The ultimate curriculum platform for K-12 art teachers.

What is FLEX Curriculum?The modern, flexible curriculum platform art teachers want with the vetted, standards-aligned curriculum materials school districts need.

DISCOVER: Search thousands of premium curriculum materials, including lessons, videos, resources, and assessments.

DESIGN: Curate standards-aligned curriculum materials into 100% custom classes and units.

DELIVER: Access from any device, anytime. Download, print, screen share, or upload to your school’s LMS.

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A Modern Curriculum for MODERN ART TEACHERS

ART CURRICULUM SHOULDN’T BE STATIC.

FLEX members get access to new premium curriculum materials every single month.

ART CURRICULUM SHOULDN’T BE ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL.

FLEX allows art teachers to build custom curriculums to reflect their unique students.

ART CURRICULUM SHOULDN’T BE STUCK IN A BOOK.

FLEX helps engage students with fun worksheets, creative lessons, and entertaining videos.

ART CURRICULUM SHOULDN’T TAKE AUTONOMY FROM ART TEACHERS.

FLEX makes it easy to align to state standards and district initiatives without losing creative control.

If your state follows state-specific visual arts standards, FLEX CAN WORK FOR YOU.

Curriculum aligned to all 50 states’ arts standards, including the NCAS. Aligning your curriculum to state and national arts standards has never been easier. Curriculum materials in FLEX are individually aligned to state and national arts standards.

Select a specific standard, and FLEX will serve up all the curriculum materials that directly align.

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VIDEOS High-quality animated videos to capture student attention and scaffold learning around

critical art concepts.

ASSESSMENTS Targeted and open-ended

assessments, including formative, summative,

reflections, critiques, and more.

LESSON PLANS Engaging step-by-step lessons complete with key objectives, teaching strategies, and time

requirements.

RESOURCES Premium student-facing

resources, including worksheets, reference materials, lists,

planning sheets, and more.

Curriculum Materials Organized Into Thematic CollectionsCollections are a great way to find the exact curriculum materials you’re looking for. FLEX members get exclusive access to a large library of curriculum collections plus three new collections every single month, covering new artists, current events, cross-curricular connections, and more.

ARTIST BIOS Interesting artist biographies to help students connect with

a diverse set of historical, contemporary, and living artists.

1,000s of premium curriculum materials

FLEX gives art teachers access to a rich library of premium curriculum materials so they can save time

and focus on teaching and student learning.

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3 Ways School Districts Use FLEX Curriculum

FLEX can support any district’s curriculum adoption needs, regardless of the size of the district or what the review process looks like.

SUPPLEMENTALThe district doesn’t have a set curriculum or review process. Teachers are autonomous as long as they are meeting state and national standards.

FLEX is supplemental, enhancing what teachers already teach in the classroom and allowing them to search by content type or standard to round out their curriculum.

REFRESHERFLEX can help keep the curriculum relevant from year to year with new materials (lessons, assessments, artist bios, vocabulary lists, student worksheets, student reference guides, student-facing videos, and more) released each month. As the library of resources grows, teachers are able to refresh their curriculum and stay current with changing trends in the field.

COMPLETE ADOPTION It’s curriculum adoption time, and it can be overwhelming to start from scratch and reimagine curriculum for the district. The time and finances it takes to develop materials after a curriculum review process is often underestimated.

FLEX offers a complete library of materials to drive curriculum review while still giving teachers autonomy to design a custom curriculum. Bundle FLEX Curriculum with PRO Learning for ongoing professional learning to support the curriculum.

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COLLABORATIVE CURRICULUM

For teachers who are working with a common district curriculum that still allows them a degree of self-sufficiency. FLEX allows the art team to collaborate as a department in order to ensure continuity.

4 Ways Art Teachers Use FLEX Curriculum

FLEX Curriculum can support individual teacher’s needs.

SELF-DIRECTED CURRICULUM

For teachers who are self-sufficient and in charge of their own curriculum yet still want to grow in their practice and save time.

GUIDING CURRICULUM

For teachers new to the profession or those needing additional support. FLEX provides examples and guidance to ensure developmentally appropriate curriculum delivery.

STRUCTURED CURRICULUM

For teachers who are expected to follow a school or district common curriculum.

FLEX CAN HELP BY…

• Providing district administrators with the ability to create pre-built classes and units to share with teachers.

• Giving teachers and administrators the freedom to download any content and upload it to their district drive or district Learning Management System (LMS).

