With many couples working outside the home, the need for childcare specialists remains strong.* But a quality childcare facility is likely to be quite demanding of the employees they hire, requiring special training and experience of even its assistants.
With this in mind, Everest College of Business, Technology and Health Care offers an Early Childcare Assistant career education program that can provide you with the background and hands-on experience you need to qualify for jobs in childcare centres throughout Toronto. Offered at Everest College's Ottawa East campus, the program is taught by childcare professionals and is designed to have students complete school and into the workforce within a year.
A Focused Curriculum
Everest's Early Childcare Assistant curriculum is focused on those subjects experts consider critical to care, safety and education of preschool-aged boys and girls. Program courses include:
- Roles and Responsibilities
- Introduction to Early Childcare and Education
- Child, Family and Community
- Observation Skills
- Guiding Children
- Curriculum Planning
- Preschool Development
- Written Communication
- Health and Safety
- Nutrition
- Introduction to Prenatal, Infant and Toddler Development
As a student in the program, you will learn about toddler development, role-playing, observation approaches, encouraging children, dramatic play, plan development, child abuse, nutrition, CPR and first aid.
Upon graduation, Everest's Career Services professionals can help you transition from school to the workplace by providing support with all phases of job search, including resume preparation, interview rehearsal and, most important of all, identifying and contacting childcare facilities in your area.
About the Ottawa East Campus
Everest College's Ottawa East campus is in the St. Laurent Shopping Centre at the intersection of Highway 417 and St. Laurent Boulevard in eastern Ottawa, Ontario. The campus has off-street parking and can be reached by numerous metro bus routes. The Ottawa East campus is just a few minutes from several local daycare centres, and numerous restaurant and shopping options are within just a few blocks.
For More Information
For more information about the Early Childcare Assistant program and other career education programs, contact Everest College today!
Financial assistance may be available for those who qualify.
* Source: Statistics Canada-A Profile of the Childcare Services Industry, http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/63f0002x/63f0002x2002040-eng.pdf
