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J. Michele McDowell, M.B.A., M.S. Education

Early Childhood Studies

A hundred years from now,
it will not matter what my bank account was,
the sort of house I lived in,
or the kind of cars I drove,
but the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child.

- Unknown

Contact Info	Schedule	Background	Education	Workshops
ECS 300	ECS 301	ECS 302	ECS 304	ECS 306

Contact Information

Office

Child Development Center (Bldg 19),

Office 104

43600 Mission Blvd., Fremont, CA 94539

Telephone

(510) 979-7453

E-Mail

mmcdowell@ohlone.edu

Links To

ECS Department

Social Science Division

Academic Dishonesty Policy

Campus Maps

Spring Schedule 2008
*Monday*	*Tuesday*	*Wednesday*	*Thursday*	*Friday*
Office Hour 8:00-9:00 CDC 104	Office Hour 8:30-9:00 CDC 104	Office Hour 8:00-9:00 CDC 104	Office Hour 8:00-9:00 CDC 104
ECS 300 9:00-12:10 CDC 122	ECS 301 9:00-12:10 CDC 122	ECS 302 9:00-1:20 CDC 122	ECS 304 9:00-12:10 CDC 122
	Office Hour 12:15-1:00 CDC 104
			Office Hour 5:30-6:30 CDC 104
			ECS 306 6:30-9:40 CDC 122

Background

My teaching here at Ohlone is a definite homecoming. I grew up in Fremont, and I always knew I wanted to teach. Unfortunately, at the time I started college many school districts were closing schools and laying off teachers, and the job outlook was poor, and those “older and wiser” encouraged me to choose another field. I decided to pursue a career in business. I spent the next decade earning three business degrees and working both in the high tech industry and real estate development only to find that my passion was truly teaching as it had been since I was a young child. I returned to school and earned my M.S. in Education and began my career in teaching. My first teaching opportunity was teaching at a homeless shelter for women and young children. Through several Adult Education programs in the area I have taught numerous parent education classes both for at-risk families and the general community. I also have seven years experience in the preschool classroom-teaching toddlers through four-year-old children and their parents. In 1996 I started teaching part-time for Ohlone College and I have been teaching here full-time since 2002. Working in the field of Early Childhood Education is my passion. I have enjoyed working with young children, their parents, and college students who also have a love and passion to make a difference in the lives of children and their families. I have come home to where I belong.

Education

A.A. in Business Administration - Ohlone College

B.S. in Business Administration - Cal Poly Pomona

M.B.A. - U.C. Irvine

M.S. in Education - Cal State Hayward

Presentations & Workshops

- Process vs. Product Art

- Communicating with Teen Moms

- The Developing Reader & Writer

- The Little Things Make a Big Difference

- Raising Resilient Children in Changing Times

Professional Organizations

NAEYC - National Association for Education of Young Children

ACEI - Association for Childhood Education International