Approved Child Care 3 Year Courses
QualificationsQualified
Centre based services
Director
Approved Child Care Qualifications – 3 year courses
(Centre based)
This list includes qualifications that are approved for work as a qualified director in licensed centre based services
in Queensland. The list also includes the relevant training institutions.
If your qualification does not appear in the list you can apply to have your qualification determined for equivalence.
Please refer to Child Care Form 20- Application for determination of qualifications on the Office for Early Childhood
Education and Care website at www.education.qld.gov.au/earlychildhood/
Prescribed qualifications
Section 114 of the Child Care Regulation 2003 defines the qualification requirements for a “qualified director”.
A person has a qualification prescribed for a director if the person has:
(a) an *advanced diploma in an area of study applying to child care workers under the AQF; or
(b) a qualification that is at least a 3 year qualification, in early childhood studies or child care studies; or
(c) a post graduate qualification that is at least a 1 year qualification in early childhood studies or child care
studies.
The current community services *advanced diploma under the AQF is the Advanced Diploma of Children’s
Services – CHC60208.
N.B. Under section 64 of the Child Care Act 2002 a centre based service with a licensed capacity of not more
than 30 for any part of the day does not require a 3 year qualified person to be a director of the service. A 2year qualified person is the legal requirement for these smaller services (see Approved child care
qualifications – 2 year courses for approved qualifications).
Approved equivalent qualifications
Australian qualifications
State
Various States and
Territories
Australian Capital
Territory
Qualification
Training provider
CHC60202 Advanced Diploma of Children’s Services
Various registered
training organisations
CHC60399 Advanced Diploma of Community Services (Children's
Services)
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood)
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)
Canberra College of
Advanced Education
University of Canberra
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
New South Wales
Diploma in Teaching (Infants)
Catholic Teachers’
College
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)
Charles Sturt University
Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Bachelor of Teaching (Birth to 5 years)
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
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QualificationsQualified
Centre based services
Director
State
New South Wales
cont’d
Qualification
Training provider
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)
Hunter Institute of
Higher Education
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood)
Institute of Early
Childhood
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)
Institute of Early
Childhood Studies
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Diploma of Teaching (Primary Education) with major specialisation
in Early Childhood Education
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)
Kuring-Gai College of
Advanced Education
Macarthur Institute of
Higher Education
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)
Macquarie University
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Education)
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood)
Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood Services)
Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood)
Bachelor of Arts with a Major in Early Childhood
Graduate Diploma in Education Studies (Early Childhood)
Graduate Diploma in Education (Early Childhood)
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)
Mitchell College of
Advanced Education
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)
Newcastle College of
Advanced Education
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Bachelor of Teaching/Bachelor
specialisation in Early Childhood)
of
Social
Science
Diploma awarded by the Nursery School Teachers College
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)
(with
Newcastle University
Nursery School
Teachers College
Riverina College of
Advanced Education
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)
Sydney College of
Advanced Education
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Graduate Diploma in Education (Early Childhood)
Diploma of the Sydney Kindergarten Teachers College
Sydney Kindergarten
Teachers College
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)
Sydney University
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Diploma of Teaching (Infants Education)
Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood) - 3 year exit point
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood) - 4 year exit point
New South Wales
Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Approved Child Care Qualifications- 3 year courses (centre based services)
May 2011
University of New
England
Office for Early Childhood Education and Care
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QualificationsQualified
Centre based services
Director
State
cont’d
Qualification
Training provider
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)
