Child and Youth Care Education Consortium of BC.

Child and Youth Care Education Consortium of British Columbia (CYCECBC) was established in 1993 as a structure to coordinate child and youth care post-secondary education within the province. The Consortium has representation from all university and college programs in B.C. that provide child and youth care education at certificate, diploma and degree levels, as well as members from private sector training programs, professional associations, employer federations, and the government.

Functions:

1. The development, coordination and evaluation of core curriculum for Child and Youth Care post-secondary education in British Columbia.
2. The provision of long range planning regarding Child and Youth Care education in the province.
3. The standardization of admission, transfer credit and prior learning assessment processes across Child and Youth Care education programs in B.C.
4. The provision of a forum to ensure educational consistency and quality through comparable program standards.
5. The operation of a collaborative structure to respond to transfer credit requests in a manner that is consistent across programs.
6. The existence of a single point of contact for a unified voice on issues relating to Child and Youth Care education.
7. To initiate and respond to issues and concerns relevant to our mission in and informed and educateive manner.
8. To promote Child and Youth Care as a discipline in service of the best interests of children, youth, their families and communities.

Integrated Block Transfer Credit Model.

Through the work of its Transfer Committee, the Consortium assesses and assigns block transfer credit for child and youth care and related human service certificates and diplomas from accredited post-secondary institutions. Course outlines and program descriptions are carefully reviewed by the Transfer Committee and their recommendations regarding transfer credit are approved by the full Consortium.

Decisions made in this manner are then jointly adopted by the three Child and Youth Care degree granting institutions in the province. Since 1995 an integrated two-plus-two (diploma) and one-plus-three (certificate) transfer credit model has been adopted universally across the Consortium. Using this model, articulation agreements have been developed with Child and Youth Care educational programs throughout B.C. as well as in other provinces.