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CCEA Board of Directors

President:

Vice President:

Treasurer:

Secretary:

Directors:

 

 

Lisa Quan

Jackie Say

Lucy Leong-Chen

Stewart Cho

Kristine McCabe

Kelly Scribner

Valerie Wong

Fay Wu

CCEA Staff Members and Teachers

Head of School:

Faye Wu

Faye brings 20 years of teaching and administrative experience in the education field. Faye is a native Mandarin speaker and holds a MS in Education from Southern Illinois University.

 

Program & Marketing Manager:

 

Jackie Say

Jackie has managed and coordinated the day-to-day administrative activities and program support of New Sprouts Chinese School for the last three years. She is also communications officer and liaison contact between school and student families. Jackie has a double B.S. degree in Child Psychology and Speech and Language Disorders from Cornell University.  

 

Teachers:

 

Shudan Wang

Wang Lao Shi is our head teacher and developer of the CCEA/New Sprouts educational curriculum. She brings over 20 years of preschool and grade school level teaching experience from both China and the United States. She has completed several intensive training programs for teaching Chinese as a Second Language at Beijing University in China. Shudan passed the CSET in 2006, and is CPR trained. She is passionate and engaging. Her energy level is contagious as always displayed in her classes.

Ya Zhi He


He Lao Shi has over a decade of elementary level teaching experience from China. She joined CCEA in 2007 to teach our pre-K program. Her talents and interests are far and wide, including experience in teaching Chinese traditional martial arts (Tai Chi) and playing the Chinese traditional instrument (Gu Zhen). She also enjoys Chinese calligraphy and art, singing and dancing. She brings a gentle style and calmness that captivates our young beginners.

Shirley Zhang


Zhang Lao Shi joins CCEA after teaching preschool and kindergarten for several years in China. She has trained as an early childhood educator at both Chabot Community College and Berkeley Montessori School. She enjoys playing classical piano, and singing and dancing. Her patience and creativity engages children of all ages.

Chenxia Zhu

Zhu Lao Shi has a bilingual education from Guangdong University and State University of New York. She is excited to be joining CCEA/New Sprouts. She is an accomplished writer and storyteller and hopes to use her skills in music and prose to teach Chinese language and culture to children.

Eva Long

 

Long Lao Shi has taught Chinese as a Second Language for several years in China and the United States. She is musically inclined and has a gift for organization. She assists the head teacher with selecting and editing teaching materials, developing training events and curriculum development. In the classroom, she works hard at being inspiring and fun to motivate her students. Her classes are dynamic and interactive.