Head Start Online SchoolResponsible Adult
Course
Get certified to work with children in daycares, preschools, and as a substitute Education Assistant — on a schedule that works around your life, not the other way around.
A career with children starts here
This course walks you through child development, guidance, health and safety, and nutrition — everything BC requires of a Responsible Adult in a licensed child care setting. It's fully online, moves at your pace, and ends with a multiple-choice exam and an instant certificate.
Child Development
How children grow, learn, and process the world at each stage.
Classroom Activators
Practical activities that keep a room of children engaged and calm.
Learning Through Play
Turning everyday play into real developmental progress.
Guiding Behaviour
Positive, age-appropriate approaches to guidance and boundaries.
Health & Safety
The practical standards every licensed caregiver needs to know.
Nutrition
Feeding children well, safely, and with an eye on allergies.
Learn at whatever pace fits your life
- ✓ Child development, guidance, health & safety, and nutrition
- ✓ BC-recognized certificate, issued the moment you finish
- ✓ No set start date — begin whenever you're ready
- ✓ Eligible for WorkBC funding
- ✓ Works on any device, phone included
100% mobile friendly — no app to download
Your course lives right in your browser, so it looks and works just as well on your phone as it does on a laptop. Log in on a break at work, finish a lesson on your phone at home — no downloads, no separate app, no missing features on a smaller screen.
What graduates say about training with us
A few highlights — read all our student reviews here.
Training around my work schedule made this possible for me — and the support along the way made the whole thing feel easy.
I started this course at home in Canada and finished it on vacation — all I needed was my phone and a signal.
Clear, well-organized, and the end-of-section quizzes made sure everything actually stuck.
This course can lead to your own home daycare
Everyone who enrolls in the Responsible Adult Course also gets free access to our full Home Daycare Course — for anyone who's ever thought about running their own licensed daycare from home.
Explore the Home Daycare Course →
Trained in your language, certified in ours
Every lesson and the final exam translate into your preferred language right in the browser using Chrome's built-in translation. Your certificate of completion is issued in English.
WorkBC can cover the full cost
If you're actively job-searching, your local WorkBC employment centre may fund this course in full. Speak with a job search counsellor about eligibility — funding decisions are made by WorkBC, not by us.
The essentials, at a glance
Must be 19 years or older
Login instructions sent by email
Flexible start, no set dates
BC-recognized certificate
Training that meets you where you are
Any Language
Available in over 100 languages, with newcomers to Canada welcome. Don't see your language listed? Ask us — we can often add it.
WorkBC Funded
Active job seekers can request funding for this course through their local WorkBC employment centre.
Extra Support
Students who need extra help completing the course can get it — the goal is understanding, delivered flexibly.
