Case Study of the Cloudberry Forest School Project1 Informing Early Learning and Child Care Legislation in Newfoundland and Labrador
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Media Article, Newfoundland and Labrador, Organizations, Outdoor ECE, Policy, Report, Research & Data CollectionAbout This Project
This project, part of the Lawson Foundation Outdoor Play Strategy 2.0, explored changes to provincial legislation in Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) that would allow outdoor-based programs such as Forest and Nature Schools to operate as licensed Early Learning and Child Care programs (ELCCs). The NL government provided Cloudberry Forest School with an exemption to operate as a full-time ELCC so that Cloudberry could serve as a learning lab. Officials could visit the program in action—to learn, dialogue about practice and policy, and conduct mock inspections—and use their learning and experiences to inform policy recommendations.
You can find the full report here!