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FASTalk Teacher Resources

FASTalk Basics
Getting Started
How-To Guides
FASTalk for Families
FASTalk Tips
FASTalk BASICS

FASTalk is an evidence-based tool that sparks dialogue between teachers, parents and students about classroom learning. 

Families receive weekly curriculum-aligned activities sent via text in their home language. The activities are fun and easy for busy families to do anywhere.

​Ongoing parent-teacher communication about student learning is seamless with two-way, automatic translation in 100+ languages.
GETTING STARTED WITH FASTalk IN YOUR CLASSROOM

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1.  Participate in FASTalk Teacher Training Webinar (Contact support@fastalk.org for webinar information for your school site)



2. Claim your classroom roster + survey to set-up your account.  
Go to www.fastalk.org and click on Set up my FASTalk account. 

If your email address is not found, that means that we did not receive student data under your email address. If you will be monitoring the FASTalk activities on behalf of another teacher, please contact support@fastalk.org and provide your preferred email address and we will grant you access!



3.
Verify classroom roster - The class rosters have been pre-loaded to your teacher accounts using family contact data received from your site. After completing the claim process, please log-in to your www.fastalk.org account to verify accuracy. If you notice any students are missing, please contact support@fastalk.org and we can help!

HOW-TO GUIDES
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  • How-to:  Edit parent/caregiver's info: home language & phone number
    • ​video
    • PDF guide
 
  • How-to: Navigate the 2-way FASTalk chat box
    • ​video
    • PDF guide
 
  • How-to add/remove student from FASTalk class roster
    • ​video
    • PDF guide
 
  • How-to: Create your own FASTalk playlist
    • video
    • ​PDF guide
 
  • How-to: Customize an existing FASTalk playlist
    • ​PDF guide
 
  • How-to: Stop FASTalk messages for parents
    • ​PDF guide
 
  • How-to: Send a shortened link through FASTalk
    • video
    • ​PDF guide
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  • How-to talk about FASTalk to your families 



FASTalk FOR FAMILIES

  • [Video] Intro to FASTalk for Families (English, Spanish, Arabic, Vietnamese, Chinese)
 
  • [From Schools] Informational letter for families available for download in multiple languages: 
    • English
    • Arabic
    • Chinese
    • Spanish
    • Vietnamese
 
  • [From Teachers] Informational letter for families available for download in multiple languages: 
    • English
    • Amharic
    • Arabic
    • Chinese
    • Farsi
    • Khmer
    • Mongolian
    • Pashto
    • Spanish
    • Tagalog
    • Tigrinya
    • Vietnamese 
​     Contact support@fastalk.org if additional languages are needed.

  • Open House presentation deck for families 


Not finding what you're looking for? Contact support@fastalk.org

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