Honours Bachelor of Early Childhood Leadership

Sheridan College - Davis
Canada, Ontario, Brampton

Study location	Canada, Ontario, Brampton
Type	Bachelor's Degree, College
Nominal duration	2 years/ 5 semesters, including 4 months internship
Study language	English
Course code	PBECL

Tuition fee	CA$22,340 per year The fee is for the 2023–2024 academic year and includes (CA$20,448), health insurance and ancillary charges. The fees displayed are estimates only for two semesters and are subject to change.
Registration fee	CA$400 one-time The registration fee includes the non-refundable application fee (CA$100) and the refundable deposit fee (CA$300). Please REVIEW the EdviseCanada`s fee policy.

Tuition fee

CA$22,340 per year

The fee is for the 2023–2024 academic year and includes (CA$20,448), health insurance and ancillary charges.

The fees displayed are estimates only for two semesters and are subject to change.

Registration fee

CA$400 one-time

The registration fee includes the non-refundable application fee (CA$100) and the refundable deposit fee (CA$300).

Please REVIEW the EdviseCanada`s fee policy.

Entry qualification	Undergraduate Diploma (or higher) To be eligible for admission, you must possess: an Early Childhood Education diploma (or equivalent, as accepted by the College of Early Childhood Educators of Ontario) with a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or greater (average C+) The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English.

Entry qualification

Undergraduate Diploma (or higher)

To be eligible for admission, you must possess:

an Early Childhood Education diploma (or equivalent, as accepted by the College of Early Childhood Educators of Ontario) with a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or greater (average C+)

The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English.

Language requirements	English If English is not your first language, you must provide one of the English language proficiency tests below: IELTS (Academic): Overall score of 6.5 (min Listening: 6.0, min Reading: 6.0, min Writing: 6.0, min Speaking: 6.0) TOEFL (IBT): Total score of 88 (min Reading: 21, min Listening: 21, min Speaking: 21, min Writing: 21) Duolingo English Test (DET): Minimum score of 115 (with no individual subscore lower than 95) Other accepted language tests or evaluation methods.

Language requirements

English

If English is not your first language, you must provide one of the English language proficiency tests below:

IELTS (Academic): Overall score of 6.5 (min Listening: 6.0, min Reading: 6.0, min Writing: 6.0, min Speaking: 6.0)

TOEFL (IBT): Total score of 88 (min Reading: 21, min Listening: 21, min Speaking: 21, min Writing: 21)

Duolingo English Test (DET): Minimum score of 115 (with no individual subscore lower than 95)

Other accepted language tests or evaluation methods.

More information	sheridancollege.ca/..-childhood-leadership

Sheridan’s Honours Bachelor of Early Childhood Leadership program prepares you to become a leader in early childhood education and care.

Turn your diploma into a degree

As a graduate of an Early Childhood Education diploma (or equivalent, as accepted by the College of Early Childhood Educators of Ontario) with a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or greater (average C+), you may be eligible to complete Sheridan’s Honours Bachelor of Early Childhood Leadership degree program through Degree Completion.

Get your degree in less time

Degree Completion allows you to apply your diploma credits toward a Sheridan degree. You’ll get significant credit for the courses you completed in your diploma, which means you can complete your degree and advance your career sooner.

Outstanding Career Preparation

This program focuses on developing progressive leaders in early childhood education and care (ECEC) and child advocacy. You’ll learn to design and manage an inclusive, positive, learning-centred environment, and you’ll gain the critical thinking, business and interpersonal skills necessary to fulfill a leadership role and direct innovative practices in ECEC.

What You’ll Learn

Theories of human development.
Early childhood pedagogy and program models.
Curriculum design and implementation.
Roles and responsibilities of leaders in early childhood.
Research, analysis and evaluation.
Organizational structure and management.

Hands-on experience

In this program, you’ll use technology and hands-on application in a curriculum room that emphasizes, encourages and fosters best practices in early learning based on current theoretical research. The program also includes a 14-week work-term internship and a field placement, totalling more than 600 hours.

Field placements

The work term-internship may be completed in a variety of employment areas according to availability and interest.

You’ll have the opportunity to find your own work-term internship, paid or unpaid, which may include international co-op positions. These may include, but are not limited to, licenced childcare centres, nursery schools, Ontario Early Years Centres, and various programs such as early education, Full-Day Early Learning Kindergarten, family and community resources, parenting/prenatal and infant mental health, special needs programs as well as atypical placements such as an international placement in Hong Kong or elsewhere.

In order to enter field placement agencies, you’ll need to provide a current, acceptable and valid police record check for criminal offences (vulnerable sector check) and current acceptable record of immunization. You’ll need to provide these documents directly to your Internship Facilitator as required.

As a Degree Completion student, you must first complete these four (4) mandatory courses:

EDUC 10009 – Evidence-Based Practices in EC Programs
EDUC 17198 – Introduction to EC Leadership
TBD (Breadth Elective)
ENGL 17889GD – Composition and Rhetoric

All four courses are offered during the Spring–Summer semester. Some courses are offered in the Fall and Winter semesters.

Once you have successfully completed all four courses with a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or greater, you will automatically progress to Year 3 (Semester 5) of the degree program.

You can choose to complete these four courses and the remaining Year 3 and Year 4 courses of the degree as a full-time or part-time student. Courses are offered throughout the year. Please note, however, that you can only start Year 3 (Semester 5) in the Fall term.

When you complete the Early Childhood Leadership (ECL) bachelor’s degree, you’ll be prepared to guide and lead curriculum and pedagogy in Ontario’s early childhood settings.

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