Instantly celebrate student achievements in just a few clicks! Research shows that a 4:1 ratio of positive to constructive messages builds trust, strengthening family-teacher partnerships, and makes it easier to partner with families when challenges arise.
Most teachers know they should be sending positive messages and have a goal to send them more frequently, but often feel they don’t have the time to make sending them a priority.
Quick Kudos gives teachers the ease of sending a positive message by simply clicking a button, while also giving them the flexibility to easily edit the messages. They can also create their own kudos categories. In an early pilot, teachers using Quick Kudos saw double the engagement as compared to a typical, text-based message.
Each Quick Kudos message is tracked with the new positive message tracking found alongside Quick Kudos on the teacher’s home page.
FAQs
When will Quick Kudos be available?
The Quick Kudos feature will be available for back to school 2025 as part of TalkingPoints Foundations.
Who will have access to Quick Kudos?
Quick Kudos will be available in TalkingPoints for Teachers (web and mobile app) who are associated with a school or district using TalkingPoints.
Where can partners access and utilize Quick Kudos?
Once released, users of the teacher web product will be able to find Quick Kudos on the home page. Quick Kudos will also be available on the teacher mobile app on the home screen (see images below).
How does sending a Quick Kudos work?
From the home page, select ‘send quick kudos’ to see the seven pre-built categories: Academic progress, Hard work, Kindness, Leadership, Perseverance, Problem solving, Teamwork.
Select a category and its corresponding message will appear in the compose modal.
These messages can be revised or sent as is to the selected recipients.
By default, all quick kudos messages will automatically be tagged as ‘positive messages’ and as an added bonus, they will be sent with confetti for both the teacher and family app users.
Web:
Mobile:
Can teachers add to or edit the Quick Kudos pre-built messages?
Yes. See more information below on how to add and edit Quick Kudos categories and messages.
How does editing a Quick Kudos work?
Teachers can edit any of the following for any Quick Kudos category:
category name
associated emoji
default Quick Kudos message
positive message status (Note: when messages with this box checked are sent, confetti will appear for the teacher and family app users, and their positive message count will automatically increase)
Web:
Mobile:
If a teacher updates a message in the compose modal, will that update the Quick Kudos template?
While teachers can edit any message in the compose modal, if they want to permanently update the Quick Kudos message, they need to select ‘Edit kudos’ on that kudos category.
How does adding a Quick Kudos category work?
Teachers can have a total of 20 Quick Kudos categories, which means they can add up to 13 more kudos categories. Once they have 20 categories, the option to ‘Add a new category’ will no longer appear.
Select Send Quick Kudos
Then “Add a new category”
Create a category name and select emoji
Draft an appropriate message
Mobile:
Teachers follow similar steps as above in the app.
What are some good examples of Quick Kudos categories that teachers might consider adding?
Teachers can add categories for any messages they send frequently or can create categories that align to specific words used in their classrooms. For example:
Attendance
Class helper
Creativity
Helped a friend