Early Childhood Education Certificate, Aboriginal
• Full-time or part-time • Starts:
assessments show difficulties in
Aboriginal settings are the focus of the
September, January, April • Fees,
English must participate in English
program; however, you’ll develop the
upgrading before entering the
skills and knowledge to work with chil-
entire program: $6,073 • 38 weeks
program); or
dren from all cultures. The program
• Offered online through Mackenzie
totals 1,010 hours (570 hours of course-
• Mature student status (please consult
This program is offered collaboratively
work and 440 hours of practicum expe-
a CNC counsellor/advisor) plus
by the College of New Caledonia, Nicola
rience).
completion of an English assessment
Valley Institute of Technology, Northern
administered by the College
Trimester 1
12 weeks
Lights College, and Yukon College.
(students whose assessments show
AECE 151
Prenatal Infant and
You do not have to be of Aboriginal
difficulties in English must partici-
Toddler Development
ancestry to take the program.
pate in English upgrading before
AECE 154
Guiding and Caring for
entering the program).
Young Children
AECE 156
Program Planning I
Careers
Note 1: Before you start the first
AECE 157
Historical Perspectives
practicum, you must provide documen-
The Aboriginal ECE program is
in Early Childhood
tation of successful completion of a first
designed to train women and men to be
Education
aid course accepted by the Provincial
skilled, sensitive teachers of young chil-
AECE 190
Practicum I (9-hour
ECE Registry. Your first aid certifica-
dren in early childhood settings. While
seminar)
tion must remain valid for each
learners will be prepared to work with
practicum placement.
Trimester 2
12 weeks
children from diverse cultural back-
ACEC 161
Preschool and School-
grounds, the focus is on caring for
Note 2: You must provide documents
aged Child Development
Aboriginal children in
certifying current immunization, TB
AECE 166
Program Planning II
screening, and a health examination.
• Daycare centres
AECE 164
Professional Interactions
These must be on official forms
• Preschools
AECE 167
Curriculum Develop-
(supplied with acceptance), and must
ment
• Supported childcare programs
be submitted before the program starts.
AECE 191
Practicum II (9-hour
• Family development programs
Note 3: You must also provide proof of
seminar)
application for a criminal record search.
• Social service agencies
Trimester 3
14 weeks
The College requires criminal record
• Libraries
AECE 175
Language and Literature
searches for everyone applying to
in Early Childhood
• Hospital playrooms
programs that involve working with chil-
Education
dren or other vulnerable persons.
When you graduate and complete 500
AECE 177
Working with Families
Applicants must undergo two searches,
hours of work in the field, you’ll be
AECE 170
Observing and Recording
one through the RCMP and one through
eligible for licensing as an early child-
Children’s Behaviour
the Attorney General’s Office. The cost
hood educator in BC and the Yukon.
AECE 172
Health, Safety, and
is your responsibility. A search which
As well, the program provides 50
Nutrition
identifies relevant criminal convictions
college credits.
AECE 192
Practicum III (12-hour
may prevent you from entering into a
seminar)
practicum setting. Students who cannot
Admission requirements
complete the practicums cannot graduate
from the program.
Acceptance process
Successful completion of one of the
following:
You’ll be accepted to the program once
Program outline
you’ve met all the admission require-
• Grade 12 (with English 12 or
ments. This is called “first-qualified, first
English 12: First Peoples with a
The AECE program recognizes the
accepted.” If you qualify after the
minimum “C” grade); or
growing population of First Nations,
program’s full, you’ll be put on a waitlist.
Inuit, and Métis (Aboriginal) children in
• ABE/CCP Advanced Certificate plus
our society, and values the wealth of
You do not have to be of Aboriginal
English 050 with a minimum “C”
knowledge and tradition derived from
ancestry to take the program. However,
grade; or
Aboriginal peoples. In promoting the
fifteen seats are reserved for Aboriginal
• GED certificate plus completion of
development of the whole child, it is
applicants (self-declared) who meet the
an English assessment, administered
essential that children have their cultures
entrance requirements.
by the College (students whose
affirmed and supported in the early years.
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Early Childhood Education Certificate, Aboriginal
Selection process
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If there are more qualified applicants
• Community Support Worker
than the number of seats, the following
Certificate
selection process will be used:
• Early Childhood Education
1.
Work experience in an early child-
Certificate
hood centre: A minimum of 30
• Education Assistant Certificate
hours of paid or volunteer experi-
• Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
ence in an early childhood setting:
(FASD) Diploma
10 points
• Health Care Assistant Certificate
2.
Letters of reference:
• Social Service Worker Certificate
a) One letter of recommendation
from the work experience
• Social Service Worker Diploma
program supervisor: 5 points
• Social Service Worker (UT)
b) A second letter of reference from
Diploma
an educator, employer, or other
Revised: 10.08.11
professional, recommending the
applicant’s acceptance into the
program: 5 points
3.
Previous academic experience:
Relevant post-secondary courses
with a “C” grade or better (2 points
per course to a maximum of 10
points): 10 points
4.
Attendance at spring orientation:
Participation in all orientation activ-
ities (e.g., group discussions, obser-
vations at the CNC day care):
10 points
5.
Written statement (describing
career goals, special interests, and
reasons for seeking entrance into
the program):
a) Clearly stated reasons for
applying: 5 points
b) Congruence between personal
goals and program goals: 5
points
Maximum = 50 points
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