CHRISTINA MCPECK: I love teaching at Chaffey College
because I think it's a very supportive environment.
I like the diversity in the students.
I enjoy teaching to different age group, people
from different experiences.
My name is Christy McPeck, I teach child development
here at Chaffey College.
We have a really great program.
It really lets you immerse yourself in child development
and really understand it.
We have the Children's Center.
We allow our students to be with the children
and get some real hands on experience
to see if that's the career they want to choose.
LUCY DYER: Since I was a little girl,
I always want to be a teacher.
But it's just so many adversities.
Then I become a mom, marry a wonderful man,
and I have three boys.
And when I saw them growing, I was like a scientist, you know,
see what are they doing?
Oh, wow.
I just knew that was my passion.
I want to help children to reach their full potential.
I'm Lucy Dyer and I graduated from Chaffey
with an associate's degree in child development.
CHRISTINA MCPECK: The students that I think are best suited
are students that like working with children.
I think that it's a very fun career.
Sometimes people think it's just playing with children
and there is a big component of it that is,
but we deal with a lot of the different sciences, psychology,
anthropology.
So you have to be a student that wants
to learn about the theory to be able to give the best
programs to children.
LUCY DYER: My son, he was like [INAUDIBLE] could
you believe mom have a degree and she did it?
She did it.
The faculty, they were A, A+.
They all just took the time.
They really pushed me to get where I want,
where I'm here now.
They are very, very compassionate.
And that's why I love Chaffey.
CHRISTINA MCPECK: If you pursue a degree in child development
at Chaffey, you could go be a preschool teacher
at a private preschool or you could
work at a state preschool.
We have a really great hands on program
that gives you the building blocks that you'll
need to be able to take that knowledge out into the field
to work with children and to work with families
and the community.
LUCY DYER: My advice for students
who are thinking to come to Chaffey,
just go and try because all the staff and professors
at Chaffey College, they're here to support you.
Just go for it.
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