🔍 About KickUp
KickUp is a professional development analytics platform focused on helping districts use data to improve educator support.
✅ Feedback Collection – Gathers survey and coaching data to inform district-level decisions.
✅ Coaching Logs & Cycles – Tracks coaching conversations and educator engagement.
✅ PD Planning & Dashboards – Offers centralized dashboards for managing PD initiatives.
✅ Data-Driven Insights – Helps leaders identify trends and opportunities for support.
How It Works
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Designed primarily for central office leaders and coaches.
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Emphasizes district-level visibility and planning over individual teacher experience.
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Useful for organizing and visualizing coaching and PD data, but not built for end-to-end evaluation cycles.
2gnoMe: A More Complete & Teacher-Centered Alternative
2gnoMe is a flexible, educator-centered platform focused on:
✅ Integrated Evaluations + PD – From observations to growth plans, it’s all in one place.
✅ Teacher Self-Reflection – Starts with individual voice and aligns to actionable learning.
✅ Supports Coaches + Admins – Real-time visibility with less admin lift.
✅ More Than Just Dashboards – 200+ expert-vetted PD resources included – and customizable.
How 2gnoMe Works
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Builds a continuous learning cycle — self-awareness → feedback → personalized growth.
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Used by all staff, including non-instructional roles – not just the district office.
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Streamlines data collection and action — saving time while improving outcomes.
Bottom Line
While KickUp helps visualize PD data, 2gnoMe goes further – giving teachers tools to act on feedback, connecting it to real professional growth, and unifying everything under one roof.
For districts that want results, not just reports, 2gnoMe is the smarter choice.
Feature Category | 2gnoMe | KickUp |
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Primary Purpose | Unified platform for self-reflection, personalized PD, observations, and evidence-based growth. | Analytics and coaching tool for capturing feedback and supporting PD planning. |
Frameworks & Rubrics | Turnkey Framework for Teaching, along with dozens of rubrics for non-instructinoal and certified roles. | Not built to manage full frameworks or rubrics. |
Self-Reflection | Built-in, customizable self-reflection aligned to district frameworks. | Limited self-reflection, often survey-based. |
Observation & Feedback | Fully integrated with classroom observations, formal/informal feedback, and aligned growth tracking. | Captures feedback but not tied to a unified observation/evaluation model. |
PD Resources | 200+ vetted, high-quality resources included at no cost. Districts can also add their own resources, assignments, and sequences. | Relies on external PD content. No built-in PD library. |
Personalized Learning | Auto-curated PD aligned to individual strengths and growth areas. | Identifies needs; relies on district to deliver PD separately. |
Dashboards & Insights | Real-time, role-based dashboards with detailed engagement, usage, and growth analytics. | Strong dashboards for coaching and feedback trends. |
Users & Roles Supported | Teachers, non-instructional staff, certified staff, mentors, coaches, evaluators — all in one place. | Primarily teachers and coaches; limited support for other roles. |
Group & Mentor Tools | Built-in mentoring workflows, learning groups, collaboration and tracking tools. | Coach feedback loops; not a full group/mentorship system. |
Customization & Flexibility | High — rubrics, forms, reports, learning paths, and feedback models can all be customized. | Moderate — survey and dashboard customization; limited elsewhere. |
Integrations & Security | SSO, SIS, LMS integrations. Hosted on AWS. FERPA/COPPA compliant. | SSO and common integrations available. |
Pricing Model | Flat, affordable per-user pricing; includes all core features and PD library. | Custom pricing; often add-ons for advanced features. |
Scalability | Used in implementations ranging from 6 educators to 20,000+ across entire states. | District-level use; not widely implemented at state scale. |