Existing EC Educators / Preschool
Operators

For Existing Early Childhood Educators

DEEPEN YOUR SKILLS

Learning never ends for early childhood educators. Whether you are looking to progress to leadership roles or gain new skills to be better teachers for our little ones, we have a range of courses for you!

Plan for the year ahead. Download the full schedule for all courses.

Certificates

• Certificate in Preschool Mother Tongue Language Teaching - Chinese (CPMTL-C)

• Certificate in Preschool Mother Tongue Language Teaching - Malay (CPMTL-M)

• Certificate in Preschool Mother Tongue Language Teaching - Tamil (CPMTL-T)

• Certificate in Infant Care Practice (CICP)

• Advanced Certificate in Early Years (with Exemptions) (ACEY with Exemptions)

• 幼儿保育高级证书（婴幼儿保育专修课程*）
  Advanced Certificate in Early Years (with Exemptions) (Chinese)

Post-Diplomas

• Specialist Diploma in Early Childhood Learning Support (SDELS)

• Specialist Diploma in Early Childhood Intervention (Special Needs) (SDESN)

• Advanced Diploma in Early Childhood Leadership (ADECL)

CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (CPD) COURSES

Clock in your CPD hours with these courses and acquire new capabilities or strengthen current skills!

Inclusive Practice Series

• Effective Classroom Management & Behaviour Guidance for Inclusive Settings
• Embedding Strategies Across Daily Activities
• Supporting Children with Added Needs in Preschool Classroom Environment

Birth to 3

• Effective Speech for Educarers

• Essentials of 3Rs in Interactions with Infants and Toddlers (Formerly known as Respectful, Responsive and Reciprocal (3Rs) Interactions with Infants and Toddlers: Building Trusting Relationships with Young Children)

• Observation and Planning for the Holistic Development of Infants and Toddlers

• Supporting Social and Emotional Development of Infants and Toddlers (Formerly known as: Understanding and Supporting the Social Emotional Development of Young Children Between Birth and 3 Years Old)

• Using Music in the Infant Classrooms

• 与婴幼儿互动的要领（之前称为: 以尊重、回应及互动性的交流与婴幼儿建立信任关系）
  Essentials of 3Rs in Interactions with Infants and Toddlers (Chinese)

• 观察与制订促进婴幼儿全面发展计划 Observation and Planning for the Holistic Development of Infants and Toddlers

• 与0-3岁幼儿互动技巧教师培训课程
  Teachers' Mandarin Workshop: Interacting with Young Children aged up to 3 Years

Classroom Management Series

• Keys to Successful Classroom Management (Formerly known as: Teacher-Child Interaction & Classroom Management)

• Move to Learn: Strategies for Managing Children’s Behaviour and Learning in Classroom

• Storytelling for Effective Classroom Management

• Using Music for Classroom Management

• 幼儿园课堂有效管理策略（之前称为：师幼互动与课室管理）
  Keys to Successful Classroom Management (Chinese)

Mother Tongue Languages

• 《学前华文教学指南》教师培训课程
  Nurturing Early Learners (NEL) Educators’ Guide (EG) Training for Chinese Language (CL) Teachers

Outdoor Learning Series

• Outdoor Experiences for Infants and Toddlers

• Creative Outdoor Learning Experiences for 3 and 4-Year Olds

• Outdoors as the Extended Classroom for 5 and 6-Year-Olds

• Leading and Supporting Outdoor Learning (for centre leaders)

• 设计婴幼儿户外体验活动
  Outdoor Experiences for Infants and Toddlers (Chinese)

• 编制3和4岁幼儿创意性的户外学习活动
  Creative Outdoor Learning Experiences for 3 and 4-Year Olds (Chinese)

• 让户外环境成为5岁和6岁幼儿的学习课堂
  Outdoors as the Extended Classroom for 5 and 6-Year-Olds (Chinese)

