The Indigenous Early Childhood Education (IECE) program at NVIT prepares graduates to be effective early childhood development workers by meeting provincial licensing, academic, community, and Indigenous standards. Offered in partnership with communities, the program involves local elders and knowledge keepers in its delivery, providing a unique focus on Indigenous content in both certificate and diploma pathways.

The Indigenous Early Childhood Education program (IECE) is designed to meet provincial licensing, academic standards, community and Indigenous standards to ensure NVIT graduates are successful and effective early childhood development workers in BC communities. The Indigenous Early Childhood Education programs are unique in that they are only delivered in partnership with communities. This ensures that communities have local elders and knowledge keepers involved with the delivery of programs.

The diploma program meets provincial certification and licensing standards for infant/toddler and special needs children. This program is designed to run eight months from the beginning of September to the end of April. Successful completion of this program allows graduates to work as supervisors in a variety of daycare settings, to work with children who have special needs and to work with infants and toddlers under three years of age.