Instructor

Melissa Chi Le

MELISSA LE, B.A, Multi-Subject Teaching Credential (MSTC), has more than 23 years of experience working with infants, preschoolers, and children in K-6 classrooms. She has worked in public and private school settings and examined a variety of learning programs such as Challenger, Montessori, High Scope, and college-run preschools including De Anza College, San Jose State University, and Stanford University. As a K-6 afterschool program supervisor, she developed lesson plans and curriculum to meet the needs of diverse populations and students with special needs. Le has extensive experience mentoring emerging teachers in the SJSU and Stanford student-teacher programs, as well as beginning teachers completing their two year BTSA programs. Her expertise is in identifying the needs of her students, both children and adults, and helping them reach their full potential. She currently serves as chair of the Early Childhood Education Certificate Program Advisory Board for UCSC Extension.

ECE: Brain Development in Early Childhood