University of Newcastle
Bachelor of Education in Early Childhood
Bachelor of Teaching (ECE specialisation)
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Bachelor of Teaching/Bachelor of Early Childhood Studies
Diploma of Teaching (Infants Education)
University of Sydney
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)
University of Western
Sydney
Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood)
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood)
Graduate Diploma of Education (Early Childhood)
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)
University of
Wollongong
Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood)
Nothern Territory
Queensland
Diploma of Teaching (with major specialisation in Early Childhood
Education)
William Balmain College
of Advanced Education
Bachelor of Children's Services
Charles Darwin
University
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Darwin Institute of
Technology
Bachelor of Children's Services
Bachelor of Teaching (Primary and Early Childhood)
Northern Territory
University
Bachelor of Teaching (Primary) with specialisation in Early
Childhood Education
Australian Catholic
University
Bachelor of Education (Primary) with specialisation in Early
Childhood Education
Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood)
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood and Primary)
Bachelor of Health Sciences (Child Care)
Bond University
Bachelor of Children’s Services
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Brisbane College of
Advanced Education
(School of Early
Childhood Studies)
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood)
Diploma of Teaching (Primary & Preschool)
Diploma of Teaching (Primary & Early Childhood Education)
Diploma of Teaching (Primary) with specialisation in Early
Education
(Mt Gravatt, Carseldine &
Kelvin Grove Campuses)
Graduate Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood)
Graduate Diploma in Early Childhood Education
Graduate Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Diploma of the Brisbane Kindergarten Teachers' College
Diploma of Nursery - Kindergarten Teaching
Brisbane Kindergarten
Teachers College
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood)
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QualificationsQualified
Centre based services
Director
State
Queensland
cont’d
Qualification
Training provider
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)
Central Queensland
University
Bachelor of Education - Early Childhood Studies (Inservice)
Bachelor of Education - Early Childhood Studies (Pre-service)
Bachelor of Education (Primary) with Major in Early Childhood
Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood Studies)
Bachelor of Learning Management (Early Childhood)
Bachelor of Learning Design (with specialisation in Early
Childhood)-3 year exit point from Bachleor of Learning
Management (Early Childhood)
Bachelor of Education (with “ECE” indicated in the course title on
the transcript)
Christian Heritage
College
Graduate Diploma of Learning Management (Early
Childhood)(CU75)
CQUniversity
Diploma of Teaching (Primary) with major specialisation in Early
Childhood Education
Darling Downs Institute
of Advanced Education
Bachelor of Social Science (Child and Family Studies)
Griffith University
Bachelor of Human Services (Child and Family Studies)
Bachelor of Human Services in Child and Family Studies
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)
Bachelor of Education (Primary) with specialisation in Early
Childhood
Bachelor of Teaching with specialisation in Early Childhood
Education
Bachelor of Teaching Primary/Preschool
Bachelor of Arts (3 year exit point from Bachelor of EducationPrimary with early childhood specialisation)
Graduate Diploma of Child and Family Studies
Master of Human Services (Childhood Studies)
Master of Early Childhood Education (Graduates from 2011
onwards)
Graduate Diploma of Early Childhood Education
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Education)
James Cook University
Bachelor of Educational Services (Child Care)
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood)
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Postgraduate Diploma in Education (Early Childhood)
Primary Teacher Certificate
Pre-School Teacher Certificate
Kedron Park Teachers
College
Diploma in Teaching (Primary and Preschool)
Diploma in Teaching (Preschool and Primary School)
Approved Child Care Qualifications- 3 year courses (centre based services)
May 2011
Mount Gravatt Teachers’
College
Office for Early Childhood Education and Care
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QualificationsQualified
Centre based services
Director
State
Queensland
cont’d
Qualification
Training provider
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Studies)
University of Central
Queensland
Bachelor of Teaching with major specialisation in Early Childhood
Education
Diploma of Teaching with major specialisation in Early Childhood
Education (post 1988)
Graduate Diploma in Education (Early Learning)
Graduate Diploma in Education with specialisation in Early
Learning
University of the
Sunshine Coast
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)/Bachelor of Human
Services
