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Rachelle Wong, Ed.D.

Associate Dean, Teacher Education
Full Professor

Rachelle Wong has been a part of the School of Education at ¹ú²ú͵ÅÄ since 2018 after 24 years of service in both public and private schools. Rachelle graduated from ¹ú²ú͵ÅÄ with her BA degree in Liberal Studies and a multiple subject teaching credential.  She taught elementary and middle school for 20 years in both Liberty, Missouri and Honolulu, Hawaii.  For four years, she served as principal of a school in Honolulu with preschool through 8th grade.  Here at ¹ú²ú͵ÅÄ, she oversees the teacher preparation program. Rachelle considers it a calling to invest in future teachers through the very program that prepared her for a fulfilling career as an educator.  She leads with the conviction that every child deserves to have excellent, caring, and effective teachers.

Education

  • Ed.D., Education- Transformational Leadership, Concordia University, Portland
  • M.A.Ed., Curriculum and Instruction, University of Hawaii, Manoa
  • B.A., Liberal Studies and California Clear Credential, ¹ú²ú͵ÅÄ

Courses Taught

EDU 6011:  Interdisciplinary Approaches to Teaching in the Content Area. EDU60CP1 and EDU60CP2:  Clinical Practice Seminar

Experience in Field

1994-1995 Taught K-5th Grade (Enrichment Teacher)

1995-1998 Taught 3rd Grade

1998-1999 Taught 2nd Grade

1999-2000  Taught 5th Grade

2000-2001 Taught K-6th (Computer Teacher)

2001-2011 Taught 4th Grade

2011-2014 Taught 5th- 8th Grade English Language Arts

2014-2018  Principal

Professional and Community Involvement

  • Program Reviewer and Site Visit Team Member for the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing
    Sweetwater Unified High School District Residency Leadership Team
  • Volunteer Reader at Foster Elementary (Everybody is a Reader program)
  • Sunday School Teacher, Children’s Church teacher, VBS Bible Teacher, Greeting/Usher Team Leader (Mission Church of the Nazarene)
  • Family Mission Trip Team Member to Tecate, MX, 2021 - present
  • Awards and Honors (the section below doesn't allow me to type my info)
  • ¹ú²ú͵ÅÄ Commencement Speaker, 2021-2022 school year, winter and spring commencement
    Mission Church Women’s Brunch Speaker, 2021
    Hawaii Pacific District Ministry Team Retreat Speaker, 2021

 

Dissertations, Presentations, and Publications

  • Kritsch, Wong, Corke, Ramos, Erickson (in press). Radical hospitality: Transforming adjunct care.  International Christian Community of Teacher Educators Journal.
  • Wong, Corke, Martinez, Kritsch, Hamilton-Bunch, Erickson (January 2023).  Supporting high-quality adjunct faculty in graduate education programs.  [Paper presentation]. Hawaii International Conference on Education Journal.
  • Wong, R. (2024, August 20). Radical hospitality in the online classroom [Conference session].  ¹ú²ú͵ÅÄ Faculty Development and Scholarship Day, San Diego, CA, United States.
  • Corke, Kritsch, Wong (2024, May 22-23).  Imagining radical hospitality for all.  [Conference session]. International Christian Community for Teacher Education Conference, Boston, MA, United States.
  • Erickson, Corke, Wong, Kritsch, (2024, February 16-18).  Supporting adjuncts:  Communication, collaboration, and consideration.  [Conference session]. American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education Conference, Denver, CO, United States.
  • Wong, Pineda Zapata, Kall (2020, August 19-20).  Effective instruction on Zoom [Staff development presentation]. Rancho Santa Fe School District, San Diego, CA, United States.
  • Wong, & Kall (2020, July). Supporting candidates for success.  [Conference presentation]. Meridith Fellows 2nd Annual CalTPA Implementation Conference, California, United States.
  • CalTPA Training presented to Sweetwater Union High School District (spring 2022 and 2023)