Our Programs
SelfDesign offers you a powerful way to guide and support your children's learning and development. SelfDesign MindMapping, SelfDesign Learning Plans, Family Visioning, and SelfDesign Observing for Learning are some of the tools that we offer your family to joyfully engage in the natural learning process. We offer you the nurturing guidance with professional SelfDesign Learning Consultants to ensure that you understand your children's unique learning process and enjoy learning with your children. You will see the spark of curiosity ignited in your children as they engage in learning that is fun and meaningful. If traditional education has stifled their joy in learning, then you will be thrilled to see the light in your children's eyes shining brightly again. You will delight in their enthusiasm as they seek out new challenges with ease and self-confidence.
The heart of SelfDesign is found in the process of Observing for Learning and the dialogue between the Learning Consultant and the family on a regular basis. The optimal timing of this interaction is weekly in order to give the parents the guidance and support they need in order to begin to see their child's passions and natural enthusiasm flowering into the observable moments of pure learning.
Families can choose, however, to have this dialogue with the Learning Consultant occur weekly, bi-weekly, or once a month. The plans are based on the frequency of these interactions. Also during this time the parents, learners and Consultants will create a Learning Journal that celebrates and highlights the wonderful learning your child does every day!
All Learning Paths for learners ages 6-14 include the following core elements
- Interaction with a dedicated Learning Consultant
During this interaction parents are coached, learners are encouraged, learning is celebrated and SelfDesign processes and values are illuminated through meaningful dialogue. - SelfDesign Learning Plan
This is a dynamic plan for learning that guides us, bringing us back to the focus of our learning planning...the child and their love of discovery. - Observations for Learning Training
With the help of a Learning Consultant, you will acquire the skills needed to truly see and appreciate what learning looks like outside of the traditional school paradigm. - Learning Journal
This is a scrapbook that celebrates and highlights not only what you child is learning, but the processes they utilize to learn. It's a celebration of life and the art of being. This may also be used to provide evidence of learning for other entities if the parents choose to use it in this way. - Membership in the SelfDesign Global Community
This online community is an interactive group of like minded parents and learners who share enthusiasm for learning in specific areas and who together are navigating the waters of learning naturally outside of the school walls (both seen and unseen). - Happy, passionate, inspired children and excited parents
Your choice of Learning Path will determine your specific experience:
Springboard to SelfDesign
We recommend this as a powerful starting point to ensure your success with self-directed learning. When you choose Springboard, you will receive 5 hours of direct time and 1 hour of indirect time with a SelfDesign Learning Consultant. Learn More
Guide Along The Side
We have found that weekly interaction with the Learning Consultant is something our families request most often. This plan provides for weekly Journal Entries (four per month) and provides the most continuity of thought and focus. Parents and older children often choose to each have conversations with the Learning Consultant. With this regular and frequent interaction between families and LC, a meaningful relationship can be formed. SelfDesigning is based on the power of relationships and understanding. With the offering, you will also be invited to join a SelfDesign Learning Circle. This plan, by far, is our most robust offering.
Mini-Guide
This path provides for direct interaction with the Learning Consultant twice a month and for the creation of two Learning Journal entries per month in the portfolio. This path will still allow you the opportunity to stay in close contact with the Learning Consultant and less frequent coaching sessions. If you are looking for a way to be involved in SelfDesign and see yourself as able to navigate the waters of this new endeavour with support from your Learning Consultant every other week, then this may be the plan for you.
Helping Hand
Even though this path is not the ideal path for getting started, it does provide a more economical way for a family to receive the guidance and support SelfDesign offers. Most of the interaction with the Learning Consultant will take place in a one session per month where the process of Observing for Learning and the values of SelfDesign are illuminated. This relationship will produce a single Learning Journal entry every month. In addition, the online SelfDesign community of learners and families will offer support throughout the month.
Are you ready to join thousands of families who have chosen SelfDesign as their education solution? Request an interview: email or phone.
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