How to Source a Childcare Training Course
Classroom Based Childcare Courses
Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board (LCETB)
Please click on the link below to search the course database:
https://www.fetchcourses.ie/course/finder?search=1&view=0
Contact LCETB: General Enquiries – info@lcetb.ie
Community Colleges – check with your local college.
Lisdoonvarna Mary Immaculate College
Contact: 065 7074266
Ennis College of Further Education Harmony Row, Ennis, Co. Clare
Limerick College of Further Education
Enda Finn
061414344
Level 5
Level 6
Mary Immaculate College
Eucharia McCarthy or Dr. Mary Maloney
061204316
Level 6
Midland School of Childcare Ltd.
Deirdre Acton
0449348936
deecoleman@midlandschoolofchildcare.ie
Level 5
Level 6
LCETB- VTOS (Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme) Kilrush
A full time general education and work related training programme for adults.
contact: Frank Benson (Co-ordinator) or apply online at www.westclarevtos.ie Adult Learning Centre, Cooraclare Rd., Kilrush Co.Clare. Tel No./ Email: (065) 9052799/ francis.benson@lcetb.ie
Level 5
St Joseph’s Secondary School Miltown Malbay
For Level 6 contact Kate 087 7782538
For Level 5 contact Tina 087 2988005
Clare Family Resource Centre
Tel: 065 68 23923
Level 5
Level 6
St. Patrick’s Comprehensive Shannon
Griffith College Limerick
Central College Limerick
Level 6
Level 6 Special Purpose Award
Leadership for INClusion in the Early Years programme, LINC, is a Level 6 Special Purpose Award (Higher Education), that is designed to support the inclusion of children with additional needs in the early years
http://lincprogramme.ie/
Online Training Courses in Childcare
Chevron training and recruitment Ltd
Contact: Karl Fitzpatrick
1890252647
Level 5
Level 6
College of Management and IT
Contact: Seán O Connor
012865783
Level 6
Early Childhood Ireland
Contact: Marion Brennan
014040687
training@earlychildhoodireland.ie
Level 5
Level 6
Portobello Institute
Contact: Denise Flood
018920011
denise.flood@portobelloinstitute.ie
Level 5
Level 6
01 892 0031
01 892 0061
The College of Progressive Education
Contact: Karen Higgins
014884300
Level 5
Level 6
The Open College
Contact : Joe Walsh or Michelle Curley
012061828
Level 5
Level 6
Barrow Training and Consultancy, Carlow
Level 5 & 6 modules through classroom directed learning and distance learning. All learners must complete their level 5 training prior to progressing onto their level 6 qualification
Early Childhood Ireland
For information about courses provided by ECI please contact the Early Childhood Ireland training department on (01) 4040687 or by emailing training@earlychildhoodireland.ie.
Degree Courses
Level 7 programmes
Mary Immaculate College, Limerick. BA Early Childhood Practice
http://www.mic.ul.ie/prospectivestudents/Pages/BAEarlyChildhoodPractice.aspx
Chevron BA (Hons) Early Childhood Studies
https://chevrontraining.ie/early-childhood-studies/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIhameyoSp3QIV4r3tCh1PMAHYEAAYAiAAEgKYhfD_BwE
Tralee I.T. Bachelor of Arts in Early Childhood Practice
http://www.ittralee.ie/en/InformationAbout/Courses/ParttimeStudy/BachelorofArtsinEarlyChildhoodPractice
Portobello Institute:
https://www.portobelloinstitute.ie/early-years-and-childcare
Level 8 Programmes
Mary Immaculate College, Limerick. B.A. in Early Childhood Care and Education
http://www.mic.ul.ie/education/Pages/baecce.aspx
Portobello Institute BA (hons) Early Childhood Studies - Full Time
https://www.portobelloinstitute.ie/explore-courses?department=41&t=6&l=&q=&s=&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIhameyoSp3QIV4r3tCh1PMAHYEAAYASAAEgLDXfD_BwE
NUI Galway BA in Early Childhood Studies and Practice
http://www.nuigalway.ie/courses/adult-and-continuing-education-courses/early-childhood-studies-practice.html
Dublin City University
Please click on the link to find out more about the Early Childhood Education Level 8 programme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlZEf5pYP34
