For: Teachers
Platform: Web + Mobile App (No SMS)
👀 Are you an admin looking for a Staff Announcements overview? Find that article here!
What Are Staff Announcements?
Staff Announcements help school and district staff share important updates with one another. You’ll get messages from your school leaders, district admins, or co-teachers—all in your TalkingPoints app.
🛑 These are one-way messages, and they are app-only (no SMS or email delivery).
💬 Sending Staff Announcements as a Teacher
If you co-teach a class, any announcement you send will also go to your co-teacher by default.
Example:
You and another teacher are both assigned to Class XYZ
You send an announcement to Class XYZ
Your co-teacher will see the message in three places:
📌 On the Home page, if it’s one of the most recent messages
📬 On the Announcements page under Class XYZ
📚 On the All Announcements view
❗Your co-teacher will not see the message in the student message thread.
📥 Receiving Staff Announcements
You’ll receive announcements from:
Your school or district leaders
Co-teachers in your shared classes
These show up in:
🟪 School or District inboxes (automatically created when you receive your first message from that level)
📁 Class inboxes, if the announcement was sent to your class or group
🏷️ If the message was sent only to staff, you’ll see a “Staff only” label at the top—both in Web and Mobile—so it’s clear that families and students didn’t receive it.
🔔 Notifications & Badges
You’ll see new message alerts in the same way as other announcements:
Web
Number badge next to Announcements
Badge + “# NEW” tile on your Home page
Badges on class, school, or district inboxes with unread messages
Mobile
Badge on the Announcements tab
“NEW” tag on unread messages
Badges inside the message list
✅ Badges clear automatically once you view the message.
🛠 Adjust Your Notification Settings
You can control badge and push notifications for announcements without affecting your family message settings.
On Web:
Go to Announcements > ⋯ (3 dots)
Toggle badges and email notifications on/off
On Mobile:
Go to Settings > Notifications & Auto-Reply
Manage:
Push notifications for staff announcements
Badge settings for admin announcements
❗ Badges for family messages can’t be turned off.
✨ Summary for Teachers
What You Can Do | Details |
📢 Send announcements to co-teachers | Automatically visible to all teachers in a shared class |
👀 Receive messages from admins + co-teachers | Shows up with clear badges and inbox placement |
🏷️ See “Staff only” label | Easily know if students/families didn’t receive the message |
🔔 Customize alerts | Adjust settings without affecting family message alerts |