Content Use Policy

Content Policy — The Comprehensible Classroom

Introduction & Purpose

We believe in sharing knowledge generously. The Comprehensible Classroom exists to equip educators with practical tools, strategies, and inspiration for language teaching. Much of what we create is offered freely so that teachers everywhere can benefit; whether or not they are able to purchase our curricula or attend our paid trainings.

This Content Policy explains how you may use our free and publicly available content as well as content shared in both our free and paid Professional Learning experiences in a way that respects the time, expertise, and resources that go into creating it.

Purchased curriculum materials and web application content have their own Terms of Use that can be reviewed here.

By following these guidelines, you help ensure we can continue creating and sharing high-quality free resources for educators.

Scope of Covered Content

This policy covers use of content shared in both our free and paid Professional Learning experiences. It also covers accepted use of the following free and publicly accessible content we create and share:

• Blog posts
• Free downloadable resources (printables, PDFs, infographics, etc.)
• Publicly available videos (e.g., on YouTube or embedded on our site)
• Podcasts
• Public training materials
• Social media posts (images, captions, reels, etc.)

It covers both downloadable and non-downloadable formats.

This policy does not apply to:

• Purchased curricula or other paid products (see separate Terms of Use)
• Content within Garbanzo (see separate Terms of Use)

Use of Content from Professional Learning Experiences

When you attend a Professional Learning experience with The Comprehensible Classroom—whether it’s live or recorded, free or paid–you’re welcome to take what you’ve learned and apply it directly in your own teaching. Our goal is to equip you with strategies, ideas, and tools you can use with your students right away.

Allowed Uses:

• Incorporating ideas, strategies, and activities from the session into your own classroom teaching.
• Informally sharing insights or “takeaways” with colleagues in conversation or during internal team meetings.
• Adapting an activity or resource for your own students, as long as it remains for your personal classroom use.

Examples:

• Allowed: You try a new activity from a workshop with your Spanish 2 class the next day.
• Allowed: You share your favorite teaching insight from the session with a colleague over coffee.

Prohibited Uses (without prior written consent):

• Sharing session handouts, slides, or other materials with colleagues or the public– even if the session was free.
• Using session materials to create your own professional development workshop, training, or presentation for other educators.
• Recording, photographing, or screen-capturing any portion of the session (live or recorded) without our written consent.
• Distributing adapted resources from the session beyond your own students without written permission.

Examples:

• Not allowed: You upload the workshop slide deck to your department’s shared Google Drive.
• Not allowed: You present a session at your state conference based on our training materials, without receiving written consent.

Attribution:

If you share something you’ve adapted from a professional learning resource outside your own classroom (with permission), please include clear credit:

• Unaltered or minimally altered: “Created by The Comprehensible Classroom”
• Adapted: “Adapted from The Comprehensible Classroom”

Allowed Uses for Public Content

You may use our public content for educational, professional, and personal purposes only.

Educators are welcome to share resources with students or colleagues by sending the direct link to the original content — not by downloading and re-uploading it elsewhere.

Examples of allowed use:

• Sharing a blog post link in a school newsletter for teachers to read.
• Showing a free public video during a class lesson.
• Downloading a free PDF from our site and printing it for use in your own classroom.

Prohibited Uses for Public Content

The following are not allowed without our prior written consent:

• Using our public content to lead professional development such as workshops, courses, conferences, or professional development sessions.
• Reposting full or substantial portions of our content to other websites, blogs, or social media accounts; even with attribution.
• Uploading files or copied text from our site to public file-sharing sites, open-access drives, or online groups.

Examples of prohibited use:

• Using a free slide deck from our site as the foundation for a paid teacher training you’re hosting.
• Copying and pasting one of our blog posts into your district’s newsletter.
• Uploading a PDF resource to a Facebook teacher group or a public Google Drive folder.

Attribution Requirements

Attribution is required whenever our content is shared, whether it is original or adapted.

Required wording:

• Unaltered or minimally altered content: “Created by The Comprehensible Classroom”
• Adapted content: “Adapted from The Comprehensible Classroom”

Branding must remain intact for minimally altered versions. If you combine our content with other creators’ materials, credit all sources clearly.

Examples:

• “Created by The Comprehensible Classroom” — when sharing an unmodified handout you downloaded from our site.
• “Adapted from The Comprehensible Classroom” — when modifying a set of lesson slides for your class.

Combining Content

If you combine our public content with other creators’ work, you must clearly indicate the origin of each portion.

Example:

• Vocabulary List: Created by The Comprehensible Classroom
• Discussion Questions: Adapted from [Other Creator]

Monetization & Rights

All public content remains the intellectual property of The Comprehensible Classroom. We reserve the exclusive right to sell, license, or monetize any of our content. Our public resources are provided for non-commercial use only.

Enforcement & Permissions

If our content is used outside the permissions granted in this policy, we may:

• Request that the content be taken down
• Remove access to our resources
• Take legal action if necessary

For permission requests or questions about content use, please contact legal at comprehensibleclassroom.com

Thank you

Thank you for respecting this policy. By doing so, you help us protect our intellectual property, honor the work that goes into creating it, and ensure we can continue offering free resources to support language educators worldwide.

We’re grateful you’re here, and we’re excited to keep learning and growing together.

We would like to acknowledge the leadership provided by Elena Aguilar and Bright Morning Consulting in creating clear communication around content use policy.