Become a Qualified ECD Practitioner
Learn the necessary skills to foster children's holistic growth, setting the stage for their future academic and personal triumphs.
Early Childhood Development Course Details
OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATE ID 97542
Occupational Certificate: Early Childhood Development Practitioner, NQF Level 4, 131 Credits
What is Early Childhood Development?
Early Childhood Development is the all-round development of our children to help them to further develop into childhood and adulthood. The development of babies, toddlers and young children form the foundation for all further development that a child undergoes. Childcare services (day-care, pre-school, etc.) represent much more than a drop-off location for working parents, they play a very important part in the development of children. They give children an opportunity to engage in a variety of educational and social activities. During early childhood, rapid development (physical, cognitive and emotional) takes place, this development is crucial in readying children for school. Children who are ready for school will be friendly, confident, and social; they will have good peer relationships, language skills and they will communicate well. School-ready children will be less likely to fail a grade and will perform better overall.
What age range can I teach?
This qualification is suitable to teach babies, toddlers, and young children. Age 0 to grade R.
Purpose of the qualification:
The purpose of this qualification is to prepare the recipient of this occupational qualification to operate as an Early Childhood Development Practitioner. An Early Childhood Development Practitioner plans and prepares early childhood activities, facilitates and mediates learning, observes and assesses the progress of children, and reflects on learning in an inclusive, play-based environment to support holistic development of children (from conception - school going) in different centre-based or non-centre-based settings.
The qualified recipient will be able to:
- Plan and prepare broad-phase learning environment and stimulating activities that meet the holistic needs of all children in centre-based or non-centre-based settings.
- Facilitate and mediate all aspects of the daily programme in a centre-based or non-centre-based setting.
- Observe, assess and record each child's progress according to the age and stage.
- Compile a report of each child's progress.
- Maintain and promote the well-being, health, nutrition, safety and protection of children.
Outcomes:
Once you’ve completed this qualification, you will be able to:
- Plan and prepare broad-phase learning environment and stimulating activities that meet the holistic needs of all children in centre-based or non-centre-based settings.
- Facilitate and mediate all aspects of the daily programme in a centre-based or non-centre-based setting.
- Observe, assess and record each child's progress.
- Compile a report of each child's progress.
- Maintain and promote the well-being, health, nutrition, safety and protection of children.
Qualification modules:
Module 1: Plan & prepare for ECD.
Module 2: Facilitator & mediate active learning.
Module 3: Observation and assessment in ECD.
Module 4: Health, safety and wellbeing of children.
Module 5: Administration for ECD.
Module 6: Workplace experience.
Module 7: Preparation for External integrated summative assessment (EISA).
Module 8: External integrated summative assessment (EISA). Not completed with ATS. Written in South Africa at an Assessment Centre.
Register with SACE
You will be able to register with SACE (South African Council for Educators) after completing the course.
Entry requirements:
- National Certificate Vocational (NCV) at NQF Level 3.
- Any other NQF Level 3 qualification.
Course duration:
12 months.
Course price
R3 700.00
PER MODULE
- Includes VAT
- Full payment per module
- 7 Modules to be completed
- Preparation for EISA
- QCTO Accredited
- R25 200 once-off payment
- Excludes EISA