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)
• Certificate in Inclusive Practice (CIP)

• 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 Centre Leadership (ADECL)

CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (CPD) COURSES

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

Birth to Three

• Effective Speech for Infant and Early Years Educators

• Essentials of 3Rs in Interactions with Infants and Toddlers

• Making 3Rs Interactions Visible
• Observation and Planning for the Holistic Development of Infants and Toddlers
• Positive and Responsive Experiences for Young Children: The Abecedarian Approach

• Supporting Social and Emotional Development of Infants and Toddlers

• Responding to and Supporting the Social and Emotional Development of Infants and Toddlers

• Using Music in the Infant Classrooms

• 与婴幼儿互动的要领 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

Classroom Management

• Move to Learn: Strategies for Managing Children’s Behaviour and Learning in Classroom
• Promoting Classroom Management Through Guidance Strategies and Positive Classroom Environment

• Storytelling for Effective Classroom Management

• Using Music for Classroom Management

• 幼儿园课堂有效管理策略 Keys to Successful Classroom Management (Chinese)
  
  

Special Needs/Inclusive Practice

• Effective Classroom Management & Behaviour Guidance for Inclusive Settings
• Embedding Strategies Across Daily Activities for Successful Inclusive Practice
• Introduction to the ECHO Framework: Pre-Service Online Course
• Supporting Children with Added Needs in Preschool Classroom Environment
• Understanding and Collaborating with Parents of Children with Additional Needs
• 全纳教育环境中的有效课堂管理和行为指导 Effective Classroom Management & Behaviour Guidance for Inclusive Settings (Chinese) 
• 在日常活动中运用嵌入式教学策略以成功实现全纳教育 Embedding Strategies Across Daily Activities for Successful Inclusive Practice (Chinese) 
• 在幼教课室环境中对有额外需要幼儿的支持 Supporting Children with Added Needs in Preschool Classroom Environment (Chinese) 

Mother Tongue Languages

• Developing a Child e-Portfolio (Malay)
• Fi-Fai-Fonik: Learning Phonics in Malay through Play
• Improving Parental Engagement in the Preschool Classroom (Malay)
• Music and Dance in Malay Culture
• Preschool Tamil Language Drama Infused Workshop for Spontaneity & Creativity
• Storytelling for Child Audience (Malay)

Outdoor Learning

• Creative Outdoor Learning Experiences for 3 and 4-Year Olds
• Leading and Supporting Outdoor Learning (for centre leaders)

• Outdoor Experiences for Infants and Toddlers

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

• 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)

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

• Building Resilience: Stress Management

• Personal Mastery: Learning as Leadership

• 幼师心理韧性与抗压能力的培养 Strengthen Your Resilience: Managing Stress (Chinese)

Leadership

• Essentials of Leadership (ESLP)
• Executive Leadership Series: Leadership and Professionalism (LDPM)
• Leadership Series: A Journey Towards Curriculum Leadership (JCLP)
• Leadership Series: Developing Leaders’ Planning Capacity (DLPC)
• Leadership Series: Growing Leaders, Growing Teachers (GLGT)
• Leadership Series: The Pillars of Leadership (POLP)
• Leadership Series: Winning the Hearts and Minds of Teachers and Parents (WHMT)
• 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 Developing the Leader in Me (Chinese)
• 指导101：发掘幼师的最佳能力 Mentoring 101: Bringing Out the Best in EC Educators (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

• Supporting Social and Emotional Development of Preschoolers

• 4至6岁幼儿社交与情绪能力的发展与促进 Supporting Social and Emotional Development of Preschoolers (Chinese)

   

Working with Families/Parental Engagement

• Building Relationships and Partnership with Families of Young Children
• Key to Successful and Appropriate Resolutions for Challenging Situations
• Managing Difficult Conversations with Colleagues & Parents

Others

• Building Number Sense

• Certificate in Student Care Centre (Early Childhood) (SCC(EC))

• Child Safety and Nutrition

• Developing a Professional Portfolio for Educators

• Engagement in the Preschool Classroom
• Overview of NEL Framework 2022
• Overview of NEL Framework and Putting NEL Framework 2022 into Practice
• Positive and Responsive Experiences for Young Children: The Abecedarian Approach
• 4-6 岁幼儿新加坡历史故事综合学习活动的设计 Designing Singapore Historical Story Integrated Learning Activities for Kindergarten Children (Chinese) 
  
  

Alternatively, view the training roadmap here. 

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 Centre 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 at partnerships@niec.edu.sg to discover how we can partner you in meeting your training needs. 

Workforce Singapore’s Career Conversion Programme

The Career Conversion Programme (CCP), with the Place-and-Train (PnT) mode, allows you to address your manpower needs quickly. Under CCP, 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:

• CCP for Preschool Educators
• CCP for Infant and Early Years Educators

Note: WSG will be making temporary funding adjustments for all new employees hired on their CCP 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 Career Conversion Programme (CCP)

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)]

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

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