Early Childhood Development

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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

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.

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.

The program has enjoyed steady growth since it began as a privately funded pilot project in 1988.

Page last modified: March 27, 2007