Certificate in Early Learning and Care –
QQI Level 5 Major Award

With our brand new programme in Early Learning and Care Level 5, the aim of this programme is to enable the learner to acquire the knowledge, skills, and competencies to work independently and/or as part of a team, subject to practice supervision, providing holistic care and learning experiences for children from birth to six years across a range of early learning and care settings and to develop as a member of the early learning and care professional community of practice. This award may also provide the learner, where appropriate, the opportunity to progress into further and higher education and training.

Students who opt to study at Progressive College are granted round-the-clock access to the Progressive eLearning platform, Moodle for the entire duration of their course. Progressive College’s Moodle offers a variety of resources such as extensive course manuals, live webinars, videos, quizzes, and personal tutor support. The course is designed to be user-friendly and straightforward to follow. Additionally, students can submit their assessments online and receive feedback from their tutor through Moodle or via their secure assessment submission link which is accessible from any computer with an internet connection.

Introduction to ELC and Child Safeguarding

Holistic Care of Children in ELC

Professional Practice

Inclusive Education for Children in ELC

Early Learning & Play

Child Development

Certificate in Early Learning & Care QQI Level 5

Learners will be expected to have a minimum of Ordinary Level Leaving Certificate standard of education or equivalent and/or experience. Proficiency in English language is required, together with a strong interest in Early Learning & Care. Learners whose first language is not English will be required to provide proof of proficiency in the English language through satisfactory performance on an internationally recognised test (e.g. IELTS 5.5) or other similar English Language qualifications.

Work Placement

Work Placement is an integral part of the programme and specifically required as part of the Professional Award Standards.  For Level 5 programme, learner’s will be required to spend 150 hours, in two early learning and care settings, divided as follows:

• Learner’s must spend a minimum of 50 hours working with children between the ages of 0 – 2.8 years
• Learner’s must spend a minimum of 50 hours working with children between the ages of 2.8 – 6 years
• Learners can spend the remaining 50 hours working with children across both age groups, however you must spend a minimum of 30 hours in the second service.

TBA

A PC with Windows 8 or later or a Mac with OSX 10.5 or later.
An internet connection with a speed of at least 10mbps.
The latest version of Chrome, Firefox, Edge or Safari, set to accept cookies and pop-ups.
Adobe Reader, to view content.
Word processing software, such as MS Word or Google Docs.
Some courses include video, therefore your computer must be capable of playing video and sound.