Welcome to SelfDesign Learning Community (SDLC)    Applications for k-9 for 2008-09 are now closed. Our application form for the 2009/10 year will be available here. Our application for 2009-2010 will be available in April,2009.  Please watch this site for updates. NEWS:  We've Launched SelfDesign-ISK for teen learners!!     Please check out our new program offerings at  SelfDesign-ISK High School For learners and families living beyond British Columbia, please check out our new SelfDesign Global program offerings at  SelfDesign.com   If you wish to register as a homelearner, please contact our Homelearners' Network coordinator - suzannegregory @ wondertree.org. (HLN is a Ministry-recognized, though unfunded program for unschoolers) What is SelfDesign Learning Community? We are a provincewide co-Inspirational community of learners, parents and educators working together to co-create the most meaningful network of learning possible. Our program is a Ministry funded 'Distributed Learning' (online) program. Last year we had over 700 learners in our program during 2007/08.   For the 2008-09 school year, we are offering: • the opportunity for families and learners (born 1994-2003) to receive individualized support from one of our 60-plus Learning Consultants (all BC-certified teachers), • access to our unique, online 'Village of Conversations', the hub of our learning community featuring numerous learning-focused conferences, • specialized mentors in our learning Village, • support to families in procuring individualized learning resources and services (Click here for payment details), • special education support:  Please Note: As of Fall 2008 our low-incidence Special Education Program is full. • new insights into learning beyond the paradigm of schooling • a community of ongiong co-Inspirational learning conversations that deepen and enrich the learning process for everyone • more!   (Click here to learn more about the SelfDesign Program)            Above:  SelfDesign Learning Community co-founders Brent Cameron, Kathleen Forsythe and Michael Maser meet with BC Minister of Education Shirley Bond in 2007 to receive a 'Certificate of Recognition  in Honour of our Contribution to Public Education' for having won a 2006 'Prime Ministers Award for Teaching Excellence'.   School contact information email: info@selfdesign.org SelfDesign Learning Community PO Box 747 Creston, BC    V0B 1G0 604-224-3640 We invite you to learn more about our unique programs and join us this year for the learning adventure of a lifetime. Brent Cameron and Barbara Meyer's new book is available for purchase through our website or your local bookstore. Click here to go to our online store: store.selfdesign.com "I have no special gift. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein.