The ECE profession can take you too some amazing places:
Employment
Graduates of Sheridan's Early Childhood Education program are prepared to pursue a rewarding career in early childhood education. Our program emphasizes practical skills and theoretical understanding. The career centre at both Sheridan campuses can help you with resume writing and job search strategies.
Employment may be found:
- Parent centers
- Family resources programs
- Prenatal and infants mental health programs
- Family day care
- Early years centers
- Special needs programs
- Research centers
- Children's hospitals and clinics
- Family courts
- Children's media
- Organizations that create commercial products for children
- Child care
- Preschool teaching
- Early primary education sectors
- private schools
- public libraries
Post Diploma College Programs
At Sheridan you will find opportunity to pursue:
- High/Scope Preschool Teacher Training
- Montessori
- ECE Supervision and Administration
- Educational Assistant
- Community Outreach Worker
Visit this link to find more information about these programs.
At other Colleges:
University
If you were thinking about extending your interest in children's development through University, the following universities offer programs in the field or a related field to early childhood.
Athabasca
Athabasca, Alberta
These are typically the ones ECE students apply to. However your choices are not exclusive to these. Human Services Bachelor of Professional Arts (BPA). This program is offered through distance education. The ECE grads receive 2 years of transfer credits (60 credits) in the 4 year program (120 credits)
http://www.athabascau.ca/ http://www.athabascau.ca/humanservices/transfer.php
Ryerson University
Toronto, Ontario
This university offers full time studies in their direct entry program. This is continuation to a the 3rd year of a 4 year undergraduate degree. Entry to this program requires a minimum GPA of 3.0 from ECE program and 3 university level liberal arts credits. Open House at Ryerson in November. For more information.
http://www.ryerson.ca/ece/deprogram.html
York University
Toronto, Ontario
This is a concurrent and consecutive B.Ed. Programs. Student may transfer credits given for ECE college program - (30 credits approximately)
http://www.yorku.ca/web/futurestudents/programs/template.asp?id=574
Brock University
St-Catherines, Ontario
"Brock offers B.A. programs in Child and Youth Studies, Psychology, and Sociology. Students from a completed college program must have a minimum 85% cumulative college average for consideration by Child and Youth studies."* For more information see "Brock's handbook"
http://www.brocku.ca/childandyouthstudies/handbook.pdf
http://www.brocku.ca/childstudies/
Carleton University
Ottawa, Ontario
"Upon admission into the program, students could be granted up to a maximum of 5.0 credits based on their ECE studies. These credits are applicable only to the Child Studies program."*
http://www.carleton.ca/calendars/ugrad/current/programs/childstudies.html http://www.carleton.ca/
Concordia
Montreal, Quebec
"The 3-year BA in Child Studies explores many facets of child development, socialization, and education, focussing primarily on children from ages 2-12. The program is designed to accommodate career objectives for two different groups of students: people who intend to eventually pursue graduate studies to do research in Child Study or Educational Psychology or those who intend to work with children in settings such as daycare, hospitals, after school care and so forth."* For more information visit.
http://doe.concordia.ca/Undergraduate/Child_studies.php
Laurentian University
Sudbury, Ontario
"The Program (B. Ed.) is a four or five year program taken concurrently with an undergraduate degree. Students applying from Community Colleges will be considered for admission for September, 2004."* For more information.
http://laurentian.ca/education/index.html
University of Buffalo
Buffalo, N.Y., U.S.A.
"The Department of Learning and Instruction (LAI) offers a wide array of degree options. In addition to doctoral and masters' degree programs, this university also offers a variety of curricular options with its teacher education program."*
http://www.gse.buffalo.edu/programs/LAI/
Univeristy of Guelph
Guelph, Ontario
"Guelph offers a Bachelor of Applied Science majoring in Child Studies as well as B.A. programs in Psychology and Sociology. Transfer credit is determined on an individual basis."* Visit this site for more information.
http://www.uoguelph.ca/undergrad_calendar/c10/c10basc-cyf.shtml
University of Victoria
Victoria, B.C.
This university uses the WebCt format as well! "Child and Youth Care professionals with university degrees are well prepared for working directly with clients on the front lines."*
http://web.uvic.ca/cyc/
University of Western Sydney
Sydney, Australia
"The School of Education and Early Childhood Studies is situated on the Bankstown and Penrith Campuses. Courses offered by the School of Education and Early Childhood Studies are fully government accredited and recognised internationally by higher education institutions and professional registration bodies"*
http://future.uws.edu.au/ug/teach_edu* direct quotes from the referenced website.