Pam Wu

Experience

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  OASES

  Aug 2007 - May 2008

  Recruit, train, & support over 200 undergraduate volunteers to serve as tutors/mentors for more than 400 1st - 12th grade low-income students in the Oakland Community with 18 other coordinatorsSend weekly email announcements, arrange rides, & maintain weekly attendance for 40 volunteers Plan and manage all OASES events: i.e. appreciation dinner for over 400 OASES members including board of directors, volunteer socials for tutors, end of semester gifts for tutorsDeveloped college awareness workshop for 4th and 5th graders Show less

  • Student Lead Coordinator

    Jan 2007 - May 2008

  • Student Coordinator

    Aug 2007 - Dec 2007
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  Galileo Learning

  Jun 2008 - Jul 2008

  Team Leader

  Managed 13-15 summer campers (1st-4th grade), promoting teamworkAssisted with classroom instruction and facilitated classroom management

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  Self-Employed

  Nov 2008 - Jan 2009

  English Tutor

  Taught English to a third grade EFL learner 4 hrs/week

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  Lawrence Hall of Science

  Apr 2009 - Jun 2009

  Outreach Assistant

  Assist in facilitation of educational festivals in various schools located in the Bay AreaPrepare materials or props needed for the festivals including restock duty

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  Bay Area Community Resources (BACR)

  Aug 2009 - Jun 2010

  Youth Leader

  Taught enrichment workshops for 1-5 grade in visual arts and sports.Facilitated activities that promote team-building and cultural awareness.Provided homework support to 1st grade students.

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  USC Rossier School of Education

  Nov 2010 - May 2011

  Masters and Multiple Subject Teaching Credential Candidate

  10 week student teaching rotation at Title One School in Pasadena Unified School District. First rotation was in a 2nd grade classroom. Second rotation was in a 4th grade classroom.Fourth Grade PlacementDeveloped lessons and assignments that integrated Visual and Performing Arts standards with core curriculum:• Math and Song – Students create the lyrics to songs to help them review for the Math CST• Science and Theater – Working in small groups to reenact different natural phenomena that change the Earth’s surface Second Grade Placement Created Language Arts unit opener for “Around the Town” utilizing thinking maps and taking the students on a walking field trip. Took full control of teaching three chapters of math in its entirety. Substituted four full days for the Master Teacher. Show less

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  Oakland Unified School District

  Aug 2011 - Jun 2014

  • Partnered with San Francisco Opera ARIA Semester Program and co-taught with a teaching artist to create and perform a class mini-opera based on the book Bullies Never Win• Restructured a Language Arts unit on Cinderella which involves students comparing and contrasting different Cinderella stories and writing their own version• Created a letter writing unit where students write different letters to serve different purposes (friendly, thank you, informative, pen pal, persuasive), including a letter to the teacher persuading her to let them move on to third grade• Initiated a penpal letter program with another second grade class at a different local elementary school• Successfully fundraised money to fund two DonorsChoose projects which equipped students with brand new individual whiteboards and a classroom iPad Show less

  • 2nd Grade Teacher

    Jul 2013 - Jun 2014

  • 1st Grade Teacher

    Aug 2011 - Jun 2013
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  Sunnyvale School District

  Aug 2014 - Jun 2015

  1st Grade Teacher

  • Implemented SDAIE strategies and integrated ELD lessons to address the needs of the large EL student population• Planned and taught thematic units• Analyzed student data and created professional goals through grade-level PLC and individual coaching cycles with the Instructional Coach• Technology experience with 1:2 classroom iPads• Successfully fundraised money to purchase leveled books/readers for the classroom library and copies of class published book so that every family could have one to keep Show less

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  San Mateo-Foster City School District

  Aug 2015 - Jun 2018

  3rd Grade Teacher

  "English" teacher in 50/50 model Mandarin Immersion program- Departmentalized: taught Language Arts, Math, Social Studies- Collaborated with grade-level colleagues to develop and refine Social Studies GLAD units- Created an online research project on American symbols using the Hapara workspace interface- Co-created a mini-unit on publishing a book which incorporates the writing process, learning different stages of publishing a book, and technology- Successfully fundraised money to fund a DonorsChoose project that equipped the classroom with mini iPads to allow for technology integration in the classroom Show less

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  Cupertino Union School District

  Aug 2018 - now

  - Collaborates with grade-level team to differentiate reading and oral language instruction for the entire grade level- Trained with TCRWP staff developers in implementing Lucy Calkins Units of Study Reading and Writing- Worked with Instructional Coach and grade-level colleagues to implement Just Think Literacy: The Seminars in Critical Literacy curriculum- Integrate technology through book publishing, vocabulary review, and classroom management with 1:1 iPads classroom setup- Acted as site tech mentor for 2020-2021 school year: trained and assisted colleagues with distance learning resources and concurrent teaching classroom setup and resources- Managed grade-level distance learning hub during distance learning Show less

  • 3rd Grade Teacher

    Jun 2023 - now

  • 4th Grade Teacher

    Jul 2022 - Jun 2023

  • 4th Grade Teacher

    Aug 2021 - Jun 2022

  • 2nd Grade Teacher

    Aug 2018 - Aug 2021