In order to satisfy our contractual relationship with the B.C. Ministry of Education and to ensure that our learning program is clear for learners and families, our work and learning together is guided by 18 program agreements. We make these commitments to each other in order to best support learners’ and families’ full participation in SelfDesign®.
SelfDesign® Learning Community is an online learning and personalized learning school. One of the key tenets of our approach is that learning takes place at home, online and in the community. If you are considering enrolling your child in SelfDesign, we recommend that you give some thought to the considerations outlined in this post.
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.
