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Community
Free forever. Everything you need to get started.
- Guides and templates, ready to download
- Research and insights, curated from across the field
- Monthly newsletter, delivered to your inbox
Professional
For practitioners who want full access.
- Digital access to The Desk, our quarterly magazine
- Full archive of past Newsroom stories and Desk issues
- Video library: PD and quick tech tips
- Live webinars with practitioners
- One professional development course
- Member discount on books from our contributor network
- Opt in to The Classifieds, our members-only job board
Leader
For teams and district leadership.
- Everything in Professional
- Print edition of The Desk, mailed each quarter
- Discount code for bulk PD course enrollment, tied to your organization's email domain
- A seat at our annual leadership summit
- The Classifieds: search contractors, send direct messages, and post open roles when you're hiring
- Post open roles to reach our member network
The professional development course included with Professional is worth more than a year of dues on its own. Groups of five or more are invoiced directly. Ask for a group quote.
Why members join
Stop rebuilding from scratch
Templates, review rubrics, and AI tools that other designers already pressure-tested on real adoptions. Open one, adapt it, ship the unit.
Learn from people who ship
Monthly sessions and recorded critiques where designers walk through the scope and sequence they actually built, including what they cut.
Get the work
Contract writing, review panels, and full-time roles reach members first, through the publishers and districts we already talk to.
Payment
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Team seats
Leader can be bought as a group with pooled seats, one invoice, and a named contact who onboards your team.
Changing levels
Move up, down, or cancel from your account page. Access runs to the end of the period you already paid for.