BC PNP Priority Access: ECE and ECEA Registration and Certification

In addition to the academic requirements, there are some character and skill requirements so basically all applicants are required to demonstrate that they have good character they have the personality ability and temperament necessary to manage or work with children and then training experience and skills necessary to to to carry out assigned duties and this is under the childcare licensing regulations
the ece one-year certificate um again under the childcare licensing regulations are required to have um either a bc education from a bc recognized ece program or an equivalent program and we’ll talk more about that so for individuals who have completed their early childhood their early childhood education fund me and training outside of bc they may apply to the ece registry through what we call our equivalency process as early childhood training programs around the world as well as in canada actually vary in structure length hours and content the ec registry requires information about the program completed so that we can determine if their education meets the educational requirements in bec as required by the legislation and i’ll just note that applicants who are minor minors do require additional parental consent parental or guardian consent.

ECE – One Year Certificate Requirements

Character & Skill Requirements (CCLR 19)
All Applicants must demonstrate:

• Good Character
• Personality, ability & temperament necessary to manage or work with children
• Training, experience & skills necessary to carry out assigned duties

ECE-One Year (CCLR 31)
Academic Requirements:

• BC recognized ECE program; OR
• Equivalent Program

Applicants who are minors require parent/guardian consent to apply.

next slide please so to to be considered equivalent education must be completed at an institution firstly that’s approved by a province state national or another government body it must include content and hours that are comparable to a recognized ece program in bc the courses must cover topics that relate to the education and care of children focused on birth to five years old and this is consistent with the bc child care sector occupational competencies so basically we’re assessing to make sure that these folks who are uh you know coming from from any other country have basically the skills the same skill sets the same um an anchor and can complete the same competencies as those who have been trained in bc so that includes practicum placement hours that provide opportunity for the student to practice what they learned in the classroom with children birth to five and to determine if an applicant’s
education is equivalent to bc standards the ece registry requires information about the specific program or the education completed by the applicant.

Equivalent Program Requirements

To be considered equivalent education must:

• Be completed at an institution approved by a provincial, state, national, or other government body
• Include content and hours that are comparable to a recognized ECE program in B.C.:
  • Covering topics that relate to the education and care of children birth to 5 years old (comparable to the BC Child Care Sector Occupational Competencies)
  • Including practicum/placement hours that provide opportunity for the student to practice what they learned in the classroom with children birth to 5 years old
• To determine if an applicant’s education is equivalent to BC standards, the ECE Registry requires information about the specific program (education) completed by the applicant

so um the early childhood uh educator certification application so through equivalency

sorry so the these are primarily the things that we actually require as part of the application so basically we’re asking for character reference obviously the application um a detailed course um or sorry detail course outlines and or syllabi um a program confirmation form which basically outlines kind of what the the content of the of the program was and it spells out quite clearly kind of what type of practicums the student actually participated in

we do require official transcripts we also require an international credential evaluation service comprehensive report so that’s through bcit um so it is and i will kind of specify that it is a comprehensive report there the basic report is not adequate for what we what we need um we do have fee waivers that are available to eligible applicants to cover the cost of one credential evaluation and that obviously depends on that there being funding available um we also require two pieces of government issued id and i’ll just sort of say a couple more things about the course outlines and syllabi so so that this is kind of where we’re getting the crux of the information to really be able to assess has this person actually sort of covered the content that we require in british columbia so this includes detailed descriptions of course content learning goals outcomes and expectations it has to be from the year the applicant completed the course the program confirmation form provides critical information regarding the institution is it recognized by a government body the program so the instructional hours curriculum practicum hours and locations and it also provides information regarding the ece profession in that specific country