Diploma in Early Childhood Education - Alternate Delivery at Cambrian College in Sudbury, Canada is a diploma in Early Childhood Education programme. The programme runs for 5 semesters, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 3,631 per year for local students.
At a glance
Degree:Diploma
Field:Early Childhood Education
Duration: 5 semesters
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 3,631 / year
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
A customized ECE placement plan developed with you for you Geared for those who currently work in early childhood education (ECE), our alternate delivery format is the only one of its type in Ontario. If you have been working in ECE for a minimum of six months, this five-semester hybrid program offers online, facilitated, and brief, intensive in-person learning that allows you to complete your diploma while you work. You will build a foundation of knowledge that children learn through play. This play-based learning approach, combined with a culturally relevant environment, will encourage curious, capable, and competent children. You will also explore how to organize and maintain a stimulating learning environment that ensures the total development of children from birth to 12 years of age.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Cambrian's page for Early Childhood Education – Alternate Delivery requires a 30-credit Ontario Secondary School Diploma or equivalent, or mature student status, plus grade 12 English at the College (C) or University (U) level; grade 11 or 12 family studies and computer competency are recommended but not required. The page also requires applicants to be currently working in the ECE field, directly with children, for a minimum of six months. Before field placement, students must provide a two-step TB test, a Standard First Aid certificate, a Vulnerable Sector Check, up-to-date immunizations, freedom from communicable disease, and Bill 18 field certifications. No English-language test score is stated, and the program is currently not available to international students. Graduates must separately register with the College of Early Childhood Educators to practise as an RECE.
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca: for programmes starting September 2027 the application opens 26 September 2026 and the equal-consideration date is 1 February 2027, after which applications are assessed first-come, first-served while seats remain. Cambrian's own 2026-27 Academic Schedule A separately sets a Day-3 last-day-to-apply cut-off for every program each term - 13 January 2027 for the January 2027 intake and 12 May 2027 for the May 2027 intake - with transcripts in hand and the non-refundable deposit ready before Day 5. International applicants apply through the OCAS International Application Service (up to three Cambrian programmes) or an authorised agent and are reviewed individually; Cambrian publishes no fixed international closing date. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
