INSTITUTE ACCREDITATION
Caversham Education Institute is a Non-Profit Organisation (171-992 NPO – PBO 930056846) and is fully accredited as a Service Provider with the Education Training and early childhood Development Practices (ETDP) SETA. accreditation number – 5896.
COURSE ACCREDITATION
Caversham offers two fully accredited qualifications
- The Higher Certificate: Early Childhood Development – Qualification 23117, 132 credits @ NQF level 5
- The National Diploma: Early Childhood Development – Qualification 23118, 245 credits @ NQF Level 5
THE ECD HIGHER CERTIFICATE – SPECIALIZING IN TEACHING & LEARNING BIRTH TO FIVE ( The National Curriculum Framework 0 – 4)
THE SCOPE COURSE
Fundamental Unit Standards:
13925 Present Information in a Public setting – 5 credit
8647 Apply Workplace Communication Skills – 10 credits
Core Unit Standards
US 13853 Mediate Active Learning in ECD – 36 credits
US 13854 Promote Healthy development in ECD – 12 credits
US 13855 Develop and Manage the ECD Learning – 24 credits
Total 87 credits
THE CAVERSHAM TEACHING & LEARNING – BIRTH TO FIVE COURSE (Including the National Curriculum Framework 0 – 4 year)
US 10289 Facilitate a Programme of Learning – 24 credits
US 10295 Promote Lifelong Learning & Development – 8 credits
US 115753 Conduct outcomes based assessment – 15 credits
Total 47 credits
THE CAVERSHAM HIGHER CERTIFICATE IN ECD 134 credits
These Exit Level Outcomes enable the student to:
- Explain and apply consistent theories of child development within the national curriculum framework
- Demonstrate the ability to implement a comprehensive safety and health policy in a holistic, inclusive and developmental appropriate way in association with families and the wider community
- Systematically observe the development of individual children to inform own practice and planning on an individual basis
- Establish and maintain efficient management systems that ensure the effective functioning of the ECD site/class
- Promote effective communication links between the ECD site, home and wider community
- Produce and respond to accessible written and oral communication and foster communication skills to operate more effectively in the workplace/ECD site. It will also contribute to more effective communication within the workplace environment.
- Present information in a public setting.
