For artists, makers & experts
Teach beyond the room.
You can only teach so many people on a Saturday. Turn the material you already have into a course that keeps teaching between your classes, in your voice, with your students.
Who it's for
Made for people who already teach.
- Painters
- photographers
- ceramicists
- printmakers
- designers
- textile makers
- workshop hosts
If people already pay to learn from you, and some of them come back, New Schools is for you.
The problem
The class ends at the door.
Your students go home with questions, practise alone and lose the thread before the next session.
And there are only so many Saturdays.
How it works
Bring what you have. Approve it. It keeps teaching.
- 01
Bring what you have
Notes, slides, photos, your way of explaining. You don't need a finished course.
- 02
Shape it, then approve it
Build your course by talking to the School Builder. Nothing goes live until you say so.
- 03
It keeps teaching
Your students practise, ask questions and send in work for feedback between your classes.
Teaching characters
Choose how your course teaches.
Pick a teaching character that suits you, from patient and precise to playful and direct.
It answers in your method and tells your students when a question is one for you.
Your students
What your students get.
- Answers between classes, in your way of teaching.
- Feedback on the work they send in.
- Their progress in one place, so they pick up where they left off.
Online and in the room
Use it on its own or around your workshops.
Sell a course on its own, or use it to prepare students before an in-person workshop and keep them practising after.
For coaches
Coaches: help people grow from what they've seen.
Museums spark the interest. Makers teach the skill. You help people understand what they're good at and what to do next.
Bring your approach to New Schools and guide learners from a visit or a course to their own next step. The platform can suggest what to explore. You're the person who helps them make sense of it.
Museum visitors
Found by people who just saw the real thing.
As museums join New Schools, visitors who loved a collection are shown courses on what they saw. Yours can be one of them.
What you see
See what it's doing for you.
Students, sales and progress per course, from the first month.
Where your students came from, and what they ask most.
What stays yours
Yours stays yours.
- Your method, your material and your students belong to you.
- You set your own price.
- Students pay through New Schools and the money goes to you through Mollie.
- You can take your course down at any time.
Pricing
What it costs.
A monthly fee based on how many students are active that month, plus a small share of each course sale. A quiet month costs you less.
Proof
Iris teaches photography beyond the room.
Her workshops sell out. Her online course now has 142 students, with feedback on every photo they send in.
See Iris's courseIris Depassé, artist and founder of the Academie voor Abstracte Fotografie.
Founding creators
Join as a founding creator.
The first makers to join get a lower monthly fee for their first year, and a featured profile when we launch in December.
Questions
Questions makers ask.
I'm a coach, not an artist. Does this fit?
Yes. Culture is where many people first see what they're good at. Your coaching helps them make sense of it and decide what's next. You build your programme the same way makers build a course.
Do I need a finished course?
No. Bring your notes, slides or photos. We shape the course with you.
How much time does it take?
You bring the material and approve the result. The School Builder does the heavy lifting.
Will it sound like me?
It answers from your own material, in your method. You approve everything before students see it.
Who owns the course?
You do. Your material and your students stay yours.
How do I get paid?
Students pay through New Schools and the money goes to you through Mollie. We invoice our fee separately.
Can I still teach in person?
Yes. Many makers use their course around their workshops.
Start here
Show us what you teach.
Tell us a little about your teaching. A person reads it the day it arrives and replies within two working days.
