As a teacher, you might be sharing your classroom with other teachers and school staff who also need to communicate with your families. When you add a co-teacher on TalkingPoints, they will not need to enter family contact information all over again, and can start sending announcements and direct messages to families in that class right away.
While co-teachers can message the class at any time, only the host, or original owner of the class may make class edits. Additionally, co-teachers will not receive notifications of one another's messages or see each other's messages in the same thread, but can view the other co-teachers' threads.
Web:
Step 1: Click on your 'Classes' tab.
Step 2: Select the class you'd like to share.
Step 3: Click the three dots in the corner, and then select 'Share class.'
If you are unable to select the Share Class option, this is either because you are not the owner of the class, or you are part of a school- or district-wide TalkingPoints partnership. If the latter, contact your school admin to add co-teachers.
Step 4: Enter the information for the co-teacher(s) you would like to add, and make sure it is the same email they used for their TalkingPoints account. You can also click on 'Add a custom message' to add your own invite message.
Step 5: Click 'Invite' to send the invitation.
Once the invitation is sent, the class will automatically appear for your co-teacher (s) with a green NEW button. The co-teacher must click the class to confirm the invitation. After that, they will be able to send messages and announcements to that class!
App:
Step 1: Tap on your 'Classes' tab.
Step 2: Select the class you'd like to share.
Step 3: Under “Staff Members”, tap 'Add a staff member.'
Step 4: Enter the information for the co-teacher(s) you would like to add, and make sure it is the same email they used for their TalkingPoints account.
Step 5: Tap 'Add' to send the invitation.
