Nurturing connection in a time of physical distancing

Art Intensive Camp brings SelfDesign® learners in grades 9–12 together for one week to connect, collaborate and share while they immerse themselves in art. When the B.C. government suspended in-person learning in B.C. schools in mid-March to protect students and slow the spread of COVID-19, SelfDesign decided to take the camp online and opened it up to all interested SelfDesign learners.

2022-03-02T13:43:37-08:00July 9th, 2020|Our Approach|

Reconciliation, Indigenous education, and SelfDesign’s philosophy, values and approach

In recognition that reconciliation will be one of the most important challenges facing today’s learners in the years to come, SelfDesign® seeks to integrate Indigenous culture and perspectives into the everyday learning experience.

2024-08-16T06:20:13-07:00June 30th, 2020|Indigenous Education, Our Approach|

Indigenous learning opportunities at SelfDesign

The overall vision for reconciliation and learning at SelfDesign® is to integrate and weave Indigenous education and mainstream education seamlessly together so that learner, families, educators and contractors automatically consider both the Canadian Indigenous and the national or international perspectives, ways of knowing and being, and ways of approaching learning.

2024-08-16T06:20:46-07:00June 24th, 2020|Indigenous Education, Our Approach|

Class of 2020 is the first to complete the school’s new, unique high school program

We believe all of our learners are special, but at the Virtual Commencement Ceremony held on June 13, SelfDesign® recognized the Class of 2020 for an achievement unique to them. The group of SelfDesign learners are the first learners to have gone through SelfDesign® Learning Community’s newly designed high school program from Grade 10.

2022-03-02T13:42:35-08:00June 17th, 2020|Our Approach|

Reconciliation and SelfDesign: Building capacity for intercultural understanding, empathy and mutual respect

SelfDesign® has been working to build cultural bridges across and throughout our own organization. Our efforts are driven by the more than 80 recommendations put forwards by SelfDesign’s Indigenous education task force, comprised of a First Nations elder, a First Nations SelfDesign parent and learner, and SelfDesign educators including those with Indigenous heritage.

2022-03-02T13:42:17-08:00June 11th, 2020|Our Approach|

SelfDesign Learning Community receives prestigious Cognia Performance Accreditation

In February 2019, SelfDesign® Learning Community received a very positive performance accreditation from Cognia (formerly called AdvancEd), a non-profit, non-partisan organization that has been accrediting schools for over 100 years, with a commitment to ensure schools are ‘good enough’ and to help them improve.

2022-03-02T13:42:01-08:00June 4th, 2020|Our Approach|

SelfDesign’s innovative support services creatively respond to learners’ complex needs

At SelfDesign®, we believe that every learner has a unique voice, and our inclusive kindergarten to grade 12 program is committed to listening to each and every child – however they are able to communicate. Every learner with special needs is unique, and we reflect this by providing programming that is personalized or individualized to each learner.

2022-03-02T13:41:44-08:00May 21st, 2020|Our Approach|

6 documents you need to enrol your child in SelfDesign

SelfDesign® Learning Community is one of the largest independent online learning schools in British Columbia. If you are interested in providing your child with a SelfDesign learning experience, here is a list of the documents you need to have in place to enrol – and re-enrol.

2022-03-02T13:41:27-08:00May 14th, 2020|Our Approach|

How best to support a learner enrolled in SelfDesign

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®.

2022-03-02T13:41:11-08:00May 11th, 2020|Our Approach|
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