Teachers

	Agnes Ballesteros (Director / Teacher) Agnes is owner, director and Head Teacher at Bamboo Grove. She has been working with Infants/Toddlers and Pre-school children for the past 12 years. At present she is a student in the Montessori Early Childhood Graduate Program of St.Mary’s College in Orinda, CA.
	Roxanne Su (Teacher) Roxanne received her Montessori Training from the San Francisco Bay Area Teacher Center in 2002. She has worked with Pre-school children in a Montessori environment for the past 8 years. Roxanne is Head Teacher at Bamboo Grove.
	Ivy Chuong (Teacher) Teacher Ivy has been teaching pre-school children in a Montessori environment since 1999. She studied and trained as a Montessori early childhood teacher in the San Francisco Bay Area Teacher Center and received her credentials from the American Montessori Society in 2001. Ivy is the Head Teacher at Bamboo Grove.
	Cheryl Eccles (Creative Dance and Drama) Cheryl teaches Creative Dance and Drama at Bamboo Grove. She teaches at three other preschools in Berkeley and Oakland, including a parent/child and preschool age drama program at the Berkeley Playhouse. She participated in the Advanced Programs of Luna Kids Dance Summer Institute, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Alameda Arts Alliance Council, Pan Improvisational Theatre and Cal Shakes.
<	Dale Allen Boland (Music) Dale teaches Music at Bamboo Grove, and around the Bay, including parent/child 'Unwind & Refresh!' classes in Berkeley, family sing-a-longs in Albany, and community music-making for elders in Oakland. She has completed Level III Certification in Orff-Schulwerk, Music and Movement for Children, at Mills College.
	Robert Chavez (Marine Aquatic Specialist & Maintenance) Robert Chavez has provided Bamboo Grove with excellent janitorial services for the past 4 years. He is also our Marine Aquatic Specialist who maintains the fishes in our tank. Robert is a natural teacher of children, though unaware of this. When he comes to clean the fish tank once every 2 weeks, and if the children are around, he teaches them about how the fishes thrive. The children are fascinated by his instruments and he names and explains each one of them.