Whether it's around sexual orientation and gender identity, or issues related to the interconnected nature of different aspects of identity and diversity – such as race, religion and ability – SelfDesign® has always strived to be, and prided itself on being, an inclusive place where learners are comfortable to be themselves authentically.
Meet Sierra, a 17-year-old SelfDesign® learner who has already managed to do a TEDx talk and become a teacher of carbon farming and carbon sequestration. This is one of the many examples of how SelfDesign enables young people to learn by pursuing their passions.
These 10 tips from SelfDesign® Learning Foundation capture the successful strategies, approaches and best practices that our B.C. certified educators rely on to ensure learners are learning, meet Ministry of Education requirements, and are engaged in their own learning.
The 10 tips from SelfDesign® Learning Foundation capture the successful strategies, approaches and best practices that our parents rely on to ensure learners are learning, meet Ministry of Education requirements, and are engaged in their own learning.
Meet Michelle Quesnel-Tosney and Paul Tosney. Together, the duo, who are married, make up the SelfDesign Enrolment Team’s frontline that helps guide families through SelfDesign®’s enrolment process.
This document contains SelfDesign® Learning Foundation’s COVID-19 Safety Plan including policies, procedures, and protocols the organization has put in place to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission. Click here to review our COVID-19 Safety Plan.
With so many educational options available to kindergarten to grade 12 learners in British Columbia, find out how SelfDesign® fits into that landscape and learn about the advantages of our B.C. Ministry-approved online learning school.
While buzz words like “individualized”, “personalized” and “self-led” are gaining traction in mainstream education now, these concepts have always been the strong foundational pillars that SelfDesign® was built upon.
When it comes to innovative models for learning, SelfDesign® leads the way. In fact, innovation has been integral to SelfDesign since its conception. Read the full history of how SelfDesign came to be!
With in-school classes suspended for the foreseeable future because of COVID-19, many parents, teachers and students in British Columbia are navigating new ways of keeping kids learning while maintaining the provincial and federal governments directives for social distancing. We have the perfect opportunity to change our basic ideas about learning and schooling in the Age of Technology.
