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We're an #edTech nonprofit relentlessly removing systemic barriers to effective, equitable #FamilyEngagement for the success and wellbeing of every student.
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This is the official answer: YES! We will be participating in
#clearthelist
this year. 😉 Get those wishlists filled up and stay tuned for the submission form coming Aug.1.
#backtoschool
#teacherwishlist
#teacherappreciation
#teachersofx
#teachertwitter
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It's that time of year again! You need classroom supplies, and we're increasing our giveaway from three lucky winners to FIVE this year!
#clearthelist
is back so follow, share and enter to win ✨👇
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Alright, teachers. Time to
#clearthelist
with TalkingPoints!
1️⃣ Follow us 2️⃣ Enter to win 3️⃣ Share this post
#teachertwitter
#teachersofx
#schoolsupplies
#backtoschool
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Three simple steps: 1️⃣Follow us 2️⃣ Share this post 3️⃣ Enter to win $500 worth of classroom supplies from your Amazon wishlist! We pick our first winner tomorrow.
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You could win $500 worth of classroom supplies from your Amazon wishlist just like our first winner, Kayla Turner!
What are you waiting for? Follow, share, and enter to win our
#clearthelist
giveaway!
#teachertwitter
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Time to get some teachers’ Amazon wishlists cleared! 🎒To enter to win, complete the simple form with the link to your list and make sure you share this post.
#clearthelist
#clearthelist2022
#teachertwitter
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You could win $500 worth of classroom supplies from your Amazon wishlist tomorrow! What are you waiting for? Follow, share, and enter to win our
#clearthelist
giveaway!
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Three simple steps: 1️⃣Follow us 2️⃣ Share this post 3️⃣ Enter to win $500 worth of classroom supplies from your Amazon wishlist! We pick our first winner tomorrow.
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It's that time of year again! You need classroom supplies, and we're increasing our giveaway from three lucky winners to FIVE this year!
#clearthelist
is back so follow, share and enter to win ✨👇
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Week 3 of
#clearthelist
! Who still needs classroom supplies? Enter to win today!
1️⃣ Follow us 2️⃣ Enter to win 3️⃣ Share this post
#teachertwitter
#familyengagement
#principaltwitter
#edtech
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We'll be choosing our second
#clearthelist
winner tomorrow. Don't miss your chance to win up to $500 of your Amazon wishlist cleared
#teachers
! Enter now
#teachertwitter
#backtoschool
#backtoschoolgiveaway
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Week 2 of
#clearthelist
with TalkingPoints!
1️⃣ Follow us 2️⃣ Enter to win 3️⃣ Share this post
#teachertwitter
#schoolsupplies
#teacherappreciation
#familyengagement
#backtoschool
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It's that time of year again! You need classroom supplies, and we're increasing our giveaway from three lucky winners to FIVE this year!
#clearthelist
is back so follow, share and enter to win ✨👇
#teachertwitter
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TEACHERS 📣 This is the last chance to win our
#clearthelist
giveaway! We will be choosing our fifth winner this Friday, 8/30 so be sure to:
1️⃣ Follow us 2️⃣ Enter to win 3️⃣ Share this post
#teachertwitter
#principaltwitter
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TEACHERS 📣 This is the last chance to win our
#clearthelist
giveaway! We will be choosing our fifth winner this Friday, 8/30 so be sure to:
1️⃣ Follow us 2️⃣ Enter to win 3️⃣ Share this post
#teachertwitter
#principaltwitter
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We'll be choosing our first winner this Friday for
#clearthelist
so make sure you follow, share and enter to win,
#teachers
!
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Congratulations to our week 2 winner for
#clearthelist
! Megan Lewitin of Oceanside Schools in NY was the lucky teacher this week. Who will be next?
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We select our third winner of
#clearthelist
tomorrow! Don't miss out on the opportunity to win up to $500 worth of items from your Amazon Wishlist. Enter now:
#teachertwitter
#teachersoftwitter
#backtoschool
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TalkingPoints's multilingual engagement platform 📲 helps teachers build meaningful connections with underserved families, addressing COVID-19 learning loss & unlocking learning beyond COVID-19. We're asking
@jack
&
#startsmall
for a $1M grant to benefit 500K more students! 🙏
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Week 3 of
#clearthelist
! Who still needs classroom supplies? Enter to win today!
