October 1, 2014
Excerpt: "Integrating early child education into the Department of Education is significant because it streamlines program planning and delivery but, more importantly, it legitimizes the early years as being critical to education and human development. It affords the sharing of information between educators, a continuum of learning, and smooth transitions between each learning stage."
Newfoundland Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (1.4 MB)
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