Early Child hood Care & Education

Course details

This is a course designed to pro­vide stu­dents with the knowl­edge, prac­ti­cal skills and qual­i­fi­ca­tions required to pur­sue a career in early child­hood care and edu­ca­tion. The course is suit­able for both school leavers and expe­ri­enced or mature stu­dents seek­ing a for­mal qualification.

Course Con­tent

• Child Devel­op­ment
• Early Child­hood Edu­ca­tion & Play
• Child Health & Wellbeing
• Early Care and Edu­ca­tion Practice
• Cre­ative Arts for Early Childhood
• Word Pro­cess­ing
• Man­ual Handling
• Occu­pa­tional First Aid
• Com­mu­ni­ca­tions
• Work Prepa­ra­tion and Experience

Entry Require­ments:

All appli­cants will be inter­viewed. Appli­cants must be at least 17years of age. Stu­dents will be asked to apply for garda clear­ance at interview.

Pro­gres­sion and Career Options:

Suc­cess­ful grad­u­ates can opt to go directly into the world of work in nurs­eries, play­groups, crèches, with pri­vate fam­i­lies and as assis­tants in schools and res­i­den­tial set­tings. Grad­u­ates may opt to con­tinue to QQI level6 within DIFE or progress to Degree courses within Insti­tutes of Tech­nol­ogy Nationwide.