Early Years Professional Status (EYPS)

The KEY Partnership: delivering EYPS in London and the South East

Early Years Professional Status (EYPS) is the only graduate accreditation for the early years workforce which is recognised as the credential for leading practice in early years provision (CWDC 2011).

The Institute of Education is a consortium member of The KEY Partnership: delivering EYPS in London and the South East. Through this consortium the Institute of Education is able to offer CWDC funded and non funded EYPS Pathways from January 2012.

Information on the KEY Partnership can be found here.

http://fass.kingston.ac.uk/key/

Early Years Professionals have been leading practice across the Early Years Foundation Stage since 2007 when the Status was launched and research conducted by Oxford University has shown that Early Years Professional have made significant improvements in the quality of provision for pre-school children.

Early Years Professionals work in a wide range of settings across the children's workforce including full daycare, nursery and primary schools, playgroups, out of school settings and Children's Centres as well as home based childcare such as childminding.

There are 39 EYPS Standards at Level 6 which practitioners need to demonstrate that they have met across the full EYFS age range.

The EYPS Standards can be found here http://www.cwdcouncil.org.uk/assets/0000/9008/Guidance_To_Standards.pdf

EYPS Pathways at the Institute of Education

The following EYPS Pathways are available at the Institute

EYPS Graduate Practitioner Pathway (GPP) 6 months (part time)

Offered January 2012 then every September and January

Designed for graduates currently working in the sector with experience that require a small amount of learning or further experience before they can demonstrate the EYP Standards. Depending on your experience you may be required to complete a placement in an appropriate setting as part of this pathway.

EYPS Undergraduate Practitioner Pathway (UPP) 12 months (part time)

Offered alongside our BA top up from January 2012 then every September.

Designed for practitioners with an Early Years Foundation Degree (level 5) currently working in the sector with experience who require a small amount of learning or further experience before they can demonstrate the EYP Standards. Depending on your experience you may be required to complete a placement in an appropriate setting as part of this pathway.

Although this pathway has been designed for practitioners with a Foundation Degree some graduate practitioners may be offered this pathway.

Entry Pathways

EYPS Graduate Entry Pathway (GEP) 12 months (full time)

Offered from September 2012.

Designed for new entrants to the workforce with little or no experience of working with young children. Candidates will undertake university based tutorials and block placements in appropriate early years settings. We would expect you to have completed an observation placement in an appropriate full day care setting prior to interview.

Applications can be made here.

Funded and self -funded places

University of Reading eyps@reading.ac.uk

Kingston University http://fass.kingston.ac.uk/schools/education/eyps/

London Metropolitan University http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/

Self-funded places only

Buckinghamshire New University http://www.bucks.ac.uk/

Hertfordshire University http://www.herts.ac.uk/home-page.cfm

Practitioners are required to meet all entry requirements for both funded and self funded places.

  

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