Education Assistant Certificate

Education Assistant Certificate is a Diploma program taught at Northern Lights College, Canada. Intake: Fall, Spring. The program is offered in campus-based modes with full-time (2 years) options.

The Education Assistant Certificate at Northern Lights College prepares learners to support children and youth with diverse abilities in British Columbia K-12 classroom settings. Students study essential human service skills, human development, guiding and caring, interpersonal communications, education assistant foundations, supporting students with exceptionalities, personal care, curriculum foundations, social foundations of special education, understanding learning challenges, and exploring diversity.

The certificate comprises 15 courses with theoretical, practical, and experiential learning. Students document and synthesize their professional development through an Integrative Learning Portfolio. The program is offered online with asynchronous and synchronous delivery. Students complete practica within their own communities if acceptable placements exist, with relocation to another community possible for practicum courses.

Modules

• HDEC 100 – Essential Skills for Human Service Workers
• HDEC 101 – Human Development I
• HDEC 103 – Guiding and Caring
• HDEC 121 – Interpersonal Communications
• EDAS 141A – Education Assistant Foundations
• EDAS 142A – Supporting Students with Exceptionalities
• EDAS 143 – Personal Care
• EDAS 144 – Curriculum Foundations
• EDAS 145 – Social Foundations of Special Education
• EDAS 146 – Understanding Learning Challenges
• EDAS 148 – Exploring Diversity
• EDAS 153 – Practicum 2

The minimum requirements for admission in Education Assistant Certificate at Northern Lights College for all applicants (Domestic or International) are:

• program specific academic requirment set by Northern Lights College.
• English Language OR any other language requirments as set by Northern Lights College as pre-requiste for admission in Education Assistant Certificate.

Note: Please check the university website in the link below.

Admission Requirements

• A. Domestic students and students from countries that practice Standard Written English (see Appendix A) must have official transcripts demonstrating that they have met the English Requirements: One of the following with a “C” grade or higher: English 12 or English Literature 12 or English First Peoples 12, ENGL 050, or ENGL 099. Alternatively, any university-level English course with a “C” grade or higher. Students who do not meet one of the above English requirements must complete the NLC Writing Assessment for appropriate course placement.
• B. International students who do not meet the requirement A. above, and domestic students who received their secondary education in French or another language, must show that they have met the NLC English requirement: see Appendix A (General Academic English Language Proficiency Requirements)
• C. All applicants currently residing outside of Canada and intending to study in Canada, must submit a Police Certificate (see Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada) in English, for every country in which they have been a resident for the previous five years (not including Canada). The Police Certificate must be received before a Letter of Acceptance will be issued.

Post-Admission Requirements

• Submission of an Entrance Questionnaire (included in Application Package).
• A clearance letter from the Ministry of Public Safety & Solicitor General, for a Schedule “B” Criminal Record Check (CRC); WORKS WITH Children or WORKS WITH Children and Vulnerable Adults must be received prior to registration.

Please check detail of study units at https://www.nlc.bc.ca/programs/education-assistant-certificate/

• Special Needs Support Worker
• Personal Care Attendant
• Settlement Workers in Schools
• Playground and/or School Supervision Monitor
• Education Assistant positions in elementary and secondary education settings, including at any grade level, from kindergarten to high school graduation

51 fully funded scholarships are listed for Canada. See Canada scholarships.