A DESIGN COURSE FOR EDUCATORS SELF-PACED
Beautiful teaching materials start with your thinking.
You already know how to teach. Learn the visual decisions that turn your ideas into a cohesive, professional curriculum portfolio, one resource at a time.
01 THE SAME DESIGN LANGUAGE
ACROSS DIFFERENT MATERIALS
THE READING LAB02 / 04
Practice
makes progress.
cat
THE READING LAB01 / 04
TEACHER'S GUIDE
Small words.
Big beginnings.
LEARNING OBJECTIVE
Read and build simple CVC words with confidence.
the details
belong together ↗
EXAMPLE PORTFOLIO COLLECTION FIG. 01
DESIGN WITH INTENTION✳TEACH WITH CLARITY✳CREATE WITH CONFIDENCE✳DESIGN WITH INTENTION
01 / THE METHOD
Less guessing.
More making.
This isn't a collection of pretty templates. It's a guided process for building a design foundation you understand, then using it again and again.
Every lesson gives you a clear action, a prompt to use in your own ChatGPT Project, and something worth keeping.
Start with your own project ↗
01◎
Learn the decision
Understand what makes a resource clear, useful, and visually cohesive.
02⌘
Make the thing
Follow a short walkthrough and use a purpose-built prompt to create a real asset.
03↗
Keep what works
Save the rules and files so your next resource starts from a stronger place.
02 / WHAT YOU'LL MAKE
Different resources.
One recognizable style.
The same visual foundation can work across a teacher guide, a student activity, and an instructional diagram. Here's an illustrative collection.
THE READING LAB01
A good
beginning.
SHORT-VOWEL WORD FAMILIES
01 / INTRODUCE02 / MODEL03 / PRACTICE
c·a·t
THE READING LAB02
STUDENT PRACTICE
Sound it.
Build it.
sun
Say each sound, then read the word.
THE READING LAB03
SKILL PROGRESSION
From sounds
to words.
Hear a sound
Blend sounds
Read a word
Concept illustrations only. Not validated instructional resources or downloadable classroom materials.
03 / YOUR PATH
One step at
a time.
Eight small milestones. Each one builds on the work you've already done.
08STAGES IN THE
FULL COURSE
01Set up your studioStart a ChatGPT Project and give it a clear way of working.
START HERE ↗
02Define your curriculumGet clear on your learners, objectives and portfolio goals.
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03Find your visual directionExplore original concepts and choose the one that fits.
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04Build your design foundationSet typography, color, hierarchy and layout rules.
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05Create your first resourceTurn your plan into a finished teacher-facing guide.
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06Make a matching setAdapt your system into activities, assessments and slides.
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07Review and refineCheck instructional quality, accessibility and consistency.
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08Build without the training wheelsCreate another resource with the same system, independently.
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YOUR FIRST SMALL WINYou bring the expertise.
We'll build the method.
In the first lesson, you'll set up your own creative workspace and leave with a foundation you can use again.
Begin lesson 01 ↗