KickUp is the modern PL, Coaching, Walkthroughs, and Evaluation system that saves you hours each week and finally connects the dots between PL and educator performance.
Reclaim hours back, so that you can focus on high quality professional learning.
Simplify the evaluation process, and ensure a consistently high bar for all staff.
Illinois districts are juggling outdated systems and disconnected data.
Staff need a step-by-step guide just to register for PD or finish an evaluation.
Changing one field on your evaluation form means a two-week IT ticket.
Reconciling PD attendance and credits by-hand is somebody's never-ending job.
You can't answer "is our PD working?" — because the answer is spread across four systems.
Manage your PL, without emails filling your inbox
Run flexible evaluations for any staff role
Districts coming from Frontline report cutting PD Management time by up to 75% after switching to KickUp.
KickUp Learning was designed so staff can find sessions, register, confirm attendance, and pull their own transcripts aligned to ISBE requirements without ever emailing you.
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When principals spend their evenings with multiple tabs open, the instructional thinking gets crowded out.
KickUp cuts observation documentation time by up to 80%. The feedback gets sharper because principals aren't exhausted by the time they get to the part that matters.
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When evaluations, coaching, walkthroughs, and PD live in siloed systems, keeping a pulse on what's happening and whether it's making a difference is harder than it should be.
Illinois requires districts to retain ISBE Form 77-21A (educator evaluation of PD) and Form 77-21B (evidence of completion) for six years under Article 21B-45 of the Illinois School Code, and to produce completion evidence for any educator on request during an ROE audit.
KickUp handles both forms inside the platform, and keeps a searchable master log so pulling records for an audit doesn't turn into a manual project. Educators can also pull clean PD records for ELIS license renewal without asking you for anything.
Yes. KickUp is a commercial partner with the Danielson Group, and also supports the Illinois Principal Association (IPA) framework used in the state's Administrator Academies, along with custom or homegrown frameworks. This applies across any staff type: teachers, paraprofessionals, administrators, support staff. Districts start from KickUp's best-practice templates or build from scratch, and can make changes mid-year without IT involvement, all while staying aligned to PERA's four rating categories.
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KickUp replaces Frontline's educator development products: PD management, instructional coaching, walkthroughs, and teacher evaluation. It does not replace Frontline's hiring, onboarding, or absence management modules. Most districts run KickUp alongside those tools, or alongside Red Rover for absence management.
What districts tend to notice most after switching is how much lighter PD management feels, and how much more visible their data becomes.
Lincoln-Way found they could do in hours what used to take days.
Twin Rivers described getting back 75% of the time they used to spend just keeping the system running.
Yes, for PD management, coaching, and evaluations. Districts on PowerSchool describe similar friction: attendance reconciliation eating staff hours, evaluations that slip through the cracks because the system can't track timelines automatically, and PD, coaching, and evaluation data living in three disconnected places.
Read: The hidden cost of staying with PowerSchool →
The differences show up in three places.
Flexibility: KickUp supports unlimited evaluation cycles for any staff type or framework, with mid-cycle changes and no rebuild. Adlai E. Stevenson HSD 125, one of the top-ranked high schools in the country, runs 17 distinct evaluation cycles in KickUp with zero formal training needed.
Leader and staff experience: AI timestamps notes and tags evidence to your framework in real time, cutting write-up time by up to 80%.
Visibility: Every leader sees exactly where evaluation progress stands, by teacher, by step, by evaluator, without running a report.
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Most districts are surprised by how smooth the transition is. From the moment you sign, you have a dedicated Customer Success Manager and an onboarding specialist working alongside your district. KickUp handles the heavy lifting: configuration, data sync, SSO setup, and training, in close collaboration with your team.
If you're migrating historical data from Frontline, PowerSchool, or another system, your CSM works alongside your district's technical team and KickUp's technical integration team to determine what to import, format historical records, and ensure the right people have access to the right data from day one.
KickUp typically kicks off 4 to 8 weeks before your target go-live date, with weekly working sessions throughout. Timelines can be accelerated or extended based on your needs. Training doesn't end at launch. As your team changes and your use of the platform deepens, KickUp continues to provide check-ins, new feature training, and refresher support throughout the partnership.
Illinois' SB2909 (effective 2027, or upon an earlier signing date) amends Article 24A to regulate AI use in formal teacher evaluations. It prohibits AI from assigning scores or ratings or performing any task requiring professional judgment, prohibits teachers from using AI to generate their own evidence, and requires disclosure of any AI tool's name and purpose.
KickUp AI was built around exactly this principle: it never scores, a human owns every judgment, and its role stays administrative and organizational. It's already aligned with what the law requires.
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Yes. KickUp is SOC 2 Type II certified, FERPA compliant, and WCAG 2.0 AA accessible. All data is hosted on AWS in U.S.-based data centers and encrypted at rest and in transit. KickUp has maintained 99.98%+ uptime over the last two years.
Full documentation is available at trust.kickup.co.
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