Honours Bachelor of Early Childhood Leadership (Fast-Track) is a two-year program designed for those with an Early Childhood Education diploma wishing to pursue a degree in early childhood leadership. This program will prepare you to become a progressive leader in this complex and evolving sector.
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SEMESTER 5
ECL 3101, Quality Assurance for Early Childhood Programs
ECL 3102, Leadership in Learning Organizations
ECL 3103, Leadership in a Technological World
Liberal Arts Electives (choose two),
SEMESTER 6
ECL 3201, Human Development: Current Topics
ECL 3202, Building Healthy Communities: Advocacy and Leadership
ECL 3205, Internship Seminar
ECL 4102, Curriculum Leadership in Early Learning and Care
ECL 4103, Managing Projects as an Early Childhood Leader
Liberal Arts Elective,
FIELD PLACEMENT WORK TERM
Third-year internship is a 14-week work experience in an early childhood program, a related child and family service, or a relevant government department. Internship may be local, elsewhere in Canada or in an international setting.
SEMESTER 7
ECL 3203, Early Childhood Program and System Delivery
ECL 4111, Research in Early Childhood Studies
ECL 4105, Field Seminar 3
ECL 4106, Field Practicum 3
Liberal Arts Electives (choose two),
SEMESTER 8
ECL 4211, Current Issues – Leadership for Quality (independent studies)
LHUM 1215, Social Policy in Canada
Early Childhood Education is a two-year diploma program that uses rotating blocks of theory and practice to give you the skills you need to work with children from 6 weeks to 12 years of age in a variety of settings.
This program prepares graduates for positions as Registered Early Childhood Educators, working in partnership with certified teachers in the Full-Day Early Learning programs that are replacing junior and senior kindergarten.
Graduates will be prepared to guide and lead curriculum and pedagogy in a variety of Ontario’s early childhood settings such as:
child care centres
family drop-in programs
early intervention services
family support programs
Mandatory Health Insurance
$743.99 for one-year coverage (Sept-August)
$508.83 for 8 months coverage (Jan-August)
$273.29 for 4 months coverage (May-August)
