Lifelong Learning. Relationships. Innovation. Integrity. Accountability. Quality. These core values guide SelfDesign Learning Foundation and all that we do as we strive to support learners and families on their own learning journeys throughout their lives.
These values – our values – support our vision to be the leading model for natural and personalized lifelong learning in North America. They shape our culture and reflect who we are. They encapsulate and support our philosophy, and they define what we stand for and how we go about enacting our unique approach to personalized learning.
“SelfDesign Learning Foundation is a first-choice option for our families because of the care and detail that is provided by our team in the delivery of an educational online program that is both relevant and meaningful to our learners,” says President and CEO Amber Papou. “It’s all about personalized learning and lifelong learning. It has flexibility, it’s technology driven. It is answering those questions about what needs to happen to transform education to match 21st-century learning.”
Because it is the pathway to transformative experiences, curiosity is at the core of our lifelong learning value. SelfDesign fosters engagement in the natural unfolding of interest-based learning through conversation, collaboration and co-creation.
We believe that learning is enriched and amplified through relationships with others. As such, we embrace heart-centred and co-inspirational relationships based on acceptance, respect and support of one another.
As an online school for 21st-century learning, we approach innovation broadly and wholistically. We innovate and evolve our learner-centred educational programs and services based on an understanding of cutting-edge research in the fields of pedagogy, human development, neuroscience and technology.
Integrity means maintaining a state of wholeness – at SelfDesign, we live our shared values of honesty, authenticity, fairness and openness.
Our core value of accountability means we are responsible and responsive to our stakeholders – our learners, families, educators, contractors, volunteers and partners. We uphold our agreements to them and to one another. We assume individual self-agency and capacity while remembering we are part of the greater whole organization.
We are committed to quality and excellence by providing first-choice educational programs and services that are inclusive, supportive and accessible to those we serve, regardless of income level, personal or spiritual beliefs, or degree of need.
These values form the foundation of what we stand for and help to guide us in our everyday journeys with SelfDesign.
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