Turn your relationships into your greatest asset
Turn your relationships into your greatest asset
Set up once. Your career's worth of impact, recognized, visible and rewarded.
Set up once. Your career's worth of impact, recognized, visible and rewarded.
Set up once. Your career's worth of impact, recognized, visible and rewarded.
Now live in over 25 cities across California
Now live in over 25 cities across California
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What is missing today
Years of teaching. Much of that impact goes uncaptured.
Great teachers earn the trust of families and shape how children experience school. Much of that impact goes unrecorded.
Kina changes that. Every family connection, every year of appreciation, and every class that loved you lives in one place.
Your impact, growing with you. Wherever you go.
What we do
You already have the relationships. We help you turn them into your greatest asset.
1. Your Reputation
The reputation you already have, finally visible.
Every year you teach, every family that connects, every appreciation builds into your story. A portable record of your impact that grows with you and shows what a resume cannot.
Like a recommendation from every family you have taught, all in one place.
Every year you teach, every family that connects, every appreciation builds into your story. A portable record of your impact that grows with you and shows what a resume cannot.
Like a recommendation from every family you have taught, all in one place.
2. Appreciation and Gifts
Appreciation you can actually use.
From the families you’re connected with, appreciation becomes easy and ongoing.
Redeem for gift cards at over 350 stores. No more mugs or plants. You choose what you need.
From the families you’re connected with, appreciation becomes easy and ongoing.
Redeem for gift cards at over 350 stores. No more mugs or plants. You choose what you need.
3. Your Network
Support that grows with your network
As more families connect with you, your community grows in value.
Local partners choose to support the teachers families trust, those making an impact in their community, simply by showing up alongside you.
Trusted teachers attract support. The bigger your community, the more it gives back.
As more families connect with you, your community grows in value.
Local partners choose to support the teachers families trust, those making an impact in their community, simply by showing up alongside you.
Trusted teachers attract support. The bigger your community, the more it gives back.
How it works
Set up once.
Everything builds.
1. Set up your profile
Create your profile so families can find and connect with you. Done in minutes.
2. Invite families
Share your profile with families so they can connect and show appreciation.
3. Everything grows
Your reputation, appreciation, and support compounds over time.
Set up your profile and receive $20. Every family that joins gets $5 to send you, so your first connections and appreciation happen right away.
With just 10 families, that’s $70 to start, and it builds from there.
I wish I had something like this to show to the school directors when I was applying for jobs. Your reputation starts the day you sign up. Don't wait until you need it!
Ms. Martinez · Preschool Teacher · Culver City
"I set it up on a Monday. By Wednesday a parent had sent me a note saying I was the reason their daughter loves school. I cried in the parking lot."
Ms. Chen · Preschool Teacher · West LA
"I set it up on a Monday. By Wednesday a parent had sent me a note saying I was the reason their daughter loves school. I cried in the parking lot."
Ms. Park · Preschool Teacher · Marina del Rey
I wish I had something like this to show to the school directors when I was applying for jobs. Your reputation starts the day you sign up. Don't wait until you need it!
Ms. Martinez · Preschool Teacher · Culver City
"I set it up on a Monday. By Wednesday a parent had sent me a note saying I was the reason their daughter loves school. I cried in the parking lot."
Ms. Chen · Preschool Teacher · West LA
"I set it up on a Monday. By Wednesday a parent had sent me a note saying I was the reason their daughter loves school. I cried in the parking lot."
Ms. Park · Preschool Teacher · Marina del Rey
I wish I had something like this to show to the school directors when I was applying for jobs. Your reputation starts the day you sign up. Don't wait until you need it!
Ms. Martinez · Preschool Teacher · Culver City
FAQ
Your questions. Answered.
Is Kina free for teachers?
Yes. Completely free for teachers, forever. Families choose to show appreciation voluntarily. There is no cost, no subscription, and nothing to buy.
What do I do with the points I earn?
Redeem them for gift cards whenever you want: Amazon, Target, Starbucks, restaurants, and more. No expiry. Your choice.
What if I change schools?
Your Kina profile and your entire Kina Story go with you. They are tied to you as a teacher, not to any school. Every connection, every year of appreciation, all yours.
How does sponsorship work exactly?
Kina connects you with local businesses that want to support teachers in their community to expand the impact you make.
They show up alongside you on your profile so families can see who is supporting the work you do.
Businesses typically contribute around 1 to 2 dollars per family per month, so your support grows as your community grows.
For example, 50 families can generate around 50 to 100 dollars per month through your community.
