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, (currently inactive)
- Azelton, Sherry, Horizon High School (School-Age Moms), Pleasanton
- Bryant-Nelson, Cathy, Rosalie Sterling Center, Alameda (Head Start)
- Cervantes, Celia, Jackson Center CAPE, Livermore (Head Start)
- Chaemsobhon, Lawan, Merritt Children's Center
- Clark, Carol, Sonshine Enrichment Center Preschool, Pleasanton
- Clohan, Leslie, Enhanced
- Cohoon, Michele, Marylin E.S.S., Livermore (school-age)
- Conterno, Francesca, Bowman Elementary School State Preschool, Hayward
- Corwin, Marie, Harold Jones, UC Berkeley
- Costello-Chevis, Margaret, Infants, Chabot Children's Center
- Cottrell, Lois, (currently inactive)
- Craig, Leslie, Clark Kerr Preschool, Berkeley
- Dye, Elaine, Centerpointe Christian Preschool, Pleasanton
- Egler, Becky, Sunset E.S.S., Livermore (school-age)
- Erdos, Sandra, Duck's Nest Preschool, Berkeley
- Farzar-Alexandrian, Dori, Enhanced
- Fields, Jessica Holten, Enhanced
- Figueroa, Veronica, DeColores Head Start, Oakland
- Green, Jan, The Greenhouse for Kids, Fremont
- Gutierrez, Ana, Chabot Children's Center, Hayward
- Harris, Angelita, Head Start, Oakland
- Haywood, Janice, Blue Skies for Children, Oakland
- Johnson, Sharon (inactive)
- Kalofonos, Vanna-Maria, Harold Jones, UC Berkeley
- Kaur, Malvindar, International Child Development Center, Oakland
- Kurnik, Jean (inactive)
- Long, Lisa, Madison Elementary Special Education Preschool, San Leandro
- Mendez, Maroof, ABC Magic Moments, Fremont
- Merten, Sheila, Valley Montessori, Livermore
- Morris, Susan, Kinderkirk Preschool, Livermore (Head Start)
- Nattrass, Karen, Room To Grow Preschool, Livermore
- Nicholson, Sheela, Enhanced
- Olds, Jean, Sonshine Enrichment Center Preschool, Pleasanton
- Perez, Minerva, Enhanced
- Robinson, Da'Monica, Harriet Tubman Childhood Education Center, Oakland
- Ross-Padilla, Patricia, LLESA Children's Center, Livermore
- Santos, Cindi, Enhanced
- Stensrud, Peter, Enhanced
- Turner, Dayna, Valley Montessori, Toddler Program, Livermore
- Wahrer, Carol, Trinity Day Care. Livermore
- Wang, Yu Fong, Enhanced
- 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
- Liisa Hale, Blue Skies for Children, Oakland
- Adrienne Hodsdon, Retired
- Joan Hottinger, Consultant, retired: Holy Cross Lutheran School, Livermore
- Victoria Kushelyad, Kidango, Hillview Crest, Hayward
- Laura Reno, Director of the LLESA Children's Center, Livermore
- Mary Ann Sams, Retired
- 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
2010 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. 2011 Selection Committee Members will begin the evaluation process in Fall of 2011 and will finished in December of 2011. The application process will begin in August of 2011. Please call Valerie Ball (925.424.1170) for more information or to have an application sent to you for the 2011-12 application period.
- Rodriggs, Edna, Adjunct Faculty, Chabot College
- Rosen-Simon, Zina, Instructor, Las Positas College
- Spencer, Lynn, CAPE, Livermore
- Virgilio, Jeanne, ECD Professional Development Coordinator, Las Positas College
- McGregor, Diana, Adjunct Faculty, Chabot College
- Wang, YuFong, Adjunct Faculty, Merritt College
- Fonteno, Janice, ECD Professional Development Coordinator, Ohlone College
- Gruenfeldt, Cherida, Consultant
- Hubbard, Joanne, Early Headstart, San Francisco
- Reno, Laura, Lawerence Livermore National Lab Employee Children's Center
- Garcia, Regina, CAPE, Livermore
- Tapia, Candida, Head Start, Oakland
- Barnett, Doris, Retired Instructor Merritt College
- Fitzgerald, Jackie, Alameda Regional Program Coordinator and Retired Las Positas College Faculty
The program has enjoyed steady growth since it began as a privately funded pilot project in 1988.
