The HCTF Education’s WILD Schools program is a free, whole-school, multi- year initiative for K-8 schools to support outdoor and place-based learning. Schools are assigned a WildBC Facilitator who will work with your school to provide professional development, resources, support, and ideas. The program is flexible and offers a wide range of opportunities to support environmental teaching and learning, outdoor experiences with nature and conservation connections and engagement within your local community.
How to Apply:
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Be a K-8 school in BC.
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Dedicate some pro-d time toward your WILD Schools pro-d session(s).
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Select a theme based to start with based one of our resources:
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Ecosystems (Project WILD& Growing Up WILD)
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Water and Watersheds (Project WET & Getting Little Feet WET)
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Forests (Project Learning Tree PreK-8 Environmental Education & PLT Earl Years)
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Apply by May 1st.
Applications will open on March 1st via HCTF’s SurveyApply application system.
Wild Schools Overview
What does the Wild Schools program include?
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Up to 45 hours of support by a dedicated WildBC Facilitator/school year.
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Up to 10 hours of professional development for staff/school year.
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Free resources including:
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Educator guides
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School kit
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Funding-small funding grant toward your Year 3 school-wide projects
