Mentor Program
Las Positas College is an active participating collaborator with The California Early Childhood Mentor 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 thirty teachers have been selected on the basis of their personal, academic, professional preparation and the excellence of their programs to serve as mentors.. 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) class. 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. For mor information on the Mentor Program at Las Positas College, contact Valerie Ball @ 925.424.1170 or e-mail her vball@laspositascollege.edu
Teachers 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
- Chaemsobhon, Lawan, Merritt Children's Center
- Clark, Carol, Sonshine Enrichment Center Preschool, Pleasanton
- Clohan, Leslie, Kinderkirk Preschool, Pleasanton
- Cohoon, Michele, Marylin E.S.S., Livermore
- Conterno,Francesca, Bowman Elementary School State Preschool, Hayward
- Costello-Chevis, Margaret, Infants, Chabot Children's Center
- Cottrell, Lois, Duck Pond Preschool, Oakland
- Erdos, Sandra, Duck's Nest Preschool, Berkeley
- Farzar-Alexandrian, Dori, Hacienda CDC, Pleasanton
- Fields, Jessica Holten, Helen Turner School, Hayward
- Flores, Patricia, Preschool, Helen Turner School, Hayward
- Goldsmith, Mary, Kinderkirk Nursery School, Livermore
- Green, Jan, The Greenhouse for Kids, Fremont
- Harris, Angelita, Head Start, Oakland
- Haywood, Janice, Blue Skies for Children, Oakland
- Howery, Sandy, Family Child Care, Union City
- Kaur, Malvindar, International Child Development Center, Oakland
- Kinczel, Ellie, Gan Avrahan Nursery, Oakland
- Long, Lisa, Madison Elementary Special Education Preschool, San Leandro
- Merten, Sheila, Valley Montessori, Livermore
- Nicholson, Sheela, Chabot Children's Center, Hayward
- Olds, Jean, Sonshire Enrichment Center Preschool, Pleasanton
- Perez, Minerva, His Growing Grove Child Care Center
- Santos, Cindi, Valley Christian Preschool, Dublin
- Stensrud, Peter, Woodstock Child Development Center, Alameda
- Turner, Dayna, Valley Montessori, Toddler Program, Livermore
- Wang, Yu Fong, UC Berkeley Toddlers, Berkeley
- Williams, Angela, Emeryville CD Center, Emeryville
Directors in Alameda Regional Program
Directors for Alameda are available to help other directors. Contact Jackie Fitzgerald (925.424.1135) Regional Coordinator, to learn more about connecting with a Director Mentor.
- Libby Barbaria, His Growing Grove, Hayward
- Carol Barton, Woodstock Child Development Center, Alameda
- Diana Curl, Director of the Chabot College Children's Cente
- Gwen Elliot, Retired
- Liisa Hale, Blue Skies for Children, Oakland
- Adrienne Hodsdon, Chabot College Children's Center
- Joan Hottinger, Consultant, retired: Holy Cross Lutheran School, Livermore
- Beatriz Leyva-Cutler, Bahia, Inc., Berkeley
- Diana McGreagor, Adjunct faculty, Chabot College
- Laura Reno, Director of the LLNL Employee's Children's Center
- Mary Ann Sams, Henry Longfellow ECE Center, Oakland
- Susan Stevenson, Aquatic Park School, Berkeley
- Elizabeth Thurai (Ratnam), Scribbles Montessori, Fremont
- Rebecca Tracy, Retired: Coordinator of the Jones Study Center, Berkeley
- Vicky Tsakoyias-Mendes, Evening Director, Chabot College Children's Center
2007 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. 2007 Selection Committee Members will begin the evaluation process in Fall of 2007 and will finished in December of 2007. The application process will begin in August of 2007. Please call Valerie Ball (925.424.1170) for more information or to have an application sent to you for the 2007-08 application period.
- Rodriggs,Edna, ECD Professional Development Coordinator, Chabot College
- Rosen-Simon, Zina, Instructor, Las Positas College
- Spencer, Lynn, CAPE, Livermore
- Stensrud, Peter, Woodstock Child Development Center, Alameda
- Virgilio, Jeanne, ECD Professional Development Coordinator, Las Positas College
- Sherry, Michelle, Faculty, Chabot Children's Center
- Chan, Sheryl, South San Francisco Unified School District
- Curl, Diana, Director, Chabot Children's Center
- Fonteno, Janice, ECD Professional Development Coordinator, Ohlone College
- Gruenfeldt, Cherida, Retired
- Gutherie, Linda, Retired
- Hubbard, Joanne, Early Headstart, San Francisco
- Reno, Laura, Lawerence Livermore National Lab Employee Children's Center
- Garcia, Regina, CAPE, Livermore
- Barnett, Doris, Instructor Merritt College
- Fitzgerald, Jackie, Alameda Regional Program Coordinator and Las Positas College Faculty
- Zehaye, Sandra, ECD Professional Development Coordinator, Merritt College
The program has enjoyed steady growth since it began as a privately funded pilot project in 1988.