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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
Postgraduate Certificate in Early Years Pedagogue	University of Strathclyde				UK (Incl. NI)
Postgraduate Certificate in Therapeutic Play Skills	Canterbury Christchurch University				UK (Incl. NI)
Postgraduate Diploma in Play Therapy	Children's Therapy Centre				Ireland
Preschool / Kindergarten Montessori Teaching Diploma	North American Montessori Centre				USA
Preschool Education	Andrés Bello National University				Chile
Preschool Teacher	Liep?ja Academy of Pedagogy				Latvia
Primary School Teacher, specialised in a Foreign Language (English)	University of Zaragoza, Spain				Spain
Primary School Teachers and Childcare Educators for Special Education and Childrens Homes - Certificat De Absolvire a Scolii Posticeale	Andrei Saguna Pedagogical College				Romania
Profesora Educacion Inicial (Elementary Education Teacher)	Instituto Superior de Profesorado de Education, Buenos Aires				Argentina
Professional Graduate Certificate in Early Years (Practice)	University of Winchester				UK (Incl. NI)
Professional Graduate Diploma in Education (Primary)	University of Aberdeen				UK (Incl. NI)
Professional Graduate Diploma in Primary Education	University of Edinburgh				UK (Incl. NI)
Ptychio in Early Childhood Care and Education (Hons Degree)	Alexandreio Technological Educational Institution of Thessaloniki				Greece
School Age Childcare (FETAC)	Various Training Providers				Ireland
Secondary School Leaving Certificate for Kindergarten Teacher/Vysvedceni o Maturitni zkousce učiteľka v škôlke	Secondary Pedagogical School, Turcian				Czech Republic
Special Supplementary Award in Early Years Educational Skills	Athlone Institute of Technology				Ireland
State Recognised Childcare Worker	Specialist Academy for Social Education, Marienheim Lindau, Augsburg				Germany
Steiner Waldorf Teacher Training	Irish Steiner Kindergarten Association (ISKA)				Ireland
Suite of 6 Level 6 Components in Childcare as outlined in DCYA letter of 18/12/2014	Various Providers				Ireland
Supervision in Childcare (FETAC)	Various Training Providers				Ireland
Teacher -Specialised in Preschool Education	Universidad Autonoma de Madrid				Spain
Teacher specializing in Early Childhood Education	University of Madrid				Spain
Teacher's Certificate	University of London Institute of Education (Coloma College)				UK (Incl. NI)
Teacher's Certificate in the theory and Practice of Education (Junior School)	University of London Institute of Education (Digby Stuart College)				UK (Incl. NI)
Teaching Diploma (Preschool Teacher Qualifications)	Liep?ja University				Latvia
Theory and Practice of the Montessori Method of Education	St Nicholas Training Centre				Ireland
Título de Técnica Superior en Educación Infantil	Centro Formación Politécnica S.A., Pamplona, Spain				Spain