Dr. Claudine Dumais has a Bachelor of Arts, Specialization in Early Childhood Education from Concordia University, a Master of Arts in Education from San Diego State University, a Doctor of Education in Organizational Leadership from Pepperdine University. Dr. Dumais currently teaches in the Teacher Preparation Program at Irvine Valley College in the Human Development Department. Dr. Dumais worked for school districts as the coordinator of the following programs Even Start Family Literacy, Early Childhood Education, Cal-SAFE Teen Parent, State Preschool and Title I district preschools, Infant and Toddler, Transitional Kindergarten and Parent Education. Dr. Dumais also licensed and opened a new program that included 8 new fee-based classrooms with the goal of mainstreaming special needs preschool-aged children. Furthermore, she was responsible for the NAEYC accreditation process at her preschool center and successfully re-accredited the NAEYC preschool program. Dr. Dumais has written and received numerous grants and received teaching awards.