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| Caring for another person's child is !
not a task to be taken lightly, and
jwhen a parent leaves their child in
the responsibility of a day care
centre or pre-school, they want to be
sure the supervisors have had the |
best education available.

Douglas College builds the dement of
caring into every part of its Early
Childhood Education (ECE) program,
the most comprehensive program of its
type in British Columbia.

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lof fering both the basic certificate
program plus a post basic diploma in
Early Childhood Education, Douglas
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‘college in the province that offers
‘similar classes.

 

On top of this, Douglas College is
ithe only institute that provides
jtraining for Infancy and Special Needs
isupervisors.

Beginning with the eight month basic
certificate, Douglas College gradu-
lates learn the true value of quality
early childhood experiences through
theory and practicum, says program
coordinator Carol Ebner.

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on top of top quality training,
Douglas College is now integrating its
TECK: program into the operation of an
on-campus day care centre and off
campus training programs, Ebner said.
New additions to ECE are absolutely
necessary, she says, because of the

constant change to Canadian family
lile.

“Barly Childhood Education super-
visors are on the front lines of
societal change," Ebner says.
"Whether its adapting to one parent
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training, she says.

Throughout the year, special seminar

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visors. Courses such as multi-

Ebner says.

Another program sponsored by the
Douglas College ECE department is the
Squamish Project which teaches day

"We've had calls from as far away as
Whitehorse from people who want to
says

To the uninitiated, these ECE prograns
may appear "high tech", but Douglas
College counters this with a policy
of "high touch" interaction for the
children they work with.

One example of this is the New
Westminster day care centre run in
cooperation with the ministry of
Licenced to care

has been getting some "very
feedback from the

"The whole centre is very flexible
and set up especially for the
children," says the centre's super-
visor Leila Denton.

 

By combining the philosophies of the
ECE program and day care centre,
Douglas College is presenting a
unique opportunity for students,
parents and children, Denton says.