
Bachelor of Early Learning Program Development (Honours)
The Early Learning Program Development (Honours) program from Conestoga College will offer students opportunities to develop strong critical thinking and professional communication skills that will enable them to work successfully in an inter-professional team.
Duration
4 years
Starting Date
September
Tuition Fee
CAD 15,192 per year
Location
Kitchener – Doon
About the program
The Bachelor of Early Learning Program Development (Honours) is a four-year program from Conestoga College, paid co-op degree program, delivered at the honours level, that will provide students with an applied understanding of developing early learning programs at the classroom and community levels.
Throughout the program, students will experience authentic, situational learning opportunities that highlight the links between theory and practice in engaging and meaningful ways.
They will be challenged to consider multiple theoretical perspectives as a lens to understanding social policy and determining promising professional practices that shape social and educational programs. Conestoga also offers a diploma program related to the early childhood education (ECE) field.
Careers
The program prepares graduates for a number of progressive careers that support children, youth and families in the areas of curriculum implementation and co-ordination, program development and co-ordination, and social policy work.
Graduates meet the academic requirements for registration with the College of Early Childhood Educators of Ontario qualifying them for employment as Registered Early Childhood Educators. Conestoga College and Wilfrid Laurier University have an agreement that allows top ranking graduates of the Early Learning Program Development degree a pathway for admission into the Bachelor of Education – primary/junior stream.
Courses Included
- Human Growth and Development: The Early Years
- Designing Responsive Curriculum in the Early Years
- Field Placement (BA Early Learning Program Dev)
- Safety in the Workplace
- Group Dynamics
- Human Growth and Development: The Later Years
- Child, Family and Society
- Diversity and Social Inclusion in Program Development