1️⃣ Follow us 2️⃣ Enter to win 3️⃣ Share this post
#teachertwitter
#principaltwitter
#backtoschool
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It’s the last week of our
#clearthelist
giveaway! Don’t miss your opportunity to win up to $500 worth of your Amazon wishlis to start the schoolyear.
#teachertwitter
#backtoschool
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Time to get some teachers’ Amazon wishlists cleared! 🎒To enter to win, complete the simple form with the link to your list and make sure you share this post.
#clearthelist
#clearthelist2022
#teachertwitter
#adoptateacher
#teachersoftwitter
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Three simple steps: 1️⃣Follow us 2️⃣ Share this post 3️⃣ Enter to win $500 worth of classroom supplies from your Amazon wishlist!
#clearthelist
#backtoschool
#teachertwitter
#teachersoftwitter
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Time’s almost up! To enter to win, complete the simple form with the link to your list and make sure you share this post.
#clearthelist
#clearthelist2022
#backtoschool
#teachertwitter
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Give a big high five to our first
#clearthelist
winner Melissa Richards of WI! She's a third grade teacher dedicated to building relationships and her
#backtoschool
wishlist is our command. 😉 Congrats,
@Thirdismyjam
!
You have a chance to win all month:
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You've been waiting all day and here it is! The name of the fourth winner of our
#clearthelist
winner: Dawn Garrett from Orange County Florida! 🎉 🤩 Congrats, Dawn and we hope your first days of school are wonderful.
One more week to enter to win!
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📣Coming next week to ALL TalkingPoints for Teachers accounts on mobile: translated video captions! We're so excited to be able to share this feature with our teachers. Check out this video to see how it works and stay tuned to see when it goes live!
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Coming soon to TalkingPoints...a 20-21 school year update!
👉 Multimedia Translation! 👈
All videos you record will be automatically captioned and translated into each of your contact's home language! 🤩
#updates
#improvements
#familyengagement
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We’re pleased to be supporting the work of CO-CABE in advocating for bilingual students and educators! 🙌🏼 If you’re an educator in Colorado, please look into this event and CO-CABE’s organization for more information.
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Thanks for stopping by to see us
@ClassTechTips
! We’re going to be doing some exciting stuff with Monica soon so stay tuned, friends! 😊
#istelive
#istelive22
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We will be offering TalkingPoints for Schools and Districts FOR FREE through the end of the school year to high-need schools and districts.
To learn more visit:
#covid19
#coronavirus
#remotelearning
#distancelearning
#ellchat
#ell
#edtech
#InThisTogether
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Check out our free family engagement app with translation and content to build strong partnerships with families, regardless of the languages they speak! Come see us in the Startup Pavilion!
@iste
#ISTE18
#familyengagement
#ellchat
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Three cheers for Alyssa Smith of New York for being our second
#clearthelist
winner! 🎉 Hip hip, HOORAY!
Now don't forget to enter your own Amazon wishlist because we still have three more weeks to clear lists for teachers across the country.
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Our teacher leader
@ValentinaESL
shares her experience growing up in an immigrant family that struggled to get involved in school and what she’s doing as an educator to involve ELL
#families
in their children’s education.
#ellchat
#ESOL
#educhat
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We’re thrilled to announce that
@TalkingPointsEd
won a
@Googleorg
grant as part of the
#GoogleAI
Impact Challenge! We will provide personalized coaching for underserved students’ parents and teachers to help them connect with support from
@Google
.
#io19
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Families are able to easily press a button within chats with teachers on the TalkingPoints for Parents app to listen to messages. This feature supports contacts who have limited literacy or prefer to hear their messages.
#accessibility
#inclusion
#edtech
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Our community had 10 MILLION conversations with over 300,000 students and families in 25+ languages! THANK YOU!! Share your most impactful TalkingPoints experience to celebrate
#TalkingPoints10M
!!
#ellchat
#parentengagement
#edtech
#familyengagement
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One cool way to engage families is to give a virtual tour of the classroom prior to their re-entry into school. Any time a big change is taking place, our translated video captioning is a great tool to prepare them.
