Rachelle Wong has been a part of the School of Education at PLNU since 2018 after 24 years of service in both public and private schools. Rachelle graduated from PLNU 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 PLNU, 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, Point Loma Nazarene University
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)
- PLNU 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]. Point Loma Nazarene University 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)
