An hour to explore your questions about learning, with advice tailored to your situation.
Whether you’re setting up a learning community, working in a school or thinking about how best to support your child, a conversation with Ian offers space to discuss your ideas, work through challenges and consider practical next steps.
Each session is guided by what you would like to explore, drawing on Ian’s extensive experience of helping people take ownership of their learning.
Ian gives his time freely. The £80 session fee goes towards running SML Alliance CIC and supporting research and development that can benefit learning communities, parents and others interested in Self Managed Learning.
£80 · One-hour Zoom session · Date and time agreed after booking
What could we discuss?
You might want to explore:
- Setting up a learning community: developing your approach, shaping the roles of adults and young people, and creating an environment where learning can flourish.
- Supporting an existing community: mentoring, shared decision-making, relationships and working through disagreements.
- Learning within a school: helping students take greater responsibility for their learning, building motivation and exploring how Self Managed Learning could work in your setting.
- Your child’s learning: understanding their interests, supporting them when schooling feels difficult, or considering different ways forward.
- Your own learning and development: clarifying what matters to you, what you want to learn and how to begin.
You don’t need to arrive with a fully formed plan. You’re welcome to bring a question, an idea or something you would value the chance to talk through.
About Ian
Dr Ian Cunningham developed Self Managed Learning and has spent over 40 years supporting learning and development in schools, learning communities and organisations.
He founded SML College in Brighton and Hove, the UK’s first and longest-running Self Managed Learning community, which supported young people over 24 years. His approach brings together individual interests and goals with learning alongside others, recognising the importance of both independence and interdependence.
Ian brings this experience to each conversation, helping you explore what could work in your particular circumstances.
Supporting our work
SML Alliance is a community interest company working to develop and share Self Managed Learning. Income from these sessions helps us sustain that work and contribute to further research and development.
By booking a conversation, you support this wider purpose as well as making time to explore your own questions with Ian.
How booking works
Purchase your session and we’ll be in touch to discuss a suitable date and time. Ian’s availability is generally flexible, and your appointment will be agreed and confirmed after booking.
You’ll also have the opportunity to share a little about what you would like to discuss beforehand, so Ian can understand the focus of your session. Once the appointment is confirmed, we’ll send you the Zoom link.
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