FLEX CAN HELP BY…

• Providing leaders with the ability to scale the coaching of their teachers by creating classes and units to share, ensuring teachers are supported in using the platform and are provided with examples.

• Giving emerging educators FLEX collections with thematic, curated, and standards-aligned materials to take directly into the classroom.

FLEX CAN HELP BY…

• Providing standards-aligned curriculum materials to ensure a spiraled and aligned curriculum and common assessment plan.

• Giving teachers and administrators the ability to create units and classes that can be shared among the art department.

FLEX CAN HELP BY…

• Providing standards-aligned curriculum materials that supplement what they’re already doing, saving them time so that they can focus on instruction and management.

• Giving teachers the ability to create their own classes and units section. It’s like Pinterest vetted by a university.

How to Fund FLEX Curriculum in Your DistrictCurriculum is the foundation of any art program. In the arts, curriculum may not look like a traditional textbook; however, art teachers should still have equitable access to curriculum funds to purchase art-specific curriculum materials. Consider the pathways below to access curriculum funds available to the arts.

CURRICULUM ADOPTION CYCLE While visual arts teachers

generally teach more students than most teachers, the arts can often be overlooked on curriculum adoption cycles. If you aren’t included in your school’s rotation for curriculum adoption materials, advocate to be added! This would allow you access to guaranteed funds for curriculum on a regular cycle.

SUPPLEMENTAL CURRICULUM / SUPPLY BUDGET

Some schools allocate a pool of funds that are accessible outside of the adoption cycle for supplemental curriculum materials. Other schools allocate an annual supply budget to each teacher and expect their supplemental curriculum materials will come out of that budget. Ask about these options to fund FLEX Curriculum.

TITLE I, PART A Funds are intended to support improvement

activities and technical assistance for schools identified for comprehensive or targeted support and improvement under their state accountability system. Eligible activities include arts-focused school turnaround models that feature arts instruction, incorporating arts in a school improvement plan as a means of promoting a well-rounded education, and professional development to support arts educators.

TITLE II, PART A Funds are intended to recruit and enhance the quality and effectiveness

of current teachers, principals, and other school leaders. Eligible activities include collaboration time for teaching artists and arts educators to plan lessons and time for teachers to develop curriculum in the arts.

TITLE IV, PART A Funds to support providing all students

with access to equitable, rigorous, and relevant education, which may include the arts, and effectively using technology to improve academic achievement and digital literacy. Eligible activities include arts instructional programs that provide students with a well-rounded education and art programs that promote students’ physical and mental health, trauma recovery, or social-emotional skills.

TITLE IV, PART F: SUBPART 4 Funds include assistance

for arts education grants that support efforts to promote arts education, including arts education for disadvantaged students and students with disabilities. Eligible activities include arts courses or programs and development and use of instructional materials and digital resources to support arts instruction.

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? A professional learning platform designed specifically for K-12 art teachers. PRO helps art teachers grow through in-depth video tutorials and premium resources. PRO also awards PD certificates to document learning and time invested.

A visual arts curriculum platform and modern digital textbook replacement filled with high-quality, standards-aligned curriculum materials. FLEX lets any art teacher curate their own custom classes and units to reflect their unique students.

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Art teachers use PRO Learning to learn new skills and become better educators for their K-12 students. The materials inside of PRO are teacher facing.

K-12 students learn about visual arts through the curriculum materials their art teachers curate for them through FLEX Curriculum. The materials inside of FLEX are student facing.

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Inside each Pack, art teachers find in-depth video tutorials, useful classroom resources, and supplemental links, all crafted and curated by expert art educators.

Inside of each thematic Collection, art teachers find premium curriculum materials, including standards-aligned lesson plans, student-facing resources, videos, and assessments.

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After completing a Pack and learning new skills and teaching strategies, art teachers have an opportunity to earn an official certificate. Each certificate documents earned learning and PD hours.

After finding curriculum materials they like, art teachers can save and organize them into custom classes and units. The materials can be downloaded, printed, and shared with students as desired.

When paired together as a comprehensive K-12 visual arts curriculum solution, PRO becomes a handy “teacher’s edition” to FLEX. PRO Packs dive deep into rich video tutorials, giving art teachers the essential skills they need to be successful with specific lessons and resources inside FLEX Curriculum.

FLEX is about designing a curriculum that reflects your individual style, your unique students, and your particular school. So no matter where you are in the district, you are in control of how you teach art, and your students get a unified education, preparing them to take art into the real world.

CONNECT YOUR ART ADMINISTRATOR WITH OUR TEAM

GET FLEX IN YOUR SCHOOL.

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