Education & Career opportunities
Early Learning and Care Diploma Program
(formerly Early Childhood Care & Education)
Further Education Opportunities
Graduates with a diploma in ELC have transfer credit towards a degree in Child and Youth Care. If you decide to continue with further education you may eventually seek employment as a licensing officer, a consultant, a policy analyst or a college instructor. You’ll have an exciting role in a quickly developing field of work. As public awareness of the importance of the early years grows, early childhood educators are beginning to receive professional recognition and appropriate pay for the role they play in the lives of young children. They may choose to pursue further education towards this degree at:
- University of Victoria
- Vancouver Island University (formerly Malaspina College)
- University of the Fraser Valley (formerly University College of the Fraser Valley)
- Douglas College
- Capilano University (Bachelor of Early Childhood Care and Education)
Career Opportunities
Your ELC education will help prepare you to contribute excellence and professionalism to the field of Early Learning and Care through a variety of exciting employment opportunities.
The placement record for our graduates is excellent, at over 90%. Employment opportunities include:
- Preschool programs
- Early Childhood Centres
- Family Child Care Homes
- Recreation Centres
- Drop-in Parent/Child Programs
- School-age Care Programs
- Child Care Resource and Referral Centres
- Supported Child Development Programs
- Infant Development Programs
- Strong Start Programs
- Infant-Toddler Centres
Last updated: 1-Feb-2012 11:20 am