Diploma of Teaching (Primary)(with specialisation in Early
Childhood Education)
University of Southern
Queensland
Bachelor of Early Childhood Education
Bachelor of Early Childhood Studies (Child Care)
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)
Graduate Diploma of Education (Child Care)
Graduate Diploma of Education (Early Childhood Studies)
Bachelor of Teaching with specialisation in Early Childhood
Education
Bachelor of Early Childhood
Queensland
cont’d
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)
Master of Learning and Development (Early Childhood)
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QualificationsQualified
Centre based services
Director
State
Qualification
Training provider
Diploma of Teaching (Primary) with major specialisation in Early
Childhood Education
Queensland University
of Technology
Diploma of Education (Early Childhood)
Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood)
Bachelor of Teaching (Primary) with major specialisation in Early
Childhood Education
Bachelor of Early Childhood
Bachelor of Early Childhood Studies
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)
Bachelor of Education (with “Early Childhood” indicated in the
course title on the transcript)
Bachelor of Education (Preservice Early Childhood)
Bachelor of Education (with “Preservice Early Childhood-Graduate”
indicated in the course title on the transcript)
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood) (with “Graduate” indicated
in the course title on the transcript)
Bachelor of Education (Inservice Early Childhood) (Note: this
qualification is delivered through the DET Early Childhood Teacher
Scholarship and is approved only with provision of the academic
transcript stating ‘Early Childhood’ as the specialisation)
Graduate Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)
Graduate Diploma of Education (Early Childhood)
Graduate Diploma in Education (Early Childhood)
Graduate Diploma in Education (Early Childhood Education)
Graduate Diploma in Education (Early Childhood Teaching)
Graduate Diploma in Education (Preservice) (with “Early
Childhood” indicated in the course title on the transcript)
Graduate Diploma in Education (with “Early Years” indicated in the
course title on the transcript)
Master of Learning Innovation (Early Childhood Teaching)
Master of Learning Innovation (Early Years)
Master of Teaching (with “Early Childhood” indicated in the course
title on the transcript)
Master of Education (Early Childhood Teaching)
South Australia
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Diploma in Teaching (Infant)
Adelaide Kindergarten
Teachers’ College
Diploma of the Adelaide Kindergarten Teachers' College
Bachelor of Early Childhood Education (In service)
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)
De Lissa Institute of
Early Childhood and
Family Studies
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Approved Child Care Qualifications- 3 year courses (centre based services)
May 2011
Kingston College of
Teaching
Office for Early Childhood Education and Care
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QualificationsQualified
Centre based services
Director
State
South Australia cont’d
Qualification
Training provider
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)
South Australian College
of Advanced Education
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Diploma of Teaching
Torrens College of
Advanced Education
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)
University of South
Australia
Bachelor of Social Science (Human Services: Childcare)
Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Diploma of Teaching (Primary Early Childhood)
Bachelor of Early Childhood Education
Tasmania
Diploma of Teaching (with major specialisation in Early Childhood
Education)
Hobart Teacher’s
College
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)
Mount Nelson College of
Advanced Education
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)
Tasmanian College of
Advanced Education
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)
Tasmanian State
Institute of Technology
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Graduate Diploma of Education (Early Childhood)
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
University of Tasmania
Graduate Diploma of Education (Early Childhood)
Victoria
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)
Chisholm Institute of
Technology
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Bachelor of Early Childhood Education
Deakin University
Trained Infant Teachers’ Certificate
Frankston Teachers’
College
Diploma of Teaching
Institute of Early
Childhood Development
(now part of University
of Melbourne)
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)
Melbourne College of
Advanced Education
Diploma of Arts (Child Care)
Diploma of Education (Early Childhood Education)
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Diploma in Social Science (Children's Services)
Diploma of Kindergarten Training College
Melbourne Kindergarten
Teachers’ College
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Diploma of the Melbourne Kindergarten Teachers’ College
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Education)
Monash University
Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood)
