CHILD CARE ASSISTANT CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
	Part 1: In-School Courses During The First Nine Weeks (Successful Completion of In-School Credits Prior to Part 2)

HPC30 Parenting (1 credit)
This course focuses on the skills and knowledge needed to promote the positive and healthy nurturing of children. The emphasis on the critical importance of the early years to human development. Students will learn how to meet the developmental needs of young children, communicate and discipline effectively and guide early behaviour. They will have practical experiences with infants, toddlers, and preschoolers and will learn skills in researching and investigating questions relating to parenting.

HPW3C Living and Working With Children, Grade 11, College Preparation (1 credit)
This course focuses on the well-being of children in families and community settings. Students will study child behaviour and child development in the context of relationships with parents and others in the community, and will learn through research and by observing and interacting with children. This course prepares students for further study of children, familiarizes them with occupational opportunities related to working with children, and introduces them to skills used in researching and investigating children’s behaviour in response to others.

HPD4E Parenting and Human Development, Grade 12, Workplace Preparation (1 credit)
This course prepares students for occupations involving older children, and for the responsibility of parenting, with emphasis on school-age and adolescent children. Students will learn, through practical experience in the community, how early child development affects later development, success in school, and personal and social well-being throughout life, and how children and parents change over time. This course also develops students’ skills in researching and investigating various aspects of parenting and human development.

CHILD CARE ASSISTANT CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
	Part 2: An Out-of-School Co-op Placement in a Licensed Daycare, Nursery or Other Childcare Facility For Weeks Ten-Eighteen

• Learn job search skills, employment laws, culture of the childcare workplace
• Apply what you have learned in your courses in a childcare setting
• Develop the confidence to work as a childcare assistant
• Prepare a winning resume that highlights your skills
• Develop the communication skills needed for interviews
• Learn the universal skills employers require
• Prepare a flexible, realistic career plan
• Acquire valuable experience in a Canadian childcare workplace
• Expand your job network
• Earn 3 co-op credits towards your diploma

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