Growing Wild: Discovery Nature-Based Educator Certificate Course

At Discovery Professional Learning, we have deeply held beliefs that children deserve regular and repeated access to beautiful, diverse, and natural environments. In the context of COVID, we have had to think and rethink what we believe and have seen this time as an unprecedented opportunity to reconceptualize our programs and spaces.

We have deeply held values around the environment and our vision is to connect children with nature. As we got more clear on what this looks like in practice we understood and believed that the environments we offer children have the potential to change the world,and the Nature-Based Educator course was born.

Connecting children with nature is more than space and materials...it’s a way of being. Regardless of your space, you can connect children with the natural world. We have spent time engaging with hundreds of educators from across Canada with all types of outdoor spaces; from very limited to very robust, and our message is the same: Nature is everywhere if you really pay attention, you can find it!

Discovery Professional Learning is proud to offer the “Discovery Nature-Based Educator Certification Course.” This course includes 10 online, learn-at-your-own-pace modules that have been designed for participants to complete within 12 months from the beginning of the course (will have up to 18 months if needed).