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
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QualificationsQualified
Centre based services
Director
State
Victoria cont’d
Qualification
Training provider
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Phillip Institute of
Technology
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)
Royal Melbourne
Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Graduate Diploma in Education (Early Childhood)
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)
State College of Victoria
Diploma of Arts (Child Care)
Diploma of Education (Early Childhood)
Diploma of Social Science (Children's Services)
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Bachelor of Early Childhood Studies
University of Melbourne
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)
Diploma of Arts (Child Care Services)
Diploma of Social Science (Child Care)
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood)
Graduate Diploma in Child Development
Graduate Diploma in Early Childhood Studies
Western Australia
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Churchlands College of
Advanced Education
Bachelor of Arts (Early Childhood Education)
Curtin University of
Technology
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Education)
Bachelor of Arts (Early Childhood Education)
Edith Cowan University
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)
Bachelor of Social Science (Children’s Studies)
Diploma in Children’s Services Management (1995)
Graduate Diploma of Social Science (Children and Family Studies)
Bachelor of Arts (Early Childhood Education)
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Bachelor of Arts (Early Childhood Education)
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood)
Approved Child Care Qualifications- 3 year courses (centre based services)
May 2011
Western Australian
College of Advanced
Education
Western Australian
Institute of Technology
Office for Early Childhood Education and Care
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Centre based services
Director
International qualifications
Country
Qualification
Training provider
Argentina
Teacher of Elementary Education
High Council of Catholic
Education
(CONSUDEC)
Bachelor of Pedagogy (major in Infancy and Elementary School
Teaching)
Federal University of
Parana
Pedagogy Diploma majoring in Early Childhood and Primary
School teaching (Years 1 to 4) with title of Licensed Teacher
Paulista University
Brazil
Diploma (Pedagogy) (Kindergarten/Elementary School Teacher
Training)
Canada
Chile
China
Bachelor of Education (Preschool and Primary Education)
Laval University
Bachelor of Education (Primary and Preschool)
University of Sherbrooke
Licenciada en Educacion (Degree in Education) with title of Nursery
School Educator
Pontifical Catholic
University of Chile
Bachelor of Education with title of Kindergarten Teacher
University of
Antofagasta
Early Childhood Teacher
University of Tal Ca
Diploma (Degree) with the title of Professor in Primary Education
Universidad Gabriela
Mistral
Bachelor of Education (Preschool Education)
East China Normal
University
Bachelors Degree in Education majoring in Preschool Education
Bachelor of Pre-School Education
Colombia
Croatia
Fujian Normal University
Licenciado en Education Preescolar (Bachelor in Preschool Education)
University of San
Bueanaventur
Diploma of Preschool Teacher
University of Rijeka
Leaving Certificate for Kindergarten Teachers
Copenhagen
Kindergarten Teachers
College
Socialpaedagog
Odense
Socialpaedagogiske
Seminarium
Egypt
Bachelor of Education (Kindergarten)
Cairo University
Germany
Diploma: Graduator Social Educator
Fachhochschule
Dartmstadt
State Recognised Teacher in Nursery Education
Hanover
Graduate Diploma in Early Childhood Care and Education
Maharaja Sayajirao
University
Bachelor of Science (Home Science) Honours in Child
Development
Punjab Agricultural
University, Ludhiana
Bachelor of Home Science in Child Development
Punjab University
Denmark
India
Master of Science in Child Development
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QualificationsQualified
Centre based services
Director
Country
Qualification
Training provider
Bachelor of Science (Home Science) (General) in Human
Development
Sardar Patel University
Master of Science (Home Science)(Special) in Human
Development
India cont’d
Ireland
Lebanon
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Bachelor of Home Science (Early Childhood Care and Education)
Master of Home Science (Human Development)
Shreemati Nathibai
Damodar Thackersey
(SNDT) Women’s
University
Master of Science (Home Science)(Human Development)
University of Rajasthan
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Early Childhood Studies
Institute of Technology,
Carlow
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Early Childhood Studies
University College Cork
– National University of
Ireland
Bachelor of Arts Primary Level Education majoring in Early
Childhood Care and Education. (known also as Bachelor of Arts in
Early Childhood Care and Education)
Mary Immaculate
College, University of
Limerick
Bachelor of Arts Early Childhood Education
Beirut University College
(now known as
Lebanese American
University)
Diploma of High Rank Technician, specialisation in Kindergarten
and Primary Education
Technical Institute of
Pedagogical Sciences
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Education)
Tribhuvan University
Nursery Schools Teacher's Diploma
Catholic Teacher
Training College
Wijlderbeek At Venlo
HBO Diploma: Teacher Training “Basisonderwjis” Primary
Education
Ichthus Hogeschool
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Auckland College of
Education
Bachelor of Education (Teaching) - Early Childhood Pathway
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QualificationsQualified
Centre based services
Director
Country
Qualification
Training provider
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Education)
Auckland University of
Technology
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Teaching)
Bachelor of Education (Montessori Early Childhood Teaching)
New Zealand cont’d
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Bethlehem Teachers
College
Bachelor of Teaching and Learning (Early Childhood)
Christchurch College of
Education
Bachelor of Teaching and Learning (with specialisation in Early
Childhood Education)
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Diploma of Teaching and Learning (Early Childhood Programmes)
Graduate Diploma of Teaching and Learning (Early Childhood)
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Chrysalis Consultancy
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Creative Learning
Environments Inc
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Dunedin College of
Education
Bachelor of Education (Teaching) Early Childhood Education
Bachelor of Education in Teaching 0-8 years (Early Childhood
Education to Primary years 1-3)
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Eastern Institute of
Technology
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Institute of Seacoh
Training ECE
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Kindercare Early
Childhood Teachers
College
Early Childhood Teachers Certificate
Kindercare Learning
Centres
Early Childhood Teachers Certificate
Kindercare Learning
College
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Manukau Institute of
Technology
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Massey University
Bachelor of Education (Teaching)-Early Years
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
New Zealand Childcare
Association
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
New Zealand College of
Early Childhood
Education
Equivalent of a Diploma in Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
New Zealand
Qualifications Authority
(NZQA)
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
New Zealand Tertiary
College
Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood)
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Centre based services
Director
Country
New Zealand
Qualification
Training provider
Diploma in Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Northshore Teachers
College
Diploma in Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
The Open Polytechnic of
New Zealand
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Palmerston North
College of Education
Diploma in Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Unitec Institute of
Technology
Bachelor of Education (Teaching) - Early Childhood Education
specialisation
University of Auckland
cont’d
Graduate Diploma in Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Education)
University of Otago
Diploma of Teaching in Early Childhood Education
Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
University of Waikato
Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood Programme)
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Care and Education)
Bachelor of Education (Teaching) Early Childhood
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Victoria University of
Wellington
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Waiariki Institute of
Technology
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood)
Waikato Institute of
Technology
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood)
Wellington College of
Education
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Higher Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Stream)
Nigeria
Peru
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
Western Institute of
Technology (offered now
through the University of
Canterbury, formally
Auckland College of
Education)
Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education)
The Whitireia
Community Polytechnic
Master of Education
University of Ibadon
Bachelor of Arts (Education)
University of Port
Harcourt
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)
Inca Garcilaso De La
Vega University
Professional degree in Education (Major:Pre-School
Education)(Titulo de Licenciado en Educacion)
Pontifical Catholic
University of Peru
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QualificationsQualified
Centre based services
Director
Country
Qualification
Training provider
Bachelor of Education (major in Nursery)
Universidad Femenina
del Sagrado
Bachelor of Elementary Education (Early Childhood Education)
De La Salle University
Master of Arts in Pedagogics
University of Szezecin
Masters Degree in Education (Early Childhood Education)
Wyzsza Szkola
Pedagogiczna IM.
