KickUp

“KickUp is simple on the surface, but powerful underneath. It gives us everything we need to support our principals, empower our educators, and streamline the entire appraisal process.”

“"Without KickUp, I would be in my office all day doing that manual work instead of being out in classrooms supporting teachers."”

“"I've had teachers who have been gone five or seven years, and I can just go right back to their transcript, make a PDF of it, and send it to them."”

“"Y'all are the Cadillac of PD management systems. It's not just that the product is better. It's all in one place. And your Customer Success is second to none, even after 7 years."”

“"Once our data was in place, the system just worked. It's been remarkably straightforward."”

“You can’t be afraid of the change. The work you put in at the beginning makes everything so much easier as you move forward. It’s going to impact your everyday building meetings and help you answer to your school board. And for teachers, it's making their lives easier.”

“In 37 years of education, I've never had an onboarding experience that has been as positive or welcoming as this one has been with KickUp. It has been the easiest rollout of anything that I've worked with in all my years.”

“It’s not just that the product is better—it’s that it’s all in one place. We replaced three tools with one, and it actually costs us less.”

““We know KickUp can help us in so many ways and we feel like we’re just getting started,””

““For us to continue to support our teachers with the professional learning they need to support our students at the level we want to see them at, we need a platform like KickUp that allows us to house and share this data and the feedback.””

““For us to grow, we need a system that can grow along with us,””

““We pride ourselves on taking feedback and making adjustments so that professional learning becomes more meaningful to our staff,””

““We make the data anonymous for school leaders [to preserve teachers’ privacy], but they can look at school data and make adjustments based on their school’s plan and our district strategic plan.””

““now we’re able to keep all of our coaching data in one place,””

““KickUp creates a map of teachers’ learning,” adds Moreland. “That has been key for teachers – and for us.””

““KickUp allows them to sign up, track their attendance, and stay on top of their own professional learning.””

““We put the responsibility on teachers to complete their professional learning plan and renew their teaching license,””

““We were impressed with the user friendliness of KickUp and it seemed logical and intuitive to use,””

“KickUp creates a map of teachers’ learning. That has been key for teachers – and for us.”

““Think of it as an organizational tool and a facilitation tool — not a replacement for your judgment. You’re still the expert. The tool just helps you facilitate the process smoother and faster.””

““In all my years, this was the easiest rollout I've ever done. And it's the easiest system I've worked with. You don’t get both very often.””

““With hiring and retention more important than ever, our district needs to not only track new teachers’ and mentors’ work toward PD credit but also to gather formative feedback so we can align needs with supports.””

““We will be able to have rich conversations around teacher effectiveness and school improvement by triangulating what teachers are learning in professional learning, how they are being coached, and what we see of instruction through the walkthroughs,””

““Compared to our old system, KickUp houses everything and takes less of my time to use.””

““KickUp - helps us to be systematic with our professional development and with our data regardless of whether we’re in a remote, hybrid, or in-person environment.””