Early Childhood Education Certificate

Admission Requirements: Domestic applicants only, per the College's program page. Academic base: B.C. secondary-school graduation or the equivalent, or being 19 or older and out of secondary school for a year as of the first day of classes, plus English 12 at 60 per cent or an accepted alternative. General requirements: a valid first aid certificate meeting Schedule C of the B.C. Child Care Licensing Regulation, held for the whole program; criminal record check clearance through the B.C. Criminal Records Review Program, started only when Admissions instructs you and returned by their deadline; and the completed ECE Program Information and Student Questionnaire form, which Admissions sends out. Health and practicum notes: current immunisation is strongly advised because some child-care organisations require proof before a practicum placement. Applicants also look over the College's Requisite Skills and Abilities checklist for Health and Social Development, handing it in when the program starts, since students take part in hands-on simulated practice and in placements caring for young children. Travel costs to field trips, observation assignments and practicum sites are the student's own. The College reserves the right to refuse admission where there is substantiated evidence, medical or otherwise, that admitting the applicant would put clients, agency staff or other students at risk.