How much can I earn from sponsorship?
Your earnings grow with your impact.
Kina uses a simple scoring system based on your connected families, appreciation received, and consistency over time. As your community grows, you move into higher tiers and unlock more monthly support per family.
For example, 50 families can generate around $50–$100 per month, with more as your network and engagement grow.
How can I use the support I receive?
However you want.
For yourself or your classroom, you decide what matters most.
What’s the best way to share this with families?
Share your Kina profile with your class, or ask your room parent to include it in a class email or group chat.
Families can connect in a few clicks and learn more about you.
What is the $5 families get when they join?
Complete your profile and receive $20 to get started.
When a family joins through your profile, they receive $5 from Kina to send you as an appreciation gift. Your first gift and your first connection happen on day one.
FAQ
Your questions. Answered.
Is Kina free for teachers?
Yes. Completely free for teachers, forever. Families choose to show appreciation voluntarily. There is no cost, no subscription, and nothing to buy.
What do I do with the points I earn?
Redeem them for gift cards whenever you want: Amazon, Target, Starbucks, restaurants, and more. No expiry. Your choice.
What if I change schools?
Your Kina profile and your entire Kina Story go with you. They are tied to you as a teacher, not to any school. Every connection, every year of appreciation, all yours.
How does sponsorship work exactly?
Kina connects you with local businesses that want to support teachers in their community to expand the impact you make.
They show up alongside you on your profile so families can see who is supporting the work you do.
Businesses typically contribute around 1 to 2 dollars per family per month, so your support grows as your community grows.
For example, 50 families can generate around 50 to 100 dollars per month through your community.
How much can I earn from sponsorship?
Your earnings grow with your impact.
Kina uses a simple scoring system based on your connected families, appreciation received, and consistency over time. As your community grows, you move into higher tiers and unlock more monthly support per family.
For example, 50 families can generate around $50–$100 per month, with more as your network and engagement grow.
How can I use the support I receive?
However you want.
For yourself or your classroom, you decide what matters most.
What’s the best way to share this with families?
Share your Kina profile with your class, or ask your room parent to include it in a class email or group chat.
Families can connect in a few clicks and learn more about you.
What is the $5 families get when they join?
Complete your profile and receive $20 to get started.
When a family joins through your profile, they receive $5 from Kina to send you as an appreciation gift. Your first gift and your first connection happen on day one.
FAQ
Your questions. Answered.
Is Kina free for teachers?
Yes. Completely free for teachers, forever. Families choose to show appreciation voluntarily. There is no cost, no subscription, and nothing to buy.
What do I do with the points I earn?
Redeem them for gift cards whenever you want: Amazon, Target, Starbucks, restaurants, and more. No expiry. Your choice.
What if I change schools?
Your Kina profile and your entire Kina Story go with you. They are tied to you as a teacher, not to any school. Every connection, every year of appreciation, all yours.
How does sponsorship work exactly?
Kina connects you with local businesses that want to support teachers in their community to expand the impact you make.
They show up alongside you on your profile so families can see who is supporting the work you do.
Businesses typically contribute around 1 to 2 dollars per family per month, so your support grows as your community grows.
For example, 50 families can generate around 50 to 100 dollars per month through your community.
How much can I earn from sponsorship?
Your earnings grow with your impact.
Kina uses a simple scoring system based on your connected families, appreciation received, and consistency over time. As your community grows, you move into higher tiers and unlock more monthly support per family.
For example, 50 families can generate around $50–$100 per month, with more as your network and engagement grow.
How can I use the support I receive?
However you want.
For yourself or your classroom, you decide what matters most.
What’s the best way to share this with families?
Share your Kina profile with your class, or ask your room parent to include it in a class email or group chat.
Families can connect in a few clicks and learn more about you.
What is the $5 families get when they join?
Complete your profile and receive $20 to get started.
When a family joins through your profile, they receive $5 from Kina to send you as an appreciation gift. Your first gift and your first connection happen on day one.
From connection
What changes when families connect
Without Kina
Another mug or plant you do not really need
No benefit from the relationships you build
Your impact lives in memory
Everything resets each school year
With Kina
5-10x more appreciation year round, as gift cards
Appreciation that shows up every month
A demonstrable record of your impact
Your community grows every year
Get started
Your impact, recognized and rewarded.
Your families are waiting. Your story starts today.
Get started
Your impact, recognized and rewarded.
Your families are waiting. Your story starts today.
Get started
Your impact, recognized and rewarded.
Your families are waiting. Your story starts today.