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Start your career as an education assistant with the Certificate in Education Assistance and Inclusion. This program equips you with specialized skills to support the learning, development and well-being of people with disabilities. You'll be guided by experts in inclusive education who use innovative, hands-on teaching methods to help you grow into a confident and capable support professional.

The program is flexible, offering full-time or part-time study options. You can choose from evening, weekend, online or hybrid (a mix of online and in-person) classes, making it easier to balance your studies with your work and everyday life activities.

Education assistants are in demand 

Over are projected from now until 2035 in British Columbia. You’ll graduate with hands-on experience in the field through a 160-hour supervised workplace practicum. 

Education assistant grads have multiple career pathways 

Once you graduate, you can transfer credits from the certificate into the second year of our Inclusive Education and Disability Studies Diploma - a program that extends your learning into inclusive support and transitions to adulthood and behavioural intervention for children with autism. The diploma then block transfers into the third year of our Bachelor of Arts in Child and Youth Care degree.

If you’re looking for a career in teaching, many of our students use the Education Assistance and Inclusion certificate pathway as a starting point to become an elementary school teacher. 

Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition 

If you have related education or two years of work experience and would like to get credit or license/field recognition (non-credit) for your experience, Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition is available.