Personal Mastery

• Strengthen Your Resilience: Managing Stress (Formerly known as: Developing Early Childhood Educators’ Resilience)

• 幼师心理韧性与抗压能力的培养（之前称为：增加学前教育者的抗压性）
  Strengthen Your Resilience: Managing Stress (Chinese)

Sectoral Leadership

• Developing the Leader in Me

• Mentoring 101: Bringing Out the Best in EC Educators*
• Mentoring 201: Bringing Out the Best in EC Educators*

• 自我成长以成为领导者（之前称为：自我成长和成为领导者）
  Developing the Leader in Me (Chinese)

*Mentoring 101 and Mentoring 201 will replace Mentoring for Professional Growth as pre-requisites to the Advanced Diploma in Early Childhood Leadership (ADECL).

Social Emotional Development Series

• Supporting Social and Emotional Development of Preschoolers (Formerly known as: Understanding and Supporting the Social Emotional Development in Young Children Between 4-6 Years Old)

Working with Families

• Family-Teacher Communication and Collaboration

Others

• Building Number Sense

• Certificate in Student Care Centre (Early Years) (SCC(EY))

• Child Safety and Nutrition

• Exploring Art in Singapore Spaces for Early Childhood Settings
  

• 制作教师专业发展电子档案（之前称为：如何制作专业电子档案）
  Building a Professional Teaching Portfolio (Chinese)
  
  

SKILLS-BASED MODULAR COURSES (SBMC) AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (PDP)

Skills-Based Modular Courses (SBMC) provide learners with flexible, bite-sized and targeted learning options. These courses help you gain or deepen relevant skills and knowledge; and customise your learning according to your needs and interests. 

Applicants under ECDA's Professional Development Programme for Teachers [PDP(T)] may apply for modular courses under the Advanced Diploma in Early Childhood Leadership (ADECL) and Specialist Diploma in Early Childhood Learning Support (SDELS). 

Learn more about SBMC and PDP.

Funding information

Existing EC educators may qualify for certain financial schemes for course fee payment. Find out which financial schemes are available for you.

For Preschool Operators

Looking for courses to train your teachers?

We are here to support your training needs. Work with us to provide professional development opportunities for your staff, so they can take on enlarged responsibilities and build new capabilities.

We can customise short courses or conduct dedicated runs for selected courses to meet your needs. Contact us to enquire.

Place-and-Train Programme

The Professional Conversion Programme (PCP) and Place-and-Train (PnT) programme allow you to address your manpower needs quickly. Under the programme, you can hire mid-careerists with no prior experience in early childhood education. These employees will spend part of their working hours attending classes at our campuses. You will also receive salary support from Workforce Singapore (WSG) on their salaries. Learn more about the eligibility criteria here:

• PCP for Preschool Teachers
• PnT for Educarers

Note: WSG will be making temporary funding adjustments for all new employees hired on their Professional Conversion Programme or Place-and-Train programme for the period between 1 Sep 2020 to 31 Mar 2022. More information is available on the IRAS website.

Job Portals

You may visit these job portals to post job openings that are available at your centre:

• Jobsbank.gov.sg

• Jobscentral.com.sg

• Jobstreet.com.sg

• Careerjet.sg

• Gumtree.sg

• Indeed.com.sg

NIEC Courses offered under the Place and Train Programme

Teach children aged 0 – 3 years old (EY2 certification)

• Advanced Certificate in Early Years (ACEY)

• 幼儿保育高级证书 [ACEY (Chinese)]

Teach children aged 18 months – 6 years old (L2 certification)

• Diploma in Early Childhood Care & Education - Teaching (DECCE-T)

• Diploma (Conversion) in Early Childhood Care & Education - Teaching [DECCE-T (Conversion)]

• 幼儿教育专业文凭课程 [DECCE-T (Chinese)]

• 幼儿保育与教育专业文凭（转业课程）[DECCE-T (Conversion) (Chinese)]