Early Childhood Care and Education (Level 6)

On the successful completion of this award the learner will have acquired the knowledge, skills and competence to work as an autonomous practitioner. Skills acquired will provide the successful learner with the ability to lead and co-ordinate a team in the provision of Early Childhood Care and Education. Knowledge of how to create an environment which promotes the development of capable active learners in line with national standards will be gained. This award will provide learners with opportunities to transfer and progress to programmes leading to higher education and training awards. The following modules are scheduled to run as part of this Major Award at times and dates as noted.
Child Development – 6N1942 – Refer to course description below.
Early Childhood Curriculum – 6N1944 – Refer to course description below.
Modules 3 and 4 will start February / March 2020.
Modules will run every Tuesday and every second week Tuesday and Thursday.
Please note each module has a credit value of 15 and in order to achieve a major award in “Early Childhood Care and Education” you need to have 120 credits. 120 hours work experience must also be achieved and certified by a Supervisor within work placement.