Honours Bachelor Of Early Childhood Leadership in Sheridan College (Ontario), Canada

Honours Bachelor Of Early Childhood Leadership in Sheridan College (Ontario)

Outstanding career preparation

This program focuses on developing progressive leaders in early childhood education and care (ECEC) and child advocacy. You'll learn to design and manage an inclusive, positive, learning-centred environment, and you'll gain the critical thinking, business and interpersonal skills necessary to fulfill a leadership role and direct innovative practices in ECEC.

What you'll learn

• Theories of human development.
• Early childhood pedagogy and program models.
• Curriculum design and implementation.
• Roles and responsibilities of leaders in early childhood.
• Research, analysis and evaluation.
• Organizational structure and management.

Learning Outcomes

Graduates of this program will be able to:

• Analyze the interacting social and biological factors that collectively shape early brain and human development and set the stage for lifelong learning, behaviour and health.
• Integrate into practice respect for families' central role in child-rearing and early learning and the impact on family structures, community support systems, culture and socio-economic status on parenting.
• Exhibit leadership in the design and implementation of responsive curriculum based on critical analysis of pedagogy, historical perspectives, and understandings of early human development.
• Design inclusive early childhood environments reflective of, and responsive to, children's varied abilities and exceptionalities.
• Evaluate early childhood programs, engaging stakeholders in the process and addressing diverse strengths and needs of young children and families.
• Construct a pedagogical leadership philosophy based on critical analysis, metacognitive theory, and self-reflection essential to the practice and leadership of Early Childhood Education.
• Apply research skills, including assessment of the research process, formulation of research questions and collection and interpretation of data, in a variety of research projects.
• Develop responsive and collaborative professional relationships with children, families, colleagues and community partners.

Career Opportunities

When you complete the Early Childhood Leadership (ECL) bachelor’s degree, you'll be prepared to guide and lead curriculum and pedagogy in Ontario’s early childhood settings.

Here are some places you might work:

• Before- and after-school programs
• Child-care centres and programs
• Early intervention services
• Early learning/full-day kindergarten programs
• Newcomer Programs
• Ontario Early Years Centres and other family resource programs
• Research Centres

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