Pam Wu Email & Phone Number

Muir Elementary

West Valley Elementary

Nimitz Elementary

Nimitz Elementary

- 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.

College Park Elementary

"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.

San Miguel Elementary

• 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

Thornhill Elementary

• 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.
• 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

Thornhill Elementary

• Created a mini Lunar New Year unit with activities in Math and Writing, along with teaching how to write and count the numbers 1 to 10 in Mandarin Chinese
• Published class books: Turkeys in Disguise, What Would You Do?
• Employed kinesthetic, visual, and auditory approach to make phonics lessons engaging and interactive
• Assigned inquiry-based projects to students, allowing them to research and answer their own questions about a particular topic of study

• 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.
• 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.

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.

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

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

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

Organize and facilitate coordinator development trainings and teambuilding workshops with 2-3 other lead coordinatorsMaintain communication between student coordinator team and OASES staffCreate and implement new processes to the volunteer programChaired Orientation and Recruitment sub-committee, organizing and facilitating recruitment methods and.

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.

Reading And Literacy Added Authorization, Reading Teacher Education

Certification program for the Reading and Literacy Added Authorization (RLAA)

Master Of Arts, Teaching

Multiple Subject Teaching Credential

Chinese Language

Activities and Societies: Songwriter's Clubstudy abroad for Fall 2008

Bachelor Of Arts, Psychology; Education; Chinese

Activities and Societies: Oakland Asian Student Educational Services (OASES), Taiwanese American Student Association (TASA)Coursework.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Youth Community Service, Key Club, Yearbook Photographer, Badminton Club, JV Girls Tennis, JV & Varsity Badminton