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Who's who in child care? Important definitions


Classification The kind of education you have determines your classification level: Child Care Assistant (CCA); Early Childhood Educator II (ECE II); or Early Childhood Educator III (ECEIII). The last two levels (ECE II and ECE III) require formal early childhood education. A certain proportion of staff working in all centres in Manitoba must be classified as either ECE IIs or ECE IIIs. Directors of full-time preschool centres must be classified as ECE IIIs.

Child Care Assistant
(CCA)
A CCA does not have formal child care training or has not yet completed it.

Early Childhood Educator II
(ECE II)
CCOAn ECE II needs a diploma in early childhood education from:
  • Assiniboine Community College
  • University College of the North
  • Red River College
  • College Universitaire de Saint Boniface
  • A two-year diploma program in early childhood education from a recognized community college outside of Manitoba

OR completed:

  • Manitoba Early Learning and Child Care's Competency Based Assessment Program
  • Competency Based Assessment/Prior Learning Assessment Program

Early Childhood Educator III
(ECE III)

An ECE III needs to be a graduate of a post-diploma program such as:

  • The Child Care Centre Administration Certificate program from Assiniboine Community College
  • Advanced Diploma in Leadership for Early Childhood Education from College Universitaire de Saint-Boniface
  • Advanced Leadership Diploma Program from the University of Winnipeg Continuing Education
  • The Infant Care Certificate from Red River College
  • Studies in Aboriginal Child Care Certificate from Red River College
  • Studies in Special Needs Child Care Certificate from Red River College

OR has completed:

Bachelor of Arts - Major in Developmental Studies, Stream C - Child Development and Child Care from the University of Winnipeg

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