St. Clair College offers Diploma in Early Childhood Education (Accelerated), a diploma in Early Childhood Education programme in Windsor, Canada. The programme runs for 3 semesters, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 15,705 per year (CAD 4,781 per year for local students).
This accelerated three-semester diploma trains graduates to join a licensed child care team supporting infant, toddler, preschool and school-age children, building skills across thinking and learning, physical coordination, and social, emotional and communication development. Students train as Registered Early Childhood Educators, learning to design curriculum around each child's interests and developmental stage while collaborating closely with children, families and other professionals in the role, which depends on strong communication and social interaction ability.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: This is a second-entry accelerated pathway: admission requires a university degree with a minor in Psychology or Sociology, or a Developmental Service Worker, Child and Youth Care, Educational Support, or Liberal Arts diploma, as stated on the programme's own admission-requirements page. Before clinical placement, students must complete an Electronic Requirements Verification review, CPR-Level C, Standard First Aid (valid three years), a Police Vulnerable Sector Check (valid one year), a health-assessment record, and additional Synergy Gateway attestations; most placement sites expect COVID-19 vaccination, and international students completing placements need a valid co-op work permit. No separate language-proficiency scores are published for this programme, so international and non-native-English applicants are held to St. Clair College's institution-wide English requirement for diploma programmes: IELTS Academic 6.0 overall, TOEFL iBT 60, PTE Academic 52, CAEL 60, CELPIP General 7.0 in each module, or Duolingo 110.
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca: for programmes starting in Fall 2027 the online application opened on 26 September 2026, the equal-consideration date is 1 February 2027, colleges may start sending offers from 1 November 2026, and accepted offers are due by 1 May 2027; Winter 2027 entry has an equal-consideration date of 15 September 2026. St. Clair flags eight oversubscribed programmes and thirteen high-interest programmes for which it recommends applying by 1 February. After the equal-consideration dates, applications are assessed first-come, first-served while seats remain. International applicants apply through the International OCAS portal and are admitted on a rolling, first-come, first-served basis; St. Clair publishes no fixed international closing date. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
