Anna Wannenwetsch

Experience

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  Glendora High School

  Aug 2017 - May 2018

  Editor In Chief of Glendora High School Yearbook Staff

  o Managed a Yearbook staff of 30 high school students, coordinating and ensuring that weekly deadlines and photo submissions were met, in order to create an original 315-page producto Created original design layouts with fellow editors, revolving around a central themeo Edited pages created by staff and developed unique concepts for each of the five sections of the book: student life, people, organizations, clubs, and sportso Developed strong communication, leadership, team, and organizational skills Show less

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  Sprout Up

  Jun 2019 - Jun 2022

  o Oversee a board of 8 members and a club of 50+ diverse members, ensuring and inspiring responsibility in their tasks and efforts toward the club and the students we serveo Lead a training at the beginning of each quarter for incoming student instructors in order to give them tips and advice on how to be an effective teacher in the classroomo Facilitate learning in the classroom and ensures that student instructors are engaging the students and utilizing the curriculum that meets current science (NGSS) standardso Adapted the entire plan of the 2021-2022 school year to be online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. To do so, I helped transform our existing in-person 1st and 2nd grade environmental science and sustainability curriculum to an online zoom model for 2nd-4th graders. I also assisted a Cal Poly Liberal Studies Professor in pioneering a virtual STEM Day for 4th-6th grade students. We created a lesson based on marine plastic pollution and environmental justice. Finally, we created a series of fun environmental education videos that touch on science topics that are present in the San Luis Obispo community, such as the Monarch Butterfly migration. Show less

  • President

    Jun 2020 - Jun 2022

  • Education Liaison

    Jun 2019 - Aug 2020
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  The Orfalea Family and ASI Children’s Center

  Sept 2019 - Jun 2022

  Student Teacher

  o Aid teacher in in teaching and engaging a class of up to 24 preschool-aged children in their self-guided play and learningo Promote emotional, social, and cognitive development in children, ages 4 to 5, through language acquisition, leadership styles, and play managemento Lead interactive small group activities that facilitate learning essential skills such as gross and fine motor development, reading and writing abilities, creativity, and basic math

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  University of California, Berkeley

  Jun 2022 - Jun 2023

  Graduate Student
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  BERKELEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

  Aug 2022 - Jun 2023

  Student Teaching - Third Grade

  Design, plan and implement lessons that are culturally responsive, inclusive of all learning modalities and abilities, and standards aligned while working with and learning from my cooperating teachero Engage with parents in parent-teacher conferences and attended IEP meetings for my studentso Strengthen teaching practices by undergoing a 12 formal observations-cycle while implementing feedback from advisoro Work with focal students on their reading literacies, leading to improvement in phonological awareness, fluency, and comprehension Show less

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  Rosa Parks Elementary

  Jan 2023 - Feb 2023

  Long Term Substitute Teaching - Third Grade

  o Assumed responsibility of the sole teaching responsibility of my classroom of 19 students while still managing UC Berkeley coursework and the implementation of my Master’s action research worko Designed, planned and implemented daily, engaging, student-centered lessons in math, ELA, and social studies for 4 weeks that promoted students' critical and creative thinking through opportunities that through activities that provide opportunities for inquiry, problem solving, and reflectiono Maintained consistent updates to parents and ongoing communication with my mentor teacher, intervention specialist and my principalo Created a classroom learning environment with high expectations and high support for students to be inspired and challenged to growo Strengthened my relationships with all students, resulting in increased engagement and participation and drew from their experiences to design lessons Show less

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  San Leandro Unified School District

  Aug 2023 - Jun 2024

  3rd Grade Teacher
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  Bret Harte Elementary

  Jul 2024 - now

  4th Grade Teacher