AI Curriculum Making For Customising Your Units
Transform dense curriculum standards into rigorous, responsive daily lesson plans. Harness the power of agentic AI reasoning through collaborative, school-based professional learning communities.
Meet the Founders
Nick Rose and Dr Josey De Rossi understand first-hand how school leaders and teachers work together in planning and delivering high-quality curriculum.
Dr Josey De Rossi
Co-Founder & Education Leader
Dr Josey De Rossi has been a pioneering leader in outcomes-based education reforms. She has written seven textbooks (six for Years 10-12 Drama and one for Primary Arts) and worked with WA’s Assessment and Reporting branch to refine student outcome statements.
Following her research at UWA's Graduate School of Education, Josey spent two decades investigating the 'cognitive turn' in English and Theatre teaching, enabling students to utilize creative approaches for oral language skills.
Recently, she contributed to the structured literacy program at The Grange P-12 College, bringing rigor and research-informed passion to curriculum design.
Nick Rose
Co-Founder & Curriculum Content Editor
Nick is a teacher and experienced curriculum content editor driven by a singular goal: developing curriculum materials that inspire teachers and students.
As the Founder and first Chair of the Curriculum Writers Association Australia (CWAA), Nick has dedicated his career to breaking down the silos of traditional educational practices, fostering a collegiate culture where professional knowledge is freely shared.
Nick advocates for strong school relationships and pedagogical change. He views Generative AI not as a shortcut, but as a site for continuous evaluation, critical human reasoning, and sophisticated teacher agency.
Our Principles
We believe AI is most powerful when it amplifies professional collaboration and reinforces high standards of teaching pedagogy.
School-Based Collegiality
AI in curriculum design is most effective when its integration is realized through school-based collegiality, bridging leaders and teachers in PLCs and other team structures.
Metacognitive Practice
Working effectively with Generative AI tools necessitates employing deep, intentional metacognitive thinking processes by both teachers and students.
Teacher Well-Being First
A teacher's professional well-being and sustainability must be achieved simultaneously with student-centered, rigorous approaches to teaching and learning.
Confident Modeling
Confident, supported teachers are far more likely to model the effective, critical, and ethical use of artificial intelligence for their students.
Cognitive Control
Leaders and teachers best control AI through understanding the foundational similarities and differences between human reasoning and the AI's agentic reasoning.
Professional Standards
The scope of interacting with AI is best managed by linking curriculum design and prompting directly to the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.
We need to construct our own meaning, in our own context, of a collaborative learning community … It is not a checklist of factors, it is a mindset as much as a map... It is taking responsibility for our craft, our own development and that of our students; it is ensuring our future.
in the South Australian Teaching for Effective Learning Framework GuideCM Collaborative Enactment Cycle™
Our structured, four-phase approach ensures teaching teams successfully implement AI curriculum design within a collaborative, professional learning community.
Establishing the Shared Baseline
AI acts as a gatekeeper to help the PLC team focus on complex curriculum frameworks. Teachers define the non-negotiable data-led knowledge, understanding, and skills (KUD) baseline, reclaiming valuable time and cognitive energy before interacting with Large Language Models.
Co-Designing the Big Idea
Teams shift from passively covering content to designing a shared intellectual journey. Using AI's agentic reasoning, the PLC deconstructs dense standards into a scope and sequence anchored by a compelling, creative "Big Idea" for all students.
Co-Constructing Rigour
AI functions as a critical partner and auditor to ensure student achievement. The PLC designs assessment rubrics collaboratively from the outset, guaranteeing consistent, equitable expectations and coherence across all classrooms in the cohort.
Collaborative Enactment
Static lesson plans transform into dynamic, real-time responses. The PLC creates a living dashboard (integrated with existing school software) tracking daily classroom realities to adapt pedagogy instantly, forming a data-rich agenda for future PLC meetings.
Experience the AI Planning Platform
Take the driver's seat. Get instant access to the trial sandbox of Course 1 and experience how we ground, structure, and verify units of work using custom AI frameworks before joining a live cohort.
Project Timeline & Cohort Programs
A systematic, multi-week engagement program tailored to maximize impact on your school's curriculum design and teacher efficacy.
Discovery & Planning
Collaborative discovery phase with curriculum leaders and the AI PLC team to customize curriculum focus based on unique school goals and local educational policies.
- Set up safe, secure AI processes and boundaries.
- Define the metrics that will measure project success.
- Customized alignment with state and national standards.
Design & Development
Implementation of customized self-paced learning structures, paired with interactive live online events to support teachers directly in their workflow.
- Module 1: Control the AI Workflow
- Module 2: AI, the 'Big Idea' & Strategic Lesson Design
- Module 3: How AI Leads Rigorous Assessment
- Module 4: Creating a Responsive Daily Planner
Measure the Difference
Rigorous evaluation of project goals, measuring qualitative and quantitative changes in teacher planning times, community engagement levels, and overall pedagogical efficacy.
Premier Offering
For School PLCs (Cohort up to 15 participants)
What's Included:
- 4 Ă— 2-hour Face-to-Face Collaborative Workshops
- 4 Customised Self-paced Digital Modules
- Dedicated Digital Workspace for sharing ideas
- Scheduled Online Q&A / Support Sessions
- Comprehensive End of Program Report for leadership
- Printable Tasks, rubrics, and templates
- Access to additional 1-hour online workshops
Compare Our Programs
Explore the difference in planning support, workshops, and digital assets across our offerings to find the right fit for your school.
| Feature / Service | Premier Offering (For School PLCs) |
Self-paced Course (For Leaders) |
Workshops Only (Cohort-Based) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Planning & Custom Reporting Custom alignment sessions and diagnostic goals. | |||
| Face-to-Face Workshops Interactive, on-site cohort-based collaborative sessions. | |||
| Online Workshops & Live Q&A Virtual touchpoints for ongoing implementation issues. | |||
| Self-paced Online Modules Access to 4 core digital training modules for independent study. | |||
| Collegiate Digital Workspace Secure community hub for teachers to share lessons & prompts. | |||
| Printable Tasks & Rubrics Offline resources for classroom-ready deployment. |
Essential Preparation Webinars
Build foundational LLM knowledge and AI planning strategies prior to launching into our full Curriculum Makers cohort courses.
LLM Skills
Are you a school leader and teacher that has never used an LLM? Learn these essential skills to prepare you to undertake Curriculum Makers courses.
Data Led Customisation
We explore how to leverage student performance patterns and curriculum metrics to tailor learning sequences. This workshop focuses on using AI to handle the heavy lifting of differentiation, allowing you to focus on pedagogical adjustments that truly move the needle.
Grounding Your Prompts: The Document Strategy
AI is only as good as the context you provide. Learn the Curriculum Makers approach to document management, selecting, structuring, and preparing foundational documents to act as a definitive compliance layer.
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