This program is offered through the Building the Future: Opportunities for Early Childhood Educators program. It is open to Canadian citizens and Permanent Residents.
Use work experience to gain credit
The NextGen Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) program helps you earn credit for the skills and knowledge you already have through existing PLAR methods and:
- Micro-credentials: short, focused courses to supplement your learning, and
- Onsite assessments: an ECE PLAR assessor observes you in the workplace to evaluate your skills.
If you have work experience in a child care centre, you may be eligible for NextGen PLAR which may give you credit for some Level 2 and Level 3 courses. This will help you finish your program faster and move you forward in your ECE career.
To qualify, you must:
- Be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident.
- Be admitted to the Early Childhood Education diploma program.
- Be currently employed in a Saskatchewan-based regulated child care centre.
- Have worked for two years full time in the ECE sector within the last five years.
Schedule
- Level 1 courses: Intake starts January 2026
- Level 2 courses: Intake ongoing
- Level 3 courses: Intake starts January 2026
Are you interested?
Applications for 2025-26 NextGen PLAR are closed. If you would like to be put on the
future interest list, please complete the NextGen PLAR interest form.
Contact us
If you have questions, you can email us at earlylearning@saskpolytech.ca
Funding for this initiative is provided through the Canada-Saskatchewan Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement
