Early Childhood Care Education Dual Credit Programs
SD8 Kootenay Lake has partnered with regional colleges to offer an Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) dual credit program for high school students in grades 11 or 12.
The programs are one semester each, and will provide students with graduation credits as well as credit toward an ECCE (Early Childhood Care and Education) program certificate. Students who complete the semester program will be eligible to become an ECE Assistant.
The program is offered at two campuses, the College of the Rockies (Spring Semester) and Selkirk College (Fall Semester).
SD8 Kootenay Lake pays for the tuition, textbooks, technology, and any transportation costs for the ECCE Dual Credit Program.
College of the Rockies
College of the Rockies offers a spring semester dual credit ECCE program.
Resource
- Website (includes application and information)
Selkirk College
Selkirk College offers a fall semester dual credit ECCE Program at the Castlegar Campus.
Resources
- ECCE Selkirk Application (Fall 2024)
- ECCE Information Poster (Fall 2024)
- Selkirk College Early Childhood Care Education website
- ECCE Dual Credit Information Night Recording (30 mins)
Interested students should contact their high school counsellor for information.
Scholarships & Bursaries
For students interested in an ECCE (Early Child Care Education) program in the Kootenay region after graduation, please see the following bursary opportunity from the ECE Education Support Fund:
Since September 2018, the Early Childhood Educators of BC (ECEBC), in partnership with the Province of British Columbia, enhanced and expanded the ECE Bursary Program, now known as the ECE Education Support Fund (ECE ESF).
This program consists of two funding streams:
- The Early Childhood Education (ECE) Student Bursary Program; and
- The ECE Workforce Development Bursary Fund Program
These funding streams are designed to increase the number of students entering, re-establishing and graduating from recognized ECE post-secondary programs. For a list of post-secondary education ECE programs recognized by the Early Childhood Educator (ECE) Registry, please click here.
Winter 2024 Intake Link: https://www.ecebcbursary.ca/
Information
https://www.ecebc.ca/bursaries-grants/ece-education-support-fund
New! Selkirk College Health Care Assistant (HCA) Program
Selkirk College (Trail Campus) is offering grade 12 students in the region an opportunity to enroll in the Health Care Assistant (HCA) program. This program is blended online and in-person. It is 26 weeks in total, with the first 16 weeks completing theory classes, then in-person lab courses at the Trail campus, followed by completion of 270 hours of practice in residential and community care settings.
Tuition and work placement are supported through the Health Career Access Program offered through Interior Health. Contact Sara Lechthaler, Selkirk College Health and Human Services Program Coordinator/Instructor for details.
Contact Selkirk College Admissions for flexible study options and tuition supports, your high school counsellor, or the Selkirk College Recruitment Team.
Resource
Selkirk College Health and Health Care Assistant (HCA) website
Here is a link to the Health Career Access Program (HCAP): Health Career Access Program | Student Career Opportunities | IH (interiorhealth.ca)
Explore Careers in Health Care (2024)
Interested to see what careers are available through the IHA (Interior Health Association)?
See attached flyer about Health Careers in IHA – and highlights that supporting our health system isn’t just about choosing a front line clinical career!
Resources:
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Introduction to Business (Dual Credit) Selkirk College
Develop a business plan based on your own idea or an existing business. Introduction to Business introduces students to the management and operation of business, including the principles, concepts, ideas and tools used by managers. It exposes students to international and local business issues, and to large companies as well as to smaller, entrepreneurial firms.
This course also introduces students to career exploration and preparation.
Earn course credit for Selkirk College and high school in this FREE online course (with virtual weekly appointments with your instructor and optional in-person sessions at Selkirk College).
