ABOUT
WHO WE ARE. WHAT WE DO.
We are a group of passionate educators, artists, professionals, doctors, scientists, entrepreneurs, health care professionals but mostly PARENTS of neurodivergent and incredibly gifted, neurotypical
A HUMANISTIC APPROACH
Our mission is to implement a NEW approach to learning for children around the globe who LEARN DIFFERENTLY! Whether they are gifted, Adhd, ASD, Learning struggles like dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia, as well as all learning uniqueness causing a learning barrier in a traditional classroom. Strong curricula, customized activities and a boundless resource in connecting with vendors and resources for your child's sensory needs.
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OUR VISION
The Sylvia Badwi Foundation will partner with global schools and governments to implement the new learning approach for the differentiated learner. Together, we will ensure that the programs are accessible, affordable and amazing! One in every 5 individuals is an exceptional learner. Children and adults alike. It is time to change the parameters of what we learned was schooling and redefine them to a more modernized, life-skills preparatory and effective intellectual growth method. For the sake of our future generation, we need t o unlearn what we think schooling is in order to inspire true learning in our current generations and those to come!
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OUR STORY
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Sylvia Badwi is an African native who was born and raised in the middle east. She immigrated to Canada in 1989 when she was very young. Her passion for differentiated learning began at the age of 16 when she volunteered in a daycare and encountered children who were autistic. She fell in love with those learners and worked an entire summer in a childcare in Nunavut, Canada with children who had FAS and FAE as well as down syndrome and plethora of other learning challenges. In the 2000s, she owned and operated two supplemental learning franchises focusing on children who are atypical to avoid falling through the cracks. She completed her specialized honors in Psychology with an emphasis on children and teens as well as a specialized Bachelor of Education from York University. Her passion solidified when she became a mother of three children and had to endure the Covid pandemic with all the shutdowns. She saw how much her own children were affected and she decided to complete a Harvard program called Leaders of Learning. She decided to start her own learning environment THEN AND THERE. Her learning institution is called Agora Prep Academy and it was established in 2021. She has witnessed countless miracles in her approach and decided to build this nonprofit organization to expand globally and allow access to this individualized and customized approach of learning to all differentiated students world-wide. This is her dream - to ensure that every child, no matter their gift or exceptionality or superpower, can excel in this world as they fulfill their very important and beautiful life purpose.
Differentiated Defined.
I am:
- unable to sit still
- bored with everything
- a highly sensory person
- incapable of learning without music or background noise
- different in the way I think
- able to compute everything in a millisecond in my mind
- a quiet observer
- unable to speak but I have boundless energy and intelligence
- smart in a different way
- in need of a quiet space
- anxious and shy
- in need of flexible seating
- in need of a flexible schedule
...different but still capable of all things!
Our Main Goals and Objectives
A Universal Curriculum
Professional Development
Global Access = Affordable Education
Corporate Partnerships
THEĀ NEXT STEPSĀ
We are planning to partner with schools nationally (within Canada) and internationally to implement our programs, coaching and curricula. We will also invite corporations and organizations to sponsor our foundation and receive special marketing perks. We hope to be globally available by 2026. The Sylvia Badwi approach will be implemented in as many schools as possible so no child is ever left behind academically.