#edtech
#backtoschool
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A BIG
#milestone
today! 🤩 We’re so excited to announce that thanks to the amazing TalkingPoints community, we’ve expanded our reach 6x since March, connecting 3 million+ teachers and families, and enabling 100 million+ conversations in 100+ languages.
#edequity
#k12
#nonprofit
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As an organization founded by a British-Korean immigrant, serving a large population of immigrant families in a nation built by immigrants, TalkingPoints proudly celebrates
#NationalImmigrantsDay
today! 🌎
#immigrants
#diversity
#positivity
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Check out this great article by
@ValentinaESL
on ways to support
#Englishlearners
through an asset-based teaching mindset. "When we value what our students bring, we recognize their history and knowledge and use it as a foundation for their future learning."
#ellchat
#ESL
#ENL
NEW: Making Student Assets Our Top Teaching Priority.
@ValentinaESL
#mschat
#middleschool
#educoach
#ellchat
What does an asset-based teaching mindset look like?
#ntchat
#Englishlearners
#ESL
#engchat
#sschat
#elachat
@ncte
@ILAToday
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Big congrats to Alexis Easton from Independence, MO for being winner number 3 of this year's
#clearthelist
giveaway! 🎉 You could be next as we have two weeks left to choose winners.
#teachertwitter
#backtoschool
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#ICYMI
TalkingPoints will be adding video captioning as a new feature sometime during the 20-21 school year! 🤯 Make sure you're following us on all social platforms to stay up-to-date on feature releases.
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We’re so inspired meeting
@Malala
today: “parents pay a huge role in children’s education and I’m so grateful for my father to have had the education I had”
#parentengagement
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It's week 4 of TalkingPoints
#clearthelist
so make sure you get your submission in!
1️⃣ Follow us 2️⃣ Enter to win 3️⃣ Share this post
#teachertwitter
#principaltwitter
#familyengagement
#backtoschool
#schoolsupplies
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Amazing news! We’ve added support for ✨5✨ new languages on TalkingPoints! Dari, Odia, Tatar, Turkmen, and Uyghur are now available.
#OnlyOnTalkingPoints
#edtech
#translation
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Ready to find out who will be getting
#EdTech
tips and tricks all year from expert Monica Burns with their FREE membership!? 🤩 We are!
Our first winner is Leslie
@lsadler11
a 5th grade teacher from New Jersey! Congratulations! 🎉
@ClassTechTips
#backtoschool
#teachertwitter
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We’ve done it again! The list of supported languages on TalkingPoints has grown from 110 to 125! 🤩 Check out these newly supported languages and where the families who speak them commonly hail from.
#translation
#OnlyOnTalkingPoints
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Breaking down language barriers isn’t just about translation—it’s also about the vocabulary we use when discussing education with families. That’s why the TalkingPoints for Families app defines common terms used in the world of US education for them!
#OnlyOnTalkingPoints
#edtech
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It's official! Vasha Moss of East Baton Rouge Schools is the fifth and final super teacher to win our
#clearthelist
giveaway this back-to-school season. Congrats, Vasha!
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TalkingPoints is 5 years old! 🎉 In these 5 years, we've reached 1.5 million families, 35,000 schools, and 600 school district partners, facilitating 50 million conversations! Without YOU none of this would be possible. Thank you for your continued support! 🙏🏻
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🧠 DID YOU KNOW? TalkingPoints allows teachers to set office hours! ⏰ You decide when you get notifications to have a healthy balance of work and home. Just be sure to let your families know ahead of time when they will/won't hear back from you.
#edTech
#familyengagement
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TalkingPoints cares for teachers, so we want everyone to take advantage of our
#OfficeHours
feature. Set your available hours and ONLY receive notifications from families when you're working. ⏰
#healthyboundaries
#edtech
#k12
#familyengagement
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It's
#NationalLanguageMonth
! What languages are spoken in your school? In your classroom? 💬 Multilingual teachers, families, and students have a superpower we love to see it shine.
#teachertwitter
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.
@PLSD
admins, teachers, nurses & even the food dept have been connecting with families using TalkingPoints at an incredible rate! This time last year they had sent around 64,000 messages, but this year? They're already at ✨134,000✨
#FamilyEngagement
@PLSD_EL
@PlsdSupt
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These languages support refugee and marginalized populations from various countries like Afghanistan, Russia and China. Building strong connections with families in their home languages when they first arrive is vital to newcomer student success.
