Early Childhood Education Program Standards The following vocational standard identifies broad areas of knowledge, skill, and attitude that a student must demonstrate in order to graduate from an Ontario college of applied arts and technology's Early Childhood Education (ECE) program. These ECE programs prepare graduates to work with children and their families in a diverse ECE community in both formal and informal settings, and within a changing social context. This changing social context will require graduates to be flexible, innovative, and entrepreneurial in the manner in which they approach their careers. The learning outcomes presented here reflect current knowledge and legislation* in the field of early childhood education. Synopsis of the Vocational Learning Outcomes Early Childhood Education Programs The graduate has reliably demonstrated the ability to - Plan curriculum that is based on a thorough understanding of child development.
- Plan and implement individual programs and curriculum to meet the developmental needs of children.
- Utilize a variety of observation techniques to enhance work with children, families, and co-workers.
- Maintain responsive relationships with individual children and groups of children.
- Establish and maintain safe and healthy environments which best meet the requirements of current legislation, regulatory bodies, and program policies.
- Develop and maintain effective written, oral, nonverbal, and electronic communications with children, families, co-workers, employers, and individuals/agencies.
- Apply relevant legislation, policies, procedures, and regulations to early childhood education programs and settings in a changing social context.
- Apply a personal philosophy of early childhood education within the framework of ethical and professional standards.
- Act in a manner consistent with principles of fairness, equity, and diversity to support the development and learning of individual children, within the context of his/her family, culture, and society.
Canadore College reserves the right to place students in any clinical or field placement or combination of placements that are determined to be appropriate. Students must be prepared to travel to and from placements and/or relocate at their own expense for all or part of the placement. Placements could include: - School Boards
- Resource teacher programs
- Resource centres
- Child care centres
- Home child care and support
- Recreation centres
- Children’s agencies
- Montessori schools
Students will be required to fill out a Placement Allocation Form for each placement. | | The documents on this page are required for field placement in the following programs: Early Childhood Education Program: The Perfect Choice!
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 My experience in the Early Childhood Education Program at Canadore College has been amazing! The most beneficial part of the program for me was the placement opportunities. Through these opportunities I was able to use the skills and knowledge I learned in the classroom, and apply them to real life situations in both school and daycare settings. | | | | | | |
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My experience in the Early Childhood Education Program at Canadore College has been amazing! The most beneficial part of the program for me was the placement opportunities. Through these opportunities I was able to use the skills and knowledge I learned in the classroom, and apply them to real life situations in both school and daycare settings. Throughout placement, I learned a lot about myself, including my teaching styles, teamwork skills and my approach to handling challenging situation with young children. I had the opportunity to work with a variety of age groups, implement lessons and use many strategies I learned throughout my courses. Because of my placement experiences, I am now working full time as a School Age Educator at a local daycare. Without the placement opportunities, this would not have been possible. I believe it is where I learned the most about my skills and abilities and was able to reflect, and build on them. Credit is certainly due to the teachers and co-ordinators of the program for my placement success, as they were with me through the two years and did an excellent job preparing me for placement. Overall, my classroom experiences were very positive throughout this program. I witnessed many different learning styles through my classmates, which I felt was of great benefit to me. I also felt the teachers did an excellent job accommodating these learning styles through different forms of assignments, from written independent reports, to large group projects. I found the courses in this program to be very useful. I feel confident in my abilities to understand and assist young children as they grow. I have no doubt it my mind that I will be taking much of what I have learned and applying it in the real world one day as a professional. When I look back at my college experience, I reflect on everything that I have learned, and realize this was the perfect course for me. I grew having a passion for young children, and knew one day I wanted to work with them; Canadore’s ECE program has fulfilled this desire, and I will forever be grateful. | | | | | | |
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