About

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 formerly served as chair of the Early Childhood Education Associate Certificate Program for UCSC Extension.

Melissa Chi Le
Melissa Le's courses currently open for enrollment

ECE: Brain Development in Early Childhood

ECED.X310
$435
  • Live-Online Attend via Zoom at scheduled times.
Schedule
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Wed, 10-01-2025
6:00pm
9:00pm
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Wed, 10-01-2025
6:00pm
9:00pm
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Wed, 10-08-2025
6:00pm
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Wed, 10-08-2025
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Wed, 10-15-2025
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Wed, 10-15-2025
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Wed, 10-22-2025
6:00pm
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Wed, 10-22-2025
6:00pm
9:00pm
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Wed, 10-29-2025
6:00pm
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Wed, 10-29-2025
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Wed, 11-05-2025
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Wed, 11-05-2025
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Wed, 11-12-2025
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Wed, 11-12-2025
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Wed, 11-19-2025
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Wed, 11-19-2025
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Wed, 11-26-2025
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Wed, 11-26-2025
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Wed, 12-03-2025
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Wed, 12-03-2025
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Wed, 12-10-2025
6:00pm
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Wed, 12-10-2025
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9:00pm
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This class is offered in an online synchronous format. Students are expected to log into this course via Canvas at the start time of scheduled meetings and participate via Zoom, for the duration of each scheduled class meeting.

One no meeting TBA. To see all meeting dates, click “Full Schedule” below.

Electronic Course Materials: You will be granted access in Canvas to your course site and course materials approximately 24 hours prior to the published start date of the course.

Required Text:

Enhancing Brain Development in Infants and Young Children, Doris Bergen, Lena Lee, Cynthia Dicarlo, and Gail Burnett, 2020. ISBN: 9780807764442

ECE: Creative Arts for the Young Child (Preschool Through Grade 3)

ECED.X312
$435
  • Live-Online Attend via Zoom at scheduled times.
Schedule
Date
Start Time
End Time
Meeting Type
Location
Sat, 02-21-2026
9:00am
4:00pm
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Sat, 02-21-2026
9:00am
4:00pm
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Sat, 02-28-2026
9:00am
4:00pm
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Sat, 02-28-2026
9:00am
4:00pm
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Sat, 03-07-2026
9:00am
4:00pm
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Sat, 03-07-2026
9:00am
4:00pm
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Sat, 03-14-2026
9:00am
4:00pm
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Sat, 03-14-2026
9:00am
4:00pm
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Sat, 03-21-2026
9:00am
4:00pm
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Sat, 03-21-2026
9:00am
4:00pm
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This class is offered in an online synchronous format. Students are expected to log into this course via Canvas at the start time of scheduled meetings and participate via Zoom, for the duration of each scheduled class meeting.

To see all meeting dates, click "Full Schedule" below.

You will be granted access in Canvas to your course site and course materials approximately 24 hours prior to the published start date of the course.

Required Text:
Art and Creative Development for Young Children, J. Englebright Fox and Robert Schirrmacher, Cengage Learning, 2011. ISBN: 9780495913122

ECE: Principles of Infant/Toddler Caregiving

ECED.X314
$435
  • Live-Online Attend via Zoom at scheduled times.
Schedule
Date
Start Time
End Time
Meeting Type
Location
Wed, 01-21-2026
6:00pm
9:00pm
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Wed, 01-21-2026
6:00pm
9:00pm
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Wed, 01-28-2026
6:00pm
9:00pm
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Wed, 01-28-2026
6:00pm
9:00pm
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Wed, 02-04-2026
6:00pm
9:00pm
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Wed, 02-04-2026
6:00pm
9:00pm
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Wed, 02-11-2026
6:00pm
9:00pm
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Wed, 02-11-2026
6:00pm
9:00pm
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Wed, 02-18-2026
6:00pm
9:00pm
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Wed, 02-18-2026
6:00pm
9:00pm
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Wed, 02-25-2026
6:00pm
9:00pm
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Wed, 02-25-2026
6:00pm
9:00pm
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Wed, 03-04-2026
6:00pm
9:00pm
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Wed, 03-04-2026
6:00pm
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Wed, 03-11-2026
6:00pm
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Wed, 03-11-2026
6:00pm
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Wed, 03-18-2026
6:00pm
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Wed, 03-18-2026
6:00pm
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Wed, 03-25-2026
6:00pm
9:00pm
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Wed, 03-25-2026
6:00pm
9:00pm
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This class is offered in an online synchronous format. Students are expected to log into this course via Canvas at the start time of scheduled meetings and participate via Zoom, for the duration of each scheduled class meeting.

To see all meeting dates, click “Full Schedule” below.

You will be granted access in Canvas to your course site and course materials approximately 24 hours prior to the published start date of the course.

Required Text:
ISE INFANTS TODDLERS & CAREGIVERS:CURRICULUM RELATIONSHIP, Janet Gonzalez-Mena and Dianne Widmeyer Eyer, 2019. ISBN: 9781260575743