Entering a national writing contest was a great learning experience

2022-03-01T18:26:13-08:00May 28th, 2020|Learner Stories|

SelfDesign® Learning Community provides an inclusive, personalized, and flexible approach to education for approximately 2,000 learners from kindergarten to grade 12 each year. The school offers competency-driven, concept-, project- and inquiry-based learning opportunities that are meaningful and relevant to learners -- including support and opportunity for learners like Ava to prepare a submission for contests such as CBC’s First Page Youth Writing Competition.

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

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

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.

6 documents you need to enrol your child in SelfDesign

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

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.

How best to support a learner enrolled in SelfDesign

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

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®.

6 things you need to consider to enrol your child in SelfDesign

2022-03-02T13:40:55-08:00May 1st, 2020|Our Approach|

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.

SelfDesign and SOGI 1 2 3: Supporting learners and families exploring sexual orientation and gender identity

2022-03-02T13:40:39-08:00April 23rd, 2020|Our Approach|

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. 

SelfDesign Learner takes the stage at TEDxYouth Seattle

2022-03-01T18:23:08-08:00April 22nd, 2020|Learner Stories|

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.

Online Learning: Top 10 tips for educators

2022-03-02T13:40:24-08:00April 11th, 2020|Our Approach|

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.

Michelle Quesnel-Tosney and Paul Tosney, Enrolment Team frontline members

2023-08-14T09:41:01-07:00March 26th, 2020|Who We Are|

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.

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