With the changes to the FETAC Awards this year this is your LAST OPPORTUNITY to complete JUST 4 level 6 modules in order to get the full award PROVIDED you already have your Level 5. From September 2012 you will be required to complete 8 modules !!!!!
COURSE COMMENCING 26TH MAY 2012 BY DISTANCE LEARNING
The new Early Childhood Ireland website (formerly the NCNA and IPPA) is well worth keeping an eye on http://www.earlychildhoodireland.ie . They have excellent news items and information for providers and childcare practitioners.
Six million euro of capital funding for the National Childcare Investment Programme (NCIP) was announced by the Government in 2012 and this opened for applications on Thursday 2nd February 2012. If you are interested in this funding you should contact you local Childcare Committee for details and assistance on how to apply.
The College can now offer trained care assistants the following short College accredited programmes to :
These programmes are an excellent to learners main FETAC Helathcare Support qualification.
FETAC are currently revising all their awards. The College supports this change as it will lead to clarity in the awards for both learners and employers. From December 2012 FETAC will only accept the new awards for accreditation. Beyond December 2012 Learners will be able to use a limited number of their old component certificates to go towards the new award. One significant change is that the Childcare Level 6 Award will now require 8 component certificates where currently it only requires 5. The College would advise learners who wish to obtain the Childcare Level 6 award to commence their award in April/May 2012 so they can be finished by December 2012. Otherwise learners will have to complete 8 component certificates.