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.
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
1. Participate in FASTalk Teacher Training Webinar (Contact [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] and we can help!
HOW-TO GUIDES
- How-to: Send a group text to multiple families
- How-to: Customize an existing FASTalk playlist
- How-to: Stop FASTalk messages for parents
- How-to: Send a shortened link through FASTalk
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:
- [From Teachers] Informational letter for families available for download in multiple languages: