Responsible Adult In Child Care Settings Course

Course Requirements:

• Be at least 19 years of age at time of registration.
• All participants must have grade 8 English written and oral skills (or equivalent) to actively participate during class.
• Read and understand the ‘Refund and Cancellation Policies’, ‘Workshop/Course Policies’, ‘Classroom Code of Conduct’ and the ‘At Our Workshops’ section at the bottom of the course page.

Description:

This course was developed by Westcoast to meet the requirements for 20 hours Responsible Adult training as stipulated by the Child Care Regulation. Through online workshops, it covers concepts about child development from birth to 12 years of age, child guidance, health, safety and nutrition and programming. This is a basic course meant for people starting their career in child care. This course is not suitable for those requiring professional development to renew an ECE or ECEA certificate.

Employment Possibilities
Responsible Adults are qualified to work in:

1. School Age Group Child Care (licensed before and after school care).
2. Occasional Child Care (licensed).
3. As a replacement (substitute/casual on call) for an ECE Assistant (for less than 30 days) in a licensed group child care centre (a Responsible Adult may not replace a fully qualified early childhood educator).
4. Open a licensed family childcare.
5. Summer camps.

Facilitator(s): Vesna Krcmar