Do you want to expand your skills in working with youth?

Chances are you're working in an SDE-center or micro school.

You might be a driven self starter that has opened up your own center/community.

It's possible that you're transitioning from conventional teaching to facilitation in an SDE space.

In our experience there are a lot of dedicated people that do amazing work with young people but that are longing for more confidence in their role as facilitators.

We know what it’s like!

We have experienced this reality ourselves. We know how inspiring and daunting it can be working with youth in radically new ways. Supporting them (and their parents!) on their self-directed journey can be challenging to say the least.

The vision is clear - but how do you make it happen?

This is why we decided to put together a Support Program specifically designed for SDE facilitators that want to deepen their facilitation skills.

We help you unlock your own potential so you can support young humans to do the same!

SDE Youth Rights Accreditation

Our Facilitation Support Program offers a pathway to the Self-Directed Education (SDE) Youth Rights Accreditation—an international recognition for educational spaces that champion human rights, with a focus on the rights of young people. 

This accreditation provides recognition that bridges youth-centered methodologies with conventionally accepted educational frameworks. It supports the sustainable growth of youth rights education, enhances legal recognition, and amplifies respect for this global movement rooted in fostering independent, responsible, and fulfilled young people.

Interested in pursuing accreditation? Read more here.

Our program

During 6 months, through a mix of video content, live online group coaching sessions and accountability partner sessions, you get the tools to co-create a new way of relating and communicating with the youth in your life by learning how to:

  • Deepen your confidence and facilitation skills.

  • Develop new practices to support self-directed learners in developing more autonomy and independence.

  • Co-create a consent based learning culture with young people.

  • Develop more collaborative, equitable relationships with youth.

  • Build consent-based and trusting relationships with the young humans and their parents.

  • Identify and learn strategies to let go of control and power over young people.

Unlock your full potential as a facilitator so that you can deeply support the autonomy and freedom in the young people you work with!

What is inluded in our program?

You get:

  • 12 Group Coaching Sessions

    We're all in this together!

    We gather two Mondays per month (3-5 pm PST/ 6-8 pm EST) and share our tried and tested tools and methods - providing facilitators with tangible support to deepen their confidence and facilitation skills, develop new practices to support self-directed learners in developing more autonomy and independence, and learn how to build consent-based and trusting relationships with learners and their parents.

  • 11 Accountability Partner Sessions

    Give and receive support!

    We pair you up with another participant who you will meet privately every two weeks work together towards your desired deschooling/facilitation goals. Accountability partnership is a brave space to check in on reflections, progress and share celebrations, struggles and curiosities. It's a giving and receiving that empowers you to keep on doing the work outside of the group coaching sessions. You can even keep this up after the program is over if you jive!

  • Freedom to Learn (online course)

    Free access!

    Freedom to Learn is an online self-study course for parents and adults supporting youth that want to deepen and broaden their understanding for how self-directed learning happens and how to best support self-directed learners. You recieve access to this program (value $350) as part of our Facilitation Support.

Gain clarity in your role as a facilitator and solid confidence in your facilitation skills!

Testimonials

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  • Sessions

    All our sessions happen on zoom and are recorded for participants only.

    You will have access to all recordings and resources via our program platform.

  • Dates

    Coaching sessions:

    Jan 13th & 27th; Feb 10th & 24th, March 10th & 24th; April 14th & 28th; May 12th & 26th; June 9th & 23rd // Accountability partner sessions: Once a month TBD

  • Price

    Global North: $1525 USD

    Global South: $765

    1 Payment or 3 Month Payment Plan Options

Invest in yourself

To help support equity and in an effort to balance accessibility with the financial sustainability of the program, we are offering sliding scale payment options depending on where you reside and where your economy is based (Global North or Global South*). We also offer 6 month payment plans for those needing them.

*Global South Economies include Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa, Pacific Islands, and the developing countries in Asia, including the Middle East.

If you are a person that is marginalized and inequitably impacted by systems of power, please reach out to us to inquire about scholarships.

FAQ

  • Who is this program for?

    This program is for SDE facilitators that have experience working in SDE spaces with young people, but feel the need for tangible support to deepen their confidence and facilitation skills, develop new practices to support self-directed learners in developing more autonomy and independence and learn how to build consent-based and trusting relationships with learners and their parents.

  • What topics do you cover?

    The content of the program is partly pre-defined (based upon our experience in what we see facilitators struggle with) and partly co-created with participants depending on individual/ group needs. Some of the content covered is: Agile tools for intentional culture creation; Fostering choice and autonomy; Building equitable relationships; Setting healthy boundaries; Radical self-acceptance; Power of apology; Conflict resolution; Consent-based support. Other themes and topics are emergent based on what is relevant for participants.

  • What do you support us with?

    We support you by providing concrete tools and methods to help you develop more collaborative, equitable relationships with youth through letting go of power and control while learning how to more deeply trust young humans (and yourself!).

  • What will I learn and develop?

    You get the tools to:

    Replace coercion with consent and foster a learning environment where young people can thrive.

    Develop ways of communicating with youth that lead to more authenticity, connection and ease in the center.

    Co-create a conscious culture based on equity and empowerment for all.

    You unlock your full potential as a facilitator so that you can fully support the autonomy and freedom in the young people you support.

  • What's your role in the program?

    Our job is to support you by holding space, listening, mirroring and sometimes challenging limiting thoughts or beliefs. We also share our experience, knowledge, knowhow and expertise in order to help you move from being stuck to taking intentional action to support you to reach new depths of your facilitation practices and relationship with youth. That being said, you will get out what you put in. In other words, the outcome will depend on your own efforts, commitment to the process and willingness to do the deep work.

Humanizing the approach to learning