Terms of Service

Terms of Service

Effective Date: [Month Day, Year]

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your use of www.gjrliteracy.com, courses.gjrliteracy.com, and related services, courses, downloads, coaching, and educational support offered by GJR Literacy LLC (“GJR Literacy,” “we,” “us,” or “our”).

GJR Literacy LLC is operated by Gerrit Jones-Rooy.

By using either website, creating an account, purchasing a product or service, or submitting an inquiry, you agree to these Terms and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use the websites or services.

1. Eligibility

The GJR Literacy course platform, purchases, and customer accounts are intended for adults who are at least 18 years old.

A parent or legal guardian may purchase or arrange educational support involving a child. The adult remains responsible for the account, payment, communications, and acceptance of these Terms.

2. Website and Services

GJR Literacy provides information and educational support related to literacy instruction. Offerings may include:

  • Self-paced online courses

  • Downloadable instructional resources

  • Individual teacher coaching

  • Family consultations and student support

  • School and district partnerships

  • Workshops, modeling, curriculum planning, and professional learning

Submitting an inquiry or participating in an introductory conversation does not create a client or consulting relationship. Coaching, family support, and school partnerships may require a separate proposal, invoice, agreement, or scope of work before services begin.

If a separate written agreement conflicts with these Terms, the separate agreement will control for that service.

3. Accounts and Account Security

You may need to create an account to purchase or access a course or digital product.

You agree to provide accurate information and keep your login details secure. Accounts and course access are for the registered user only unless a team or organizational license states otherwise.

You may not:

  • Share your username or password

  • Allow another person to use your individual account

  • Create accounts using false or misleading information

  • Attempt to access another user’s account

  • Circumvent course access, payment, or security controls

Please contact us promptly if you believe your account has been accessed without permission.

4. Purchases and Payment

Prices, payment options, and included materials are shown on the applicable sales page or provided in a separate quote or agreement.

Payments may be processed through Thinkific, Stripe, or another third-party payment provider. The payment provider’s own terms and privacy practices also apply to the transaction.

You are responsible for providing accurate billing information and paying any applicable taxes, fees, or charges disclosed at purchase.

5. Course Access

Course purchases provide a limited, personal, non-transferable right to access the purchased course and its included materials.

Unless otherwise stated on the sales page, courses are self-paced and include lifetime access.

For these Terms, “lifetime access” means access for as long as GJR Literacy continues to offer and support the course through its course platform. It does not guarantee that a course, website, platform, or individual feature will remain available indefinitely.

GJR Literacy may update, reorganize, replace, or retire course content when reasonably necessary. When practical, we will provide advance notice of a material change that affects purchased access.

Gerrit should specifically approve this definition of lifetime access before publication.

6. Permitted Use of Courses and Materials

All courses, videos, demonstrations, worksheets, protocols, downloads, text, graphics, and other materials are owned by GJR Literacy or used with permission.

An individual purchaser may:

  • View the course for their own professional learning

  • Download included resources for their own use

  • Use and reproduce instructional materials with students they personally teach or directly support

  • Adapt a routine or approach for their own classroom context

Unless written permission or a team license states otherwise, you may not:

  • Share course login information

  • Forward or distribute course files to colleagues

  • Upload materials to a shared drive, learning-management system, or public website

  • Record, copy, download, or redistribute course videos

  • Resell, sublicense, publish, or commercially distribute the materials

  • Remove copyright, attribution, or ownership notices

  • Present the materials as your own work

School, district, and team licenses may permit broader internal use. Any additional permissions will be stated in the applicable purchase agreement.

7. Free Resources

Free resources may be downloaded and used for personal, non-commercial instructional purposes unless a resource states otherwise.

Teachers may use and reproduce free resources with students they directly teach or support. Free availability does not transfer ownership or permit resale, public posting, commercial distribution, or removal of GJR Literacy’s attribution.

8. Certificates and Professional-Development Hours

Courses may include a certificate confirming completion and the professional-development hours associated with that course.

Acceptance of a certificate or professional-development hours is determined by the purchaser’s school, district, employer, licensing body, or other governing organization. GJR Literacy cannot guarantee that every organization will accept a certificate for credit, licensure, salary advancement, or another specific purpose.

Participants are responsible for confirming applicable requirements with their own organization before purchasing.

9. Refunds

[INSERT FINAL REFUND POLICY BEFORE PUBLISHING.]

