Early
Childhood Development Mentor Program
Las Positas College
is an active participating collaborator with The California Early Childhood
Program. We are one of four colleges in Alameda County that belong
to the Alameda Regional Program. The other colleges are Chabot
in Hayward, Merritt in Oakland, and Ohlone College serving the Fremont
area. A group of over twenty Teachers have been selected on the
basis of their personal, academic and professional preparation to serve
as s and the excellence of their programs. The services of
Teachers are frequently utilized by the college instructors to assist
in meeting the needs of students who are enrolled in the Practicum (ECD
90 supervised experience) class or the work experience (ECD 95 and the
ECD 96) classes. The placements provide an option for students
who might wish to fulfill these course requirements while learning in
a setting different from the college's lab school. The Teachers
located throughout Alameda County are listed below.
The
Teachers
The Directors
The Selection Committee
The Executive Summary
Classroom
s in Alameda Regional Program
Anderson, Ramona, Family Child Care, Oakland
Angles, Melody, Hacienda Child Development, Pleasanton
Arias, Alma, Helen Turner Children's Center
Azelton, Sherry, Horizon High School (School-Age Moms),
Pleasanton
Chang, Constance P., Albany Toddler Center U.C. Berkeley
Clark, Carol, Sonshine Preschool, Pleasanton
Clark, Hiole, Oakland
Clohan, Leslie, Kinderkirk Preschool, Pleasanton
Cohoon, Michele, Marylin E.S.S., Livermore
Conterno,Francesca, Bowman Elementary School State Preschool, Hayward
Costello-Chevis, Margaret, Infants, CSU Hayward
Cottrell, Lois, Duck Pond Preschool, Oakland
Del Aquila, Ana, Chabot College's Children's Center in Hayward
Erdos, Sandra, Duck's Nest Preschool, Berkeley
Farzar-Alexandrian, Dori, Hacienda CDC, Pleasanton
Fields, Jessica Holten, Helen Turner School, Hayward
Flores, Patricia, Preschool, CSU Hayward
Harris, Angelita, Head Start, Oakland
Haywood, Janice< Oakland
Kaur, Malvindar, Ad. Ed. CD Center, Oakland
Kaur, Surinder, Tri Cities Children's Center, Union City
Kinczel, Ellie, Gan Avrahan Nursery, Oakland
Merten, Sheila, Valley Montessori, Livermore
Nicholson, Sheela, Chabot Children's Center, Hayward
Nunes, Jose, Helen Turner Children's Center in Hayward
Perez, Minerva, His Growing Grove Child Care Center
Stensrud, Peter , Alameda
Tapia, Candida, Head Start, Oakland
Turner, Dayna, Valley Montessori, Toddler Program, Livermore
Varasteh, Badieh, Kid's Garden, Family Child Care, Pleasanton
Verarde, Christie, Trinity Day Care Learning Center, Livermore
Wang, Yu Fang, UC Berkeley Toddlers, Berkeley
Williams, Angela, Emeryville CD Center, Emeryville
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Director
s in Alameda Regional Program
There
are Directors that have qualified to serve as Director s and share
their insight and experience with new directors or directors that are
needing some support. Director s for Alameda are available to
help other directors. You may call them personally to talk with them
about whether they could be of help to you.
Libby
Barbaria, His Growing Grove, Hayward
Diana Curl,
Director of the Chabot College Children's Center
Liisa Hale, Association of Children's Services (AOCS), Oakland
Adrienne Hodsdon, Chabot College Children's Center
Joan Hottinger, Consultant, retired: Holy Cross Lutheran School, Livermore
Beatriz Leyva-Cutler, Bahia, Inc., Berkeley
Laura Reno, Director of the LLNL Employee's Children's Center
Mary Ann Sams, Henry Longfellow ECE Center, Oakland
Elizabeth Thurai (Ratnam), Scribbles Montessori, Fremont
Rebecca Tracy, Retired: Coordinator of the Jones Study Center, Berkeley
Katie Warren, Family Child Care, Dublin
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2003
Selection Committee Members of the Alameda Regional Program
A selection
committee works each year to review new applicants sites and to revisit
the sites of present s every three years or who have had a change in
their site; such as new staff or a change of classrooms within the same
site. 2003 Selection Committee Members will begin the evaluation process
in Fall of 2003 and will finished in December of 2003. The application
process will begin in August of 2003. Please call Simone Johnson for
more information or to have an application sent to you for the 2003
application period. 925.371.3870
DEADLINE
for the Fall, 2003 application is September 30, 2003
Pulliam,
Glorious, Hayward Unified School Dist. Hayward Unified School Dist.
