Nanoose First Nation, the Snaw-naw-as community, believes and values that all children have the right to healthy spiritual, emotional, physical and intellectual environments. Children’s programs must provide activities, spaces, and events that support child development and wellness. Allowing creativity, imagination and exploration must be balanced with guidance and structure in all programming and families. Recognizing that parents are a child’s first teacher, any childcare staff is instrumental in facilitating learning through play.

Respectful family-centered interactions are of utmost importance and to be maintained by modeling open communication in a positive manner. Trust, traditional practices and community capacity is necessary in planning and implementing children’s programs. Staff and families must be in tune with the whole child and the impact of the factors that affect learning.

Physical, environmental, social, emotional and neurological factors affecting the quality of learning is significant and every effort to ensure high standards must be met by staff, families and community. The Code of Ethics for Early Childhood Educators of BC is a standard for childcare staff to adhere to.