A paid training program that alternates work and study each week.
Whether or not you already work in a childcare service, whether you are in professional retraining, or that you are simply seeking your own path... The Early Childhood Work-Study Program is for you!
This program is offered throughout Quebec in many CEGEPs! It allows you to acquire all the competencies required to become an early childhood educator, while working!
For 18 months, you study part-time each week at CEGEP to obtain your Attestation of collegial studies: AEC - Early Childhood Care and Education.
When you don't have classes, you work in a CPE or an educational childhood services to perfect your practice and validate AEC in ECCE competencies (10 to 20 hours per week).
The best part? Your employer pays you for your working hours AND your class hours! They then receive financial compensation to finance your salary when you are in class.
A 3-step course, adapted to the needs of educational childhood services:
At the very end, graduates receive an AEC - Early Childhood Care and Education. A passage to the DEC - Early Childhood Care and Education is possible if further studies are desired.
Depending on the CEGEP you choose, you can study in-class, online or in a hybrid mode.
To be eligible for the work-study program, you must:
Recruitment of Fall semester is over! Recruitment of the 2024 Winter semester will start November 27th!
Do you meet all of the admission requirements above but the recruitment is over?
Job offers will be posted on November 27th! In the meantime, you can already start your search and find your future employer!
Submit your resume and cover letter to our spontaneous applications bank at any time to find an employer. All educational childcare services registered on our portal have access to it!
Pass selection interviews and start working before the start of the program
Your employer will submit your application to the program during the recruitment period, directly in their Employer Portal!
Next semester: Fall 2023
Step 1 I July 17th to September 10th, 2023
From July 17th, I apply to job offers posted on the recruitment portal, by employers in my region.
Application dates: December 5, 2022 to January 22, 2023.
Deadline: September 10th, 2023
This step is over now.
Step 2 I July 17th to September 12th, 2023
Please note that step 2 does not constitute confirmation of admission to the Program
Deadline: September 12th, 2023
This step is over now.
Step 3 I September 25th to October 13th, 2023
Step 1 I July 17th to September 12th, 2023
To register for the Course, my employer must:
If the employer needs information and documentation, the Work-Study Program team is there to support him in his efforts. They can contact us: info@csmofpe.ca.
Deadline: September 10th
This step is now over. If you want to join the Fall semester, your employer must contact us as soon as possible.
Step 2 I September 25th to October 13th, 2023
The recruitment of Fall semester is over.
Job offers of the Winter semester will be posted from November 27th!
In the meantime, you can already submit your spontaneous application to find an employer and start working before the start of the program.
Submit your spontaneous applicationFind out the CEGEPs that offer the Program to the next semester
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