#OnlyOnTalkingPoints
#edtech
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The TalkingPoints Parent App is rolling out this week with a whole new look, added features and content! We are actively working to improve our applications to support during this great time of need. Stay tuned for more updates!
#familyengagement
#remotelearning
#edtech
#covid19
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In addition to the
#videocaptioning
feature we announced last week, we're excited to be bringing you other new
#updates
throughout the 20-21 school year! 🤩
One we know will be a hit is scheduling recurring messages—a frequently requested feature by teachers everywhere. 🗓
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📣 Exciting TP News! Soon, we're launching a new TalkingPoints for Teachers App, Web App, and a redesigned !
#Teachers
deserve the most up-to-date and user-friendly
#tech
to start the school year so we've been working to make
#remotelearning
easier.
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🚨SPOILER ALERT: TalkingPoints was named the Best Overall Family Communication Platform for Teachers and Schools!!! Thank you
@CommonSenseEd
for helping teachers analyze the tools at their disposal.
#edtech
#familyengagement
We spent dozens of hours testing messaging platforms for schools. See the ones we like the best!
#familyengagement
#edtech
@TalkingPointsEd
@RemindHQ
@BloomzApp
@Seesaw
@ClassDojo
@ParentSquare
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Meet Jennifer Colvin! 👋🏼 This superstar from
@scsdoh
sent the most TalkingPoints messages in the entire state of
#Ohio
! We 💙 seeing teachers who value
#familyengagement
this much! Great job, Jennifer!
#edtech
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ICYMI 👉 We added 20 new languages to our app for translation support!
#teachertwitter
#edtech
#familyengagement
#ellchat
#esolteacher
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I don’t know who needs to hear this, but you’re someone’s favorite
#teacher
and their whole family hears about you all the time. 💙
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🧠 DID YOU KNOW? We provide machine & human
#translation
for messages in 100+ languages! 🤯 From Afrikaans to Zulu, families can have easy, effective communication with teachers, helping to foster a partnership unhindered by
#languagebarriers
and dedicated to
#studentsuccess
!
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🧠 DID YOU KNOW? The "Help Me Understand" feature allows you to review a translation that may have come through in a confusion way. 🤔 We'll send it back by a human translator for review and see if we can clarify the meaning for you!
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Many people mistakenly think
#CincodeMayo
is the celebration of Mexican Independence 🇲🇽 when it's actually the celebration of Mexico's victory in the Battle of Puebla in 1862 - a French attempt to overthrow the Mexican President!
#themoreyouknow
#stillworthcelebrating
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We're seeing teachers use our translated video captions in some really cool ways. 😎 One way to engage families is to give a virtual tour of the classroom prior to their re-entry into school. Any time a big change is taking place, this feature is a great tool to prepare them.
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It's official! The upgrade is happening for BOTH messages and announcements! 320 characters ➡️600 characters
Check back in this afternoon for the update! 🤩
#edtech
#youaskedforit
#newandimproved
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There’s a gap between the information educators and families need from one another to build strong school-family connections. Check out our tips for closing this educational gap.
#teachertwitter
#familyengagement
#edequity
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This local TV station is giving
@PLSD
in Ohio the credit it deserves for boosting family engagement across 58 languages! 🙌 Grateful to have played a role in driving meaningful collaboration between families and schools.
#PLSDproud
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We have had an overwhelming response to our webinar today! If you are having trouble joining, know that: (1)we will record and share it (2) schedule another one (3) send out tips and learnings.
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A BIG THANK YOU to
@twilio
&
@jeffiel
for their support as we celebrate 10 million conversations!! We use Twilio to connect educators & families to have a positive impact on
#students
!
#TalkingPoints10M
#ellchat
#parentengagement
#edtech
#familyengagement
#Tech4Good
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Here's to a great
#WIDA2022
with amazing partners and friends! We got to spend quality time with educators, administrators, and staff at all levels who advocate for educational equity daily. It is inspiring for us to work with you all. 🙌
@ISD279
@fcpsnews
@NAELPAforELs
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When teachers are so excited about TalkingPoints they do our job for us…🤩
#istelive22
#istelive
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TalkingPoints was down for a few minutes due to our external server that is experiencing higher demand. It is back up and running as normal now, and we are doing everything in our power to ensure continued service for all of our educators and families, especially now!
