Teachers can connect with families in two ways through TalkingPoints: the mobile app and SMS text. See the following instructions for how to set up families via SMS text messaging.
Choose a class and select "add students."
Click the option to "invite family contacts via text message."
Ask families to send a message to the phone number associated with your TalkingPoints account. Once they send a message to this number, they will be prompted to send a code. Each code is specific to the family's home language.
4. Once the code is sent, families will be able to communicate with teachers in their home languages.
*Please note:
Teachers' personal phone numbers are not used to communicate with families. The phone number in the TalkingPoints account is an auto-generated number used to protect teachers' privacy.
Downloadable PDF's are available for teachers to send to parents to explain how TalkingPoints works.