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TalkingPoints

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TalkingPoints is a multilingual texting platform that easily connects teachers and families via text messages.
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Teachers can access through a tile in MyDot

Families have three easy ways to use TalkingPoints and to communicate with their children’s teachers! They can use text messaging, download the separate app - TalkingPoints for Families - or they can use it on the web at TalkingPoints for FamiliesAccess.

CCSD pays for this as a district

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Here are a few support resources from TalkingPoints:
  • One-pager 
  • Quick start guide
  • Pocket PD
  • TalkingPoints Resource page

Communicate with families in their home languages to build strong partnerships all year long. 
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​Teachers should verify that the parent has signed up for text messages, has chosen the correct language and has inputed the correct phone number.

  • Email in PowerSchool 
  • Google Translate
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​CCSD Mission: To inspire every student to think, to learn, to achieve, to care.
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  • Home
  • Instructional Design
    • Instructional Design
    • Digital Learning Resources >
      • Nearpod
      • NoodleTools
      • SmartPass
      • Proquest SIRS Discover
      • Sora
      • Britannica School
      • BrainPOP
      • ABC CLIO
      • Discovery Ed
      • Talking Points
    • Connecting Through Storytelling
  • Content Areas
    • Health and Physical Education >
      • Health
      • Physical Education
    • Literacy
    • Mathematics
    • Science
    • Social Studies
    • Visual and Performing Arts >
      • Dance
      • Drama and Theatre Arts
      • Music
      • Visual Arts
    • World Languages
    • Year at a Glance Documents
  • Professional Learning
    • The PL HUB
  • Feedback