Powstancow Slaskich W
Opolu
Portugal
Kindergarten/Pre-School Teachers Diploma
Escola De Educadoras
Da Infancia, Lisbon
Rhodesia
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)
Bulawayo Teachers
Training College
Higher Education Diploma with title of Professional Preschool
Teacher
Preschool Teacher
Training College
"Mihailo Palov" - Vrsac
Specialist Diploma in Pre-school Education (Teaching and
Leadership)
International Centre for
Early Childhood
Education
Specialist Diploma in Early Childhood Education
Ngee Ann Polytechnic
Higher Diploma in Education: Pre-Primary
Cape Town College of
Education
National Teachers Diploma (Nursery Education)
Department of
Education, Arts and
Science South Africa
Bachelor of Education (Foundation Phase)
Embury Institute for
Teacher Education
Higher Diploma in Education (Junior/Preprimary)
Johannesburg College
of Education, University
of the Witwatersrand
Higher Education Diploma in Junior and Pre-Primary Education
Potchefstroom College
of Education
Baccalaureus Educationis (Preschool and Foundation phase)
University of the Free
State
Higher Education Diploma Pre and Junior Primary
University of Pretoria
Peru
cont’d
Philippines
Poland
Serbia
Singapore
South Africa
Bachelor of Primary Education (Pre-Primary)
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Development and
Foundation Phase)
South Korea
Higher Education Diploma (Pre-Primary)
Postgraduate Certificate in Education (Foundation Phase and Early
Childhood Development)
University of South
Africa
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Education)
Korea National Open
University
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Education)
Kwangju Womens
University
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Centre based services
Director
Country
Sweden
Ukraine
United Kingdom
Qualification
Training provider
Bachelor of Arts (Early Childhood Education)
Kyung Sung University
Bachelor of Arts( Early Childhood Education)
Sungshin Women's
University
University Certificate in Nursery and Infant Education
Orebo College
Degree of Master of Education for Teaching in Pre-school, Preschool Class, Leisure Centre for School children and Compulsory
School, Earlier Years
Uppsala University
Diploma Specializing in Pre School Education
KD Ushynsky Southern
Ukrainian State
Pedagogical University
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in English with QTS (Early Years)
Leeds University
Bachelor of Arts combined with Honours (Advanced study of Early
Years and Education Studies)
Liverpool Hope
University
Degree of Bachelor of Arts with Honours (QTS) Professional
Studies in Education with Early Childhood Studies
Foundation Degree (Management of Childcare Provision)
Certificate in Education (Primary with specialisation in Infants)
Liverpool Institute of
Higher Education
Bachelor of Education (Honours)(Early Years)
Manchester Metropolitan
University
Foundation degree in Arts (Early Years Sector)
Oxford Brookes
University
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Early Childhood studies with
Practitioner Option
Sheffield Hallam
University
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Early Childhood Education with QTS
St Martin’s College
Foundation degree (Arts) in Educare and Early Childhood
University of Derby
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Early Childhood
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Early Childhood Studies
University of East Anglia
Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Primary Education Studies with
QTS (Early Years)
University of Greenwich
Higher National Certificate in Care (Early Years)
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Early Years
University of
Huddersfield
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Educational and Professional
(Primary) Studies with QTS (Early Years)
University of Lancaster
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Early Childhood Studies
University of Liverpool
Bachelor of Arts Education (Early Childhood Studies)
University of North
London
Certificate in Education (specialisation in Nursery and Infants)
University of Wales
Bachelor of Arts in Education: Primary studies with Second Class
Honours (Early Years-Key Stage 1)
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Education with QTS (Physical
Education)(Early Years)
Approved Child Care Qualifications- 3 year courses (centre based services)
May 2011
Office for Early Childhood Education and Care
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Approved Child Care 3 Year Courses
QualificationsQualified
Centre based services
Director
Country
United States of
America
Qualification
Training provider
Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE)(Early Years)
University of Warwick
Foundation Degree Arts in Early Years (Senior Practitioner Status)
University of Worcester
Post Graduate Diploma with Merit in Education (Early Years)
University of the West of
England
Bachelor of Arts Education Studies (Early Childhood)
University of Winchester
Bachelor of Science Degree in Education
Bridgewater State
College (Massachusetts)
Bachelor of Social Science (Early Childhood Education major)
Chestnut Hill College,
Philadelphia
Bachelor of Science in Education (Elementary and Early Childhood
Education)
Millersville University
Master of Arts (Educational Theory and Practice-Early and Middle
Childhood)
Ohio State University
Bachelor of Education – Elementary Education
University of Hawaii
Master in Education – Specialisation in Early Childhood Education
University of Central
Oklahoma
Bachelor of Science (Early Childhood Pre K-3)
University of Vermont
Bachelor of Science in Early Childhood Education
University of Wisconsin
There may be other qualifications that meet the legislative requirements. For further information please
contact the Child Care Information Service on 1800 637 711 during business hours to speak to an Early
Childhood Officer at your local Office for Early Childhood Education and Care service centre.
Approved Child Care Qualifications- 3 year courses (centre based services)
May 2011
Office for Early Childhood Education and Care
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