The Teaching Knowledge Loop
When teachers lead with passion, knowledge, and thoughtful instruction, students learn!
When teachers lead with passion, knowledge, and thoughtful instruction, students learn!
JOIN OUR COMMUNITY OF EDUCATORS!
THE LOOP
Are you tired of feeling isolated in your teaching journey? Do you crave a community of like-minded educators who inspire and uplift each other? Look no further!
We are excited to announce the launch of our new educator community portal and it is called the Loop. Access to the Loop is FREE for all educators.
Our new community portal is a fun way for teachers to engage each other in learning, sharing experience, ideas, resources that will lift each other up to reach our full potential. Members will receive incentive points for contributions that are made in support of the community of learners in the form of challenges and achieving badges. “TKL Activity Points” are accumulated by members and can lead to various rewards each month. (i.e. cash gift cards, supplies, merchandise, etc.)
GAMIFICATION
Each month members will have the opportunity to accumulate TKL Activity Points which will lead to having a ranking on the leaderboard. The members who achieve the top levels on the monthly leaderboard will receive rewards.
There are basically three ways for members to receive TKL Activity Points.
Monthly Challenges
| Complete Your Profile Information | 15 points |
| Create your own cohort team | 10 points |
| Invite a Colleague to Join TKL Community | 3 Points |
| Create a Post on the Community Page | 3 points |
| Provide a comment to a TKL Forum | 3 Points |
| Upload an Image Resource for your peers | 2 points |
| Share an educational video | 2 points |
| Upload a resources document for your colleagues | 2 points |
| Enter a vote in the TKL Monthly Poll | 1 point |
| Responding with a comment to an existing post | 1 point |
Badges
| TKL Teacher Pro | 3 Comprehensive Course Completed | 15 Points |
| TKL Teacher Scholar | 5 Comprehensive Course Completed | 20 Points |
| TKL Extraordinary Educator | 10 Comprehensive Course Completions | 40 Points |
| TKL Master Teacher | 15+ Comprehensive Course Completions | 60 Points |
| Community Contributor | 10 Community Posts (i.e Video, Sharing Posting, Documents, Videos) | 5 points |
| Community Enthusiast | Completing 25th Community Post = (i.e Video, Sharing Posting, Documents, Videos) | 15 Points |
| Community Advocate | Completing 50th Community Post = (i.e Video, Sharing Posting, Documents, Videos) | 20 Points |
| Community Champion | Completing 100th Community Post = (i.e Video, Sharing Posting, Documents, Videos | 45 Points |
| Colleague Connector | Reaching 10 Colleague Followers | 5 Points |
| Colleague Networker | Reaching 50 Colleague Followers | 10 Points |
| Colleague Influencer | Reaching 100 Colleague Followers | 20 Points |
| Colleague Luminary | Reaching 500 Colleague Followers | 75 Points |
| Monthly Leadership Gold | Monthly Leadership 1st Place Award | 15 Points |
| Monthly Leadership Silver | Monthly Leadership 2nd Place Award | 10 Points |
| Monthly Leadership Bronze | Monthly Leadership 3rd Place Award | 5 Points |
Milestones Achievements
| Completing a TKL Comprehensive Course | 15 Points |
| Add Follower to your list of colleagues | 2 Points |
| Invited Colleague Joins TKL | 8 Points |
| Badge Bonus Points ~ TKL Teacher Pro | 15 Points |
| Badge Bonus Points ~ TKL Teacher Scholar | 20 Points |
| Badge Bonus Points ~ TKL Extraordinary Educator | 40 Points |
| Badge Bonus Points ~ TKL Master Teacher | 60 Points |
| Badge Bonus Points ~ TKL Community Star | 5 Points |