The final section should address:

  • The refund-request period

  • How course progress or downloaded materials affect eligibility

  • Duplicate purchases

  • Unresolved technical access problems

  • School, district, and team purchases

  • How to submit a request

The refund policy shown at checkout at the time of purchase will apply to that transaction.

10. School and Team Purchases

School, district, and team purchases may be governed by a separate quote, invoice, purchase order, license, or written agreement.

Team pricing, number of seats, account activation, transfer of unused seats, payment deadlines, and cancellation terms will be stated in the applicable agreement.

Access purchased for one school, district, organization, or team may not be transferred to another organization without written permission.

11. Coaching, Family Support, and School Partnerships

Coaching and consulting services are tailored to the goals, context, and information provided by the client.

Clients agree to provide accurate and relevant information and to communicate scheduling changes or concerns promptly.

Unless otherwise stated in a separate written agreement, these services are educational. They do not constitute medical, psychological, legal, or diagnostic services and do not replace a formal school-based, clinical, or professional evaluation.

Specific scheduling, cancellation, rescheduling, payment, travel, and deliverable terms may be included in a separate agreement.

12. Educational Outcomes

GJR Literacy provides research-informed, classroom-tested educational strategies and support. Results depend on many factors outside GJR Literacy’s control, including implementation, student needs, instructional context, available time, and participation.

We do not guarantee:

  • A particular student outcome

  • A specific amount of reading growth

  • Improved grades or assessment scores

  • Professional advancement or credential approval

  • That a strategy will work identically in every classroom or setting

Course materials and services are intended to support professional judgment, not replace it.

13. Intellectual Property

The websites and their content, including text, videos, photographs, graphics, logos, course materials, downloads, layout, and design, are owned by GJR Literacy or used with permission and are protected by applicable intellectual-property laws.

No ownership rights are transferred through use of the websites, purchase of a course, or participation in a service.

Use beyond the permissions provided in these Terms requires prior written permission from GJR Literacy.

14. Third-Party Platforms and Links

GJR Literacy uses third-party services to provide website hosting, course access, payments, email communications, scheduling, video, and other functionality.

Those services may include Squarespace, Thinkific, payment processors, and other providers. Their own terms and privacy policies may apply.

GJR Literacy is not responsible for a third-party platform’s content, availability, security, policies, or actions. We will make reasonable efforts to address access problems involving services we control.

The websites may also contain links to external websites. A link does not necessarily constitute an endorsement.

15. Acceptable Use

You agree not to use the websites, services, or materials to:

  • Violate any law or the rights of another person

  • Disrupt or interfere with website or course-platform operation

  • Introduce malicious code or attempt unauthorized access

  • Harass, impersonate, or mislead another person

  • Copy, scrape, or extract content for unauthorized use

  • Infringe intellectual-property or privacy rights

  • Use course content to train an artificial-intelligence system without written permission

16. Suspension or Termination

GJR Literacy may suspend or terminate access when reasonably necessary because of:

  • Nonpayment or a reversed payment

  • Account sharing

  • Unauthorized copying or distribution

  • Misuse of the websites or services

  • Violation of these Terms

  • Conduct that threatens the security or operation of the platform

When appropriate, we will provide notice and an opportunity to resolve the issue before terminating access.

17. Disclaimer

The websites, courses, downloads, and services are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis.

While GJR Literacy works to keep information accurate and materials available, we do not guarantee that the websites or services will be uninterrupted, error-free, or suitable for every purpose or setting.

Use of the materials and services is at your own discretion and risk.

18. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, GJR Literacy LLC and Gerrit Jones-Rooy will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from use of, or inability to use, the websites, courses, materials, or services.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, GJR Literacy’s total liability relating to a purchase or service will not exceed the amount paid for the specific product or service giving rise to the claim.

Nothing in these Terms limits rights or remedies that cannot legally be waived.

19. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless GJR Literacy LLC and Gerrit Jones-Rooy from claims, losses, or expenses arising from your misuse of the websites, courses, materials, or services; your violation of these Terms; or your infringement of another person’s rights.

20. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms to reflect changes in our services, platforms, business practices, or legal obligations.

The updated effective date will appear at the top of the page. Material changes will apply prospectively unless otherwise permitted by law.

Continued use of the websites or services after revised Terms take effect constitutes acceptance of those revisions.

21. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflict-of-law principles, except where mandatory consumer-protection laws require otherwise.

Verify New York as the appropriate governing jurisdiction before publication.

22. Contact Information

Questions about these Terms may be directed to:

GJR Literacy LLC
Attn: Gerrit Jones-Rooy
Email: Gerrit@GJRliteracy.com
United States