Canva Educators Get Access to 1000s of Free Resources

Speech-language pathologists, teachers, and graduate students working in the schools can become Canva Educators for free with a Canva for Education account.

Whether you’re creating visual supports, worksheets, or lesson plans for your individual student caseload, a Canva educator account gives you access to everything you need, for free.

Let’s break down what this program offers, how to sign up, so you can can support your therapy goals from preschool to 4th grade (and beyond).

Canva for Education

What is Canva for Education? It’s a free upgrade of Canva Pro, made just for teachers and educational institutions. When your education account is approved, you can access all the premium design features—no subscription required.

The best part? Canva educators don’t need to be graphic designers. You’ll get ready-made Canva teacher templates that you can tweak for your sessions:

• WH-question visuals
• Vocabulary flashcards
• Core boards for AAC
• Lesson plans for books and holidays
• Interactive games and visual schedules

It’s perfect for both whole-class push-in sessions and individualized therapy.

Additionally, Canva can be integrated with other educational tools and platforms, such as Google Classroom and Microsoft Teams.

Canva Educator Login

Firstly, go to Canva for Education and click “Sign up.” Use your school-issued email to create your Canva educator account. If your email isn’t recognized automatically, you can apply manually by uploading a document confirming your work at a school.

When you are approved, you’ll be able to:

• Collaborate with teachers, paras, or other SLPs.

• Create sign-up groups for your students (if you want them to collaborate).
  
• Organize folders by grade, theme, or goal.

Bonus tip: Create folders for each individual student, so you can track what you’ve used with each child.

If you need more help learning how to use Canva for Education in the speech room, check out my other blog post! 

How to Use Canva For Education

Canva Educators Training

Did you know that Canva offers short, professional development modules through its Canva Design School? These free self-paced training modules show you how to:

• Navigate the Canva dashboard
  
• Customize templates (e.g., change the fonts, images, and colors)
  
• Use Canva with external apps, such as Bitmoji, Google Drive, or YouTube

These tutorials contain tips and tricks to make speech therapy materials even better. If you want the included videos, you'll get the hang of design essentials, create eye-catching graphics, and make your digital content hits the mark in therapy.

If you don't feel comfortable learning about design, feel free to use any of Canva's ready-made templates for free!

Top 5 Canva Educators on Canva

These creators are the top 5 Canva Educators on Canva today! Check out their profiles to get all the free and editable resources for your classroom or speech room today.

1. Zuzel (Speechzella) – Speech-Language Therapy Resources

If you’re looking for speech-language therapy resources for your entire caseload, then check out my profile for over 1000 free templates. 

You can then search directly from the profile page and find resources for every season, holiday, and goal! Here are some of my most popular templates:

Meet the SLP Handout for Parents

This template is excellent for the beginning of the school year or when you have new students.  This lets parents know all about you and how you’ll be helping their child. If you want more back-to-school printables, check out my blog post:

Speech vs. Language Presentation

Have you ever had a teacher ask you the difference between speech and language?  Now you can use this presentation to help them understand the difference. This presentation can be presented at a staff meeting or professional development day for your district. If you need more resources to help teachers and parents understand the difference between speech and language, check out this blog post: 

Reading Response Open-Ended Worksheets

You can use these reading worksheets with students working on story grammar elements.  Because they’re open-ended, you can use them for any book! 

My Feelings Presentation:

This feelings check-in presentation will describe the different feelings (i.e., worried, frustrated, angry, etc.) and help students understand what they can do in situations when you feel this way.  Perfect for social emotional learning!

2. Education Research Hub – Bronwyn Deanes Team

Education Research Hub has lots of ELA resources that can also be used for speech-language therapy. She has some great parts of speech posters that are a great way to help older students with grammar.

3. Sir Aqui

Sir Aqui is a master at creating presentations that POP so make sure to check them all out here. You can make your virtual sessions so much fun using his templates.

4. Vir Leguizamon

Vir’s templates are clean, simple, and easy to use!  She has a collection of templates for every holiday and topic, so you don't have to worry about planning for the week.

5. Teach Cheat

With over 6,000 templates, you’ll find Canva templates that are bright, colorful, and engaging!  Your students will love Teach Cheat’s vast library of ELA templates.  

Canva Educator Certification

Looking for a fun professional development win? Canva also offers a Canva Educator Certification. This short course will give you the confidence to use the platform for educational design.

When you sign for a course, you’ll earn a certificate, and get a badge you can share in email signatures, resumes, or on LinkedIn. For SLPs or teachers transitioning into a new career path, such as content creation or curriculum design, it’s a great starting point.

Canva Educators Creators

Some educators become Canva Creators, sharing original designs and earning a following. That’s what I did, and now I create free and editable speech-language therapy materials for busy SLPs. 

I’ve personally created dozens of Canva teacher templates you can copy and customize. Many are free on my Canva for Education profile—including:

• Adapted books for autism
• Core word visuals
• Printable articulation games
• Graphic organizers for sequencing and describing
• Reading comprehension worksheets and activities.

If you’ve ever wondered, “Can you hyperlink in Canva?” or “Do teachers get Canva Pro for free?” the answer to both is yes. With Canva for Education, you can hyperlink pages to make interactive PDFs, Boom-style decks, or digital storybooks.

Canva Pro for Teachers

Do teachers get Canva Pro for free? Yes—but only when they sign up through Canva for Education. With the free Canva for Education account, you’ll get features like:

• Magic Resize
  • Make one design into different formats
    

• Background Remover
  • Great for AAC visuals

• Animation tools
  • Bring your social stories to life
    

• Brand Kits
  • You can make your therapy visuals look cohesive

You also get access to tons of free new apps that can help you level up your images and videos, making it easy to collaborate with students and other teachers. 

Final Thoughts for Canva Educators

Whether you’re a new SLP, a grad student juggling therapy and reports, or a seasoned therapist looking to refresh your visuals, becoming a Canva Educator is a no-brainer.

You’ll save time. You’ll have fun designing. And best of all? It’s completely free.

So, grab your Canva educator account, explore some Canva teacher templates, and take your therapy sessions to the next level.

If you need a place to start, check out my free editable templates made just for SLPs here.