are assigned to multiple days on a job, some school districts will allow you to cancel a specific day.

Clicking the large CANCEL button will cancel the whole assignment while clicking the small Cancel button will cancel a specific day.


 

Managing Your Availability

Red Rover allows you to easily manage your availability through the Manage Availability tab.
 

 

Here, you have the ability to manage your regular availability for subbing (Recurring Availability), as well as any special events (e.g. surgeries, vacations, etc.) impacting your availability (Non-Recurring Event).
 

 

School Preferences

Setting school preferences has never been easier. By going to School Preferences and clicking Edit, you can mark if a school is a Favorite school or if Red Rover should Hide the school. Selecting Hide will hide jobs from those select schools. Red Rover will not send notifications to you for jobs that are hidden.

Update specific notifications:

1. Click on your Profile icon in the upper right corner, and select My Profile.
   
   
    
2. Scroll down to the Notification Preferences and uncheck the notifications you don't want to receive.
   
   
    
3. When you're finished, click SAVE.

You can come back to your notifications screen, and change these notifications at any time. 

Want to know what each of these notifications do? Learn more about Notifications for Substitutes.