Aboriginal Early Childhood Education Certificate |
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An Aboriginal Early Childhood Education (AECE)Certificate is awarded upon the successful completion of the equivalent of one year of full-time study with the option of continuing on to the second year diploma. The AECE certificate requires 48 credits as prescribed below. An overall minimum GPA of 2.33 is required.
For more information, contact Denyse Oswald-Finch 250.378.3311 or doswaldfinch@nvit.bc.ca |
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Certificate Course Completion Plan In addition to the courses listed below, students will also complete first aid certification. |
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Course Listing for this program |
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AECE 101 - Credits: 3.000 Child Development I The overall goal of AECE 101 is that students will be introduced to child development, learn popular theories, and explore Aboriginal birthing practices and Aboriginal child-rearing practice to age two. AECE 101 will ensure students are aware of development within a holistic framework. More Details on this course |
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AECE 105 - Credits: 3.000 Child Development II The overall goal of AECE 105 is that students will be introduced to child development, learn popular theories, and explore Aboriginal child-rearing practices from age two, through to adolescence. AECE 105 will ensure students are aware of development within a holistic framework. More Details on this course Prerequisites:AECE 101 |
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AECE 110 - Credits: 3.000 Foundations of ECE (Early Childhood Education) AECE 110 forms an integral and unique part of NVIT's Aboriginal Early Childhood Education by introducing the students to the history, philosophies, program models and quality of Aboriginal Early Childhood Education programs. This course introduces students to parents, children, and Early Childhood Educators and their roles in an early childhood setting as well as the basics of how to run an early childhood center. This is the foundation course that all other courses evolve from. More Details on this course |
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AECE 120 - Credits: 3.000 Early Childhood Programming The overall goal of AECE 120 is that the students are introduced to the learning environment as related to programming in a mainstream and Aboriginal context. The students also will be introduced to the legal, fiscal, and social realities of running a early childhood center as well as how to incorporate play into the program that enhances development in the social, cognitive, physical, emotional, language, and spiritual domains. More Details on this course |
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AECE 125 - Credits: 3.000 Curriculum Development in ECE The overall goal of AECE 125 is that students will be introduced to curriculum planning and development by learning teaching methods of math, science and social studies with a particular challenge of attaining or creating culturally appropriate and specific learning tools. AECE 125 will ensure that students are aware of development within a holistic framework. More Details on this course Prerequisites:AECE 120 / AECE 145 Recommended. |
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AECE 130 - Credits: 3.000 Early Childhood Guidance In the AECE 130 – Early Childhood Guidance course students will be introduced to the discipline of Early Childhood Development. The course foundation will focus on planning programs and learning environments for groups of young children, and on the role of early childhood education. By becoming competent in methods of program planning and concepts of guiding and caring, students will enhance their knowledge of measuring how young children respond to early childhood developmental environments. The uniqueness of this course is that is it presented from both an Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal context. More Details on this course Prerequisites:AECE 101 / AECE 135 / AECE 120 / or AECE 101, 120, & 135 as Corequisites. Corequisites:AECE 101 / AECE 135 / AECE 120 / or AECE 101, 120, & 135 as Prerequisites. |
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AECE 135 - Credits: 3.000 Observing & Recording Behavior In the AECE 135 – Observing & Recording Behavior course students will become aware of how proficient observation skills reveal a range of behaviors in two to five year old children that is relevant to changes in their growth and development. By becoming competent in the method of observing and recording, students will become aware of how young children respond to adults, peers, and to an early childhood development environment. This course is designed to focus on six aspects of child development: emotional, social, physical, cognitive, language, and creative. Students will become knowledgeable and skilled in the areas of observing and recording children’s behaviors. This course has been designed using both an Aboriginal and non-aboriginal perspective of early child development. More Details on this course Prerequisites:AECE 101 / or 101 as Co-requisite. |
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AECE 140 - Credits: 3.000 Music and Art in ECE AECE 140 provides students with an introduction to the study of music and art in relation to early childhood education. More Details on this course Prerequisites:AECE 145 recommended |
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AECE 145 - Credits: 3.000 Children's Literature The overall goal of AECE 145 is that students will become aware of how quality literature supports child development in all areas, through their active engagement in books, drama, poetry, puppetry, storytelling and emerging literacy in a mainstream and Aboriginal context. More Details on this course |
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AECE 148 - Credits: 3.000 Introductory Practicum AECE 148 provides students with the opportunity to interact with young children at a variety of venues like preschools, daycares, and family daycare centers. The practicum provides students with eighty hours of contact time with children in the second term. The course will give the student a practical experience that will enhance their classroom studies. AECE 148 will ensure students are introduced to the connection between theory and practice. More Details on this course Prerequisites:AECE 145 / AECE 140 / AECE 135 / AECE 130 / AECE 120 / AECE 110 / AECE 105 / AECE 101 / ENGL 110 Corequisites:AECE 125 / AECE 150 |
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AECE 149 - Credits: 9.000 Practicum The course provides 320 hours of contact time with children in a registered childcare center for a period of ten weeks.The overall goal of AECE 149 is that the student will have a practical experience that will enhance their classroom studies. AECE 149 will ensure students are keenly practicing the connection between theory and practice. More Details on this course Prerequisites:AECE 101 / ENGL 110 / AECE 148 / AECE 140 / AECE 145 / AECE 135 / AECE 130 / AECE 120 / AECE 110 / AECE 105 Corequisites:AECE 150 / AECE 125 |
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AECE 150 - Credits: 3.000 Health, Nutrition and Safety The overall goal of AECE 150 is that students will be thoroughly introduced to the concept of preventative health, nutrition and safety particularly in an Aboriginal context. The course includes exploring traditional use of plants as food and medicines in a local context. AECE 150 will ensure students are aware of the current health issues within Aboriginal communities. More Details on this course |
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ENGL 110 - Credits: 3.000 College Composition English 110 prepares students to write successful college essays. This course focuses on the writing process. Students will learn how to develop, organize, write, revise, document, and edit essays. More Details on this course Prerequisites:ENGL 060 / or English 12 or permission of instructor. |
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PSYC 131 - Credits: 3.000 Applied Interpersonal and Career Development Skills This course presents a comprehensive view of the theory and research in interpersonal communication, and at the same time, guides students to improve a wide range of interpersonal skills and to apply these to personal, social and workplace relationship. Coverage of cultural diversity, leadership, job skills, ethics and personal productivity and stress management make this course the best choice for students to communicate successfully. More Details on this course Prerequisites:ENGL 060 / or ENGL 12. |
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