Bradford, Iris, Every Child Counts
Rodriggs,Edna, ECD Professional Development Coordinator, Chabot College
Rosen-Simon, Zina, Las Positas College
Spencer, Lynn, Community Assoc. For Preschool Ed
Stensrud, Peter, After School Prog. Hayward Unified
Virgilio, Jeanne, ECD Professional Development Coordinator, Las Positas
College
Pulido-Tobiassen, Dora California Tomorrow
Stocking, Arlene, Director Childrens' Center Ohlone College- Retired
Stewart, Karen, ECD Professional Development Coordinator, Ohlone College
Barnett, Doris, Instructor Merritt College
Fitzgerald, Jackie, Alameda Regional Program Coordinator and Las Positas
College faculty
Zehaye, Sandra, ECD Professional Development Coordinator, Merritt College
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The
Executive Summary
The
following is a summary of the 1998-1999 Annual Report Califomia Early
Childhood Program. It is an extremely impressive program in terms
of the impact it has on the quality of the early childhood work force.
The California Early Childhood Program completes the 1998-1999
year with the following accomplishments:
- The addition of 2 new community colleges to a total of 64;
- Completion of "The Teacher," a classroom supervision
course, by 631 of the 640 students who enrolled;
- Training of 53 new Selection Committee Members to conduct program
quality reviews with Harms and Clifford's rating scales (ECERS, ITERS,
SACERS, and FDCRS);
- Conducting quality reviews on more than 196 sites;
- Selecting 94 new s to a total of 467;
- Selecting 24 new Director s to a total of 58;
- Holding monthly Seminars at 48 local programs;
- Holding Director Seminars in 39 communities;
- ing 1081 practicum students, 52 teachers following practicum,
and 37 protege directors. The average number of placements per Classroom
increased by 6 percent;
· Paying $797,196 in stipends to classroom s for ing
and professional development activities;
· Paying $18,500 in stipends to Director s for ing
protege directors;
· Hosting the seventh annual Institute at Mills College
in Oakland, which 126 s attended;
· Holding five Director Institutes throughout the state,
which 175 directors and site supervisors attended;
· Conducting the second annual internal evaluation of satisfaction
with the program by program participants;
- Developing a new Program logo;
- Providing supplemental support for large area programs to assist with
additional travel, correspondence and other related needs;
- Holding ten special topics Field Trainings for program participants;
and,
- Selecting two recipients for the first annual Michael Marsh International
Fellowship awards.
Program
Impact
Classroom s 467
Students students trained in supervision/ing 631
Practicum students ed 1081
Teachers ed following practicum 52
Classrooms affected 4,452
Children affected 66,9000
Co-workers affected 10,991
Selection committee members 420
Total stipend per classroom (avg.) $1,707.
Director s 58
Directors trained In ing 175
Protege directors ed 37
Classrooms Affected 1,130
Children Affected 23,385
Co-workers affected 3,957
Total stipend per Director (avg.) $319.
California Early Childhood Program 1998 - 1999 Annual Report
Classroom
s reported a low average annual turnover rate of 12.5 percent
in their centers. Nearly 37 percent of the s indicated that their
career goals had been changed by participation in the Program,
and anecdotal evidence indicated that s were empowered by their
experiences.
Coordinators reported a positive impact on community college
early childhood training programs. The provision of additional instruction
funds enabled colleges to offer courses to improve the supervision skills
of experienced teachers. Instructional capacity was also increased by
the ability to offer students the placement option for completion
of student teaching requirements; 90 percent of the Coordinators stated
that they expect the number of students who complete the practicum to
increase with the addition of the option. Students and s
who worked in the same centers accounted for 12 percent of the placements,
thus allowing the student to complete the practicum requirement while
on the job. The pool of s offered more cultural diversity (American
Indian, Latino/Hispanic, Filipino and languages in addition to English)
than did the pool of early childhood faculty.
The program has enjoyed steady growth since it began as a privately
funded pilot project in 1988.
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