SOAR (Steps to Opportunities, Academics & Readiness)

SOAR to a richer life...

Our mission is to nurture interdependence and independence through meaningful learning. Our programs build upon learners’ unique personal strengths, confidence, awareness and skills.

Selkirk College has a diverse offerings of programs to meet the learning needs of adult students. There are many options available that lead to certification and develop transferable skills for adult living and employment.

Levels of Programming

SOAR - 1 Goals: Transitions in Adult Living
Ideal for students who are working on individualized skill-building in the areas of literacy, numeracy, computer technology or adaptive functioning skills.

SOAR - 2 Foundations: Skills for Adult Living
Ideal for students who are at a beginner level for basic literacy and numeracy skills and require a specific focus on transitional skills to adult-life and employment.

SOAR - 3 Discovery: Skills for Employment
Ideal for students who are ready to engage in the world of employment and learn essential employability skills. The program will focus on developing and building upon skills to maintain successful employment or continue to build upon employment opportunities.

The program will focus on developing and building skills for finding or maintaining successful employment.

SOAR - 4 Mastery in Food Service
 Ideal for students who are keen to specialize their skills set for a specific sector of employment.

SOAR - 5 Mastery in Retail Service
 Ideal for students who are keen to specialize their skills set for a specific sector of employment.

SOAR - 6 Mastery in Applied Arts
 Ideal for students who are keen to specialize their skills set for a specific sector of employment.

SOAR - 7 Mastery in Agriculture and Sustainability
Ideal for students who are keen to specialize their skills set for a specific sector of employment.

SOAR - 8 Mastery in Entrepreneurship
Ideal for students who are keen to specialize their skills set for a specific sector of employment.

SOAR - 9 Mentorship: Skills for Transition to Community
Mentorship is in development. Ideal for students who are natural leaders in the classroom and would benefit from an additional year to mentor new students and transitioning successful beyond college.

Our Teaching and Learning Philosophy

SOAR (Steps to Opportunities, Academics & Readiness) programs include hands-on, experiential education designed to prepare students for success in a variety of workplace, volunteer, and community settings. Students are exposed to a blended learning platform which includes foundational academic and life skills that are essential for developing life-long learners.

Our learners will:

• Build on strengths and interests boosting self confidence.
• Identify, create and achieve personal goals.
• Build self-awareness and learn to work with others.
• Develop and use effective strategies for handling conflict, change and stress, and problem-solving.
• Build self-awareness and learn to work with others.
• Develop resource and support networks.
• Enhance employment readiness and develop useful and transferable workplace skills.
• Identify and practice appropriate safety procedures.
• Increase numeracy, literacy and technology skills

How to Enrol

We believe in giving learners the chance to flourish in a supportive college setting. It is important we take the time to get to know a prospective student, so an individual plan is developed to foster success and appropriately meet the needs of the student and programming.

Find out more from the instructor in your community and set up an intake interview:

Nelson offers a full or part-time program. Contact Maria Van der Star.

Castlegar offers a part-time program. Contact Lena Sherstobitoff.

Grand Forks offers a part-time program. Contact Kim Vander Kooy.

Trail offers a full or part-time program. Contact Tammy Profilli.