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Happy Holidays from all of us at TalkingPoints! Wishing you a healthy and happy holiday season. Stay tuned for exciting updates in the new year!🎉🎊
#ellchat
#parentengagement
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Sending a tremendous "Thank You" to
@NABEorg
and all the partners and new friends we got to spend some quality time with last week. 💙 Keep up the incredible work!
#NABE2023
@MCPS
@SyracuseSchools
@EdisonDistrict
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Happy
#WomensEqualityDay
from the women and men of TalkingPoints! More than 75% of
#teachers
in
#k12
are women and we are grateful for each and every one of them. 💙
#education
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Today begins
#HispanicHeritageMonth
so join us in acknowledging the teachers and families of Hispanic heritage who are positively influencing lives every day in American education! Gracias! 💙
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We’re going LIVE! 🎙 Join us every Thursday at 4:30pm CT, 5:30pm ET starting August 17th for Office Hours LIVE on Facebook, YouTube, and X/Twitter! Log on to get the tips, tricks, and answers you need…and maybe some swag involved if you’re lucky! 😎
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Do you have families who get confused by the callouts, or “robocalls” that go out from the school? Here’s a tip from a fabulous TalkingPoints Teacher on how to make sure all families get the message.
#equity
#inclusion
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We want you to know you’re incredible!
You’ve sent millions of messages to parents. You’ve joined our webinars and shared countless tips for engaging families. You’ve shown us how deeply committed you are to your students and how much you care.
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So grateful to the team at
@CommonSense
for recognizing us as the best overall family communication platform for teachers and schools, but for sending folks our way this week at
#istelive
!
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🎉 We Won! Thank you, Elevate for supporting our work to remove barriers to school-family partnerships. We can't wait to see what the future holds. Follow
@ElevatePrize
to join our journey &
#MakeGoodFamous
!
#ElevatePrizeWinner
#education
#philanthropy
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From the TalkingPoints team to you, thank you for all you do and Happy
#TeacherAppreciation2021
!
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We are proud to be a Common Sense Selection for Learning as we were chosen as the Best Family Communication Platform for Teachers & Schools in 2021. ⭐️ We strive to continue to provide an excellent tool for you!
#edtech
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We'll be choosing our first winner this Friday for
#clearthelist
so make sure you follow, share and enter to win,
#teachers
!
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We're excited to share that TalkingPoints has been listed as the best overall Family Communication Platform for Teachers & Schools by
@CommonSenseEd
! 🏆 Thank you to everyone who has spread the word about the platform helping shape meaningful engagement.
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Thanks for sharing!
@KendraSeitz
What a great way to help your parents sign up in their home languages and start communicating with you! We're excited to help you build strong home-school connections this year!😀
#ELLchat
#ESL
#ENL
#familyengagementmatters
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Forever grateful—yesterday, today, and tomorrow—for everything and everyone. But ALWAYS working for a better, more
#equitable
world for children and families of all languages and backgrounds. 💙 Thank you for working with us.
#continuedgratitude
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Have you stopped by our booth yet? Come meet the team and grab some swag! You can even enter to win $100! 😉
#istelive22
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Q: What do you say to comfort an English teacher?
A: There Their They’re. 😂 Happy
#InternationalJokeDay
to all you English
#teachers
out there!
#puns
#education
#k12
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🧠 DID YOU KNOW? Families using the TalkingPoints for Parents app have a way to review translations as well! By holding their finger down on a message, a parent can make the option "Bad Translation" pop up to send the translation back by a human translator for review. 💬
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Teacher Ms. Rodriguez at Eastway Middle School in North Carolina sent an incredible wellness check-in to her families by using an announcement with emojis. ❤️ We love seeing teachers get creative with the use of the app and taking care of their families.
#edtech
#bettertogether
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Shoutout to
@LebanonSSD
for hosting us this morning! We 💙 seeing the amazing teachers and students of Winfree Bryant Middle School engaged in their classrooms. And learning from educators how they are utilizing TalkingPoints is always a win for us!
#familyengagement
#edtech
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