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Fast Track Programs
Early Childhood Education Intensive
One Year
Get the skills you need to start a rewarding career working with children. This activity-based program is taught using a
holistic approach in which the stages of a child’s developmental growth as well as cognitive skills and socio-emotional
development are emphasized. You will also gain the expertise and abilities necessary to operate an early childhood
centre. The program includes an outdoor environmental education component and a full-day kindergarten course.
The placement component of this program offers you hands-on, real-world experience.
Note: Graduates of any Bachelor of Education or Bachelor of Arts program can complete this hands-on, intensive program in one year. Expand
your knowledge and skill-set working in real-world settings. A 210-hour field placement gives you a practical application for your training with the
possibility of securing permanent employment. This program is designed in collaboration with Nipissing University’s Faculty of Education.
Your Future Career
• Childcare centres or home day care
• Full-day kindergarten programs
• Educational settings as educational
assistants
• Resource and learning access
programs
• Specialty early learning schools
What You Will Learn
• Child development
• Infant, toddler, and school-aged
curricula
• Language, literacy and speech
disorders
• Health, safety and nutrition
• Children’s math and science
• Special education
• Introduction to psychology
and sociology
Semester One:
ECE111 Child Development I
ECE118 Health and Safety
ECE145 Guidance of the Young Child
ECE204 Children’s Science and Math
ECE227 Parent Teacher Child
ECE235 School Age Curriculum
ECE245 Anti-bias Curriculum
ECE236 Kindergarten Curriculum
ECE256 Infant Toddler Curriculum
Semester Two:
ECE110 Language and Literacy
ECE115 Programming
ECE125 Observation I
ECE135 Child Development II
ECE228 Specialty Curriculum
and Theory
ECE218 Administration
ECE265 Field Placement IV
ECE212 Special Education
Admission Requirements:
Bachelor of Education, or Bachelor
of Arts (Psychology preferred)
Students are to apply as second year
students.
Other Requirements
A completed Canadore College Health
Centre form including medical history,
immunization record, and Tuberculosis
(TB) test is required.
If you have been convicted of an offence
under the Criminal Code for which you
have not been pardoned, you may be
ineligible for field/clinical placements.
A yearly police check will be required for
placements and can be obtained from
the police department upon payment
of a fee; all associated costs will be the
responsibility of the student.
Program Contact:
Brandy Champagne
Professor
705.474.7600 ext. 5829
brandy.champagne@canadorecollege.ca
www.canadorecollege.ca