School Description

BrainBoost approaches learning in a way that’s student centred, pragmatic, and depends on a highly skilled staff. BrainBoost builds each student program around an agenda, or goal, that we construct with the student. We only accept students who want to attend (no, your mom can’t just sign you up!), and we take frequent feedback from students and parents to ensure we’re meeting students’ expectations and goals. Our expertise in educational design ensures that each program allows the student to realize their aspirations, with an outcome that is truly student driven. With such a variety of student goals, we can’t just buy into one approach to learning. What works varies greatly, depending on the situation. We use tools from many education disciplines in our work: special education, clinical psychology, sociology, biology, philosophy, social justice, design, and more. Because our institution has so much knowledge in such a wide variety of areas, we can use these knowledges as a tool, not an ideology. And finally, we trust our (truly spectacular) staff to use their skills effectively. We hire people who really know how to do things. Some of our team has extensive experience in their field of teaching; some are educational professionals; and some are both. Our staff receive extensive formal and informal training at BrainBoost through ongoing coaching and workshops. Additionally, we support our staff in getting additional education as needed. As a result, our team has a wide variety of skills and abilities, and they use those skills flexibly in the service of student goals