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Early Years (Pre-school) Regulations and DCYA Childcare Programmes Qualification Requirements

Award	Training Provider	Min Preschool Reg.	Room Leader - Standard	Room leader - Higher	Country
Certificate in Child Care and Nursery Nursing	Portobello School of Childcare				Ireland
Diploma in Modern Montessori Teaching	Portobello School				Ireland
BA (Hons) Early Childhood Studies	Portobello Institute / London Metropolitan University				Ireland
Diploma in Montessori Teaching	Portobello Institute				Ireland
Early Childhood Care & Education - Blended Learning Option	Portobello Institute				Ireland
Early Childhood Education	Portobello Institute				Ireland
Higher Certificate in Arts in Montessori Education	Portobello Institute				Ireland
Higher Certificate in Montessori Education	Portobello Institute				Ireland
Montessori Part 2 - Early Years Care & Education - Blended Learning	Portobello Institute				Ireland
Diploma in Montessori Education	Portobello College				Ireland
Early Childhood & Education	Portobello College				Ireland
Education Early Preschool Pedagogy (Degree)	Pomeranian Pedagogical Academy, Slupsk				Poland
Magister Pedagogy (Majoring in guidance and Counselling Pedagogy)	Pomeranian Pedagogical Academy, Slupsk				Poland
Licenciatura em Educacao de Infancia (Degree in early childhood education)	Polytechnic Institute of Porto				Portugal
Master’s in Pedagogy specializing in preschool pedagogy	Poland, University of Szczecin				Poland
Master’s in Pedagogy in the scope of social psycho prophylactics	Poland, University of Rzeszow				Poland
Diploma of Master of Arts in Social and Rehabilitative Pedagogy	Poland, Mazovian High School of Humanities and Pedagogy in Lowicz				Poland
Licencjat majoring in Pedagogics	Poland, Higher School of Humanities and Economics in Brzeg				Poland
B.Ed. Primary School Pedagogics & Foreign Lang.	Plovdiv University				Bulgaria
BA in Pedagogy in Childcare	Pedagogical University of Cracow				Poland
Care and Educational Pedagogy, with Pedagogical Diagnostics & Therapy	Pedagogical University of Cracow				Poland
Childcare with Educational Diagnostics and Therapy - Swiadectwo Ukonczenia Studiow Podyplomowych	Pedagogical University of Cracow				Poland
Licencjat in Pedagogy (specialisation teaching: Social and Care Education with School Pedagogy)	Pedagogical University of Cracow				Poland
Licencjat in Special Pedagogy (specialisation oligophrenopedagogy /Education of children with intellectual disability)	Pedagogical University of Cracow				Poland
Magister Pedagogy: Preschool and Early Elementary Pedagogy	Pedagogical University of Cracow				Poland
Magister Pedagogy: Specialisation Special needs Education / oligophrenopedagogy	Pedagogical University of Cracow				Poland
BA in Special Psychopedagogy - Licentiat in Psihopeagogie Speciala	Pedagogical University of Cracow				Romania
BA In Early Childhood Pedagogy	Pawel Wlodkowic University Poland				Poland
Licencjat award (Pedagogy specialising in Early Childhood Education and Care)	Panstowowa Wyzsza Szkola Zawodowa				Poland
Bachelor of Education	Our Lady of Mercy College of Education				Ireland
B.A. (Hons) in Early Years	Open University				Ireland
BA (Hons) Early Years (top-up)	Open University				Ireland
BA (Hons) in Childhood & Youth Studies	Open University				Ireland
Certificate in Higher Education in Early Years Professional Practice	Open University				Ireland
Foundation Degree in Early Years	Open University				Ireland
BA Early Childhood Teaching and Learning	NUI Maynooth, Froebel College & Early Childhood Ireland				Ireland
B. Education - Primary Teaching	NUI Maynooth & Froebel College				Ireland
BA Hons in Early Childhood Teaching & Learning	NUI Maynooth				Ireland
BA Hons in Early Childhood Studies & Practice	NUI Galway				Ireland
Certificate in Early Childhood Studies & Practice	NUI Galway				Ireland
Diploma in Early Childhood Studies & Practice (3rd yr)	NUI Galway				Ireland