HIGHER CERTIFICATE: EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT – FULL TIME
NQF Level 5
120 credits (plus 12 credits for Work Integrated Learning)
Qualification SAQA ID: 64649
ETDP Seta Accreditation
Duration & Time: 1 Year every week day on campus
Minimum Requirements: Matriculation Certificate or equivalent – NSC Pass with 50% in English
Articulation Options: After obtaining a higher certificate and meeting the admission requirements, you can apply to further your studies in a related diploma qualification e.g. Grade R Diploma or pursue an entry-level position. A higher certificate is a skills-based qualification that focuses on providing an applicant with very specific abilities in a particular field.
Cost: R24000 (including first aid training)
International Compatibility: Comparable to the Level 3 NVQ in Child Care and Education in the UK
The Occupational Certificate: Early Childhood Development has been designed to meet the needs and interests of the early childhood development sector in a variety of settings and contexts with an inclusive focus on education, health and safety issues, amongst others.
“There is a vast need for early childhood development services and it is critical that the field must be served by competent practitioners.”
In order to meet the needs at early childhood development level, it is important to be able to identify and recognise competent early childhood development practitioners who are able to work in centre-based and non-centre-based early childhood development settings.
We provide on campus practical training experiences that ensures that our ECD practitioners are continuously supported in their development and growth whilst allowing for optimal training quality.
ASSESSMENT
Formative and summative assessments for all Unit Standards will be conducted and collated by Parklands College Further Education. Students will be required to complete a Portfolio of Evidence, work integrated learning (WIL) and the Final Summative Assessment (FSA) is written at our Campus in Table View, Cape Town.
This higher certificate aims to provide the following learning outcomes for the students:
- Mediate active learning in an integrated and holistic learning programme.
- Facilitate learning and development of children with barriers to learning and other special needs, including those coping with abuse and violence, within an inclusive anti-bias approach.
- Promote the safety and healthy development of each child.
- Work with colleagues, families and community systems to develop each child’s potential as fully as possible.
- Manage a well-planned and organised learning programme to meet the needs of individual children within the framework of the national school curriculum (where appropriate).
- Select and use appropriate methods and procedures for assessing children’s progress and reporting on this to parents.
- Promote the development of high quality ECD programmes and services.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
- Early Childhood Development Practitioner (Birth – 5 years)
- Au Pair
- Childminder
- Work with children while travelling abroad
- Start your own business
- Establish a foundation for teacher training
COURSE STRUCTURE
Knowledge Component:
Three core Unit Standards:
- Develop and manage the ECD learning programme, 24 credits
- Mediate active learning in ECD programmes, 36 credits
- Promote healthy development in ECD programmes, 12 credits
Two fundamental Unit Standards:
- Apply workplace communication skills, 10 credits
- Present information in a public setting, 5 credits
Three elective Unit Standards:
- Facilitate a Life Skills learning programme in the Reception year, 15 credits
- Facilitate a Literacy learning programme in the Reception year, 15 credits
- Facilitate a Numeracy learning programme in the Reception year, 15 credits
Work Integrated Learning (WIL), 12 credits
This will take place in our on-site registered Pre-Primary – Christopher Robin Pre-Primary. Students will be guided by the teacher/mentors on how to set up a stimulating learning learning programme, providing a safe, happy and healthy environment in which to thrive. Students will be given the opportunity to enrich their experience in a Reception year classroom by planning, preparing and implementing numeracy, literacy and life skills activities for the children.
REQUIREMENTS FOR ENROLMENT
- Completed application form
- Certified copies (not older than 3 months) of : Highest academic qualification, ID Document, Proof of Residential Address, Police Clearance, Sexual Offenders Register Clearance
- Proof of COVID-19 vaccination
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