Quality Early Learning and Child Care (ELCC) embraces a philosophy that children thrive in developmentally appropriate, child-centered play programs that use a problem-solving approach to guidance. Keyano College's Applied ELCC Certificate program incorporates this philosophy, providing students with the skills and credentials needed to work in the childcare field.

The Early Years Educator Qualification is the must-have qualification. It is for all those wanting to work with children from birth to five years of age.

The Level 1 course enables you to gain valuable skills and work experience to progress onto further study and move towards the early year’s career of your choice.

What will you learn on the course? (one or two sentences will do) This course is designed to help understand the skills needed to care for a baby or young child. Who is this course for? (one or two sentences will do)

Keyano College's Early Learning and Child Care Certificate program gives you the skills and credentials needed to work in the child care field. Learn how to create child-centred play programs, give guidance through problem solving, and inspire learning. You'll gain practical experience with children and learn the best practices for child care at each stage of a child's development.

The Level 1 course enables you to gain valuable skills and work experience to progress onto further study and move towards the early year’s career of your choice. Being on a Level 1 course, you will receive excellent help and support from experienced tutors and teaching assistants. Working in small classes, you will notice your confidence and self-esteem grow.

As an embedded certificate within the Associate Degree in Child Development, the program provides the understanding of the emotional, cognitive, physical, & social development of infants through pre-school age, preparing students in the design and implementation of developmentally appropriate curriculum, as well as communication, teaching, and guidance.

This is an exciting new course that combines a mixture of technical knowledge and works placement to give you the skills and experience you need to work with children. You will learn about child development, observing children, working with families and special educational needs and disabilities. In addition to this, you will also learn about child psychology, laws and different job roles within the education sector.

This course covers the core information for Level 1 Safeguarding Children. It introduces safeguarding as a subject and covers key safeguarding topics, such as the national and local context, jargon and key terms, multi-agency working and best practice.english

This is an ideal introductory course for those who want to start their career in Child Care or those who want to be qualified as a Child Care Educator.

You have a passion for helping children thrive. We give you the tools and confidence to make a difference. Whether you’re interested in starting your own daycare centre, working as a classroom paraeducator or preparing to continue into a four-year degree, Northwest Technical College has the resources and expert faculty to help you achieve your career goals.

Our early years department has an excellent track record of student progression to employment or University. You will learn about caring for children from birth to seven years of age, linking classroom theory with hands-on experience through regular work placements.

The Child Development Certificate program is designed to provide students with a theoretical knowledge base and practical experience, which will prepare them for employment in early childhood centres as a teacher or director as well as for other child-related occupations.