Jane Ching Fung has spent over 40 years teaching and learning from students in the public schools of Los Angeles. She is currently a math coach and facilitator for the UCLA Math Project working with educators and students in early childhood education in the Los Angeles and Montebello Unified School Districts. Jane spent 36 years as a classroom teacher. She spent 8 years teaching in a UTK (Universal Transitional Kindergarten) Collaboration class at Belvedere Elementary School in East Los Angeles. Jane was a first grade and kindergarten for 11 years at the Alexander Science Center School in urban Los Angeles.
She taught ungraded primary (children in pre-kindergarten - second grade in the same classroom) at the White House Place Primary Center, where she helped students increase their reading scores by 20 percent in just one year. An expert in standards-based instruction and a teacher leader in early literacy, Fung uses multiple assessments to monitor her students' progress, matching grade-level requirements and standards with students' strengths to assign appropriate reading materials. While at White House Place, Jane helped create the Early Literacy Club with new teachers to support their understanding of ELA standards and literacy instruction.
In 2001, she was invited to serve on Nevada Governor Kenny Guinn's Education Commission of the States (ECS) Literacy Advisory Council and presented at the ECS National Forum. Fung is a teacher researcher and has published research on teacher collaboration and new teacher development. In addition to teaching primary grades from pre-kindergarten through third grade, she has taught teacher credentialing classes at the district and college levels and was a guiding teacher for UCLA, USC, and CSU Los Angeles. Jane was appointed in 2006 to the board of the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future (NCTAF) and served until 2014. She has served on the board of directors of Larchmont Charter School in Los Angeles and was a teacher advisor for Brain Quest Publication, and the Center for Teaching Quality.
Currently, Jane is a member of the Skirball Cultural Center’s Teacher Advisory Council and Teacher Lab’s Teacher Advisory Board. She is National Board Certified and a former LAUSD Teacher of the Year. Jane enjoys writing blogs and sharing her opinions on education and experiences from the classroom when she has time.
Areas of Interest:
Teacher Research
New Teacher Support & Training
Teacher Recruitment & Retention in Urban Schools
Quality Professional Development
Including Teacher Voice in Policy
2000 California State University - Los Angeles, M.A.
NBCT, Generalist Early Childhood, 2002, 2012
San Diego State University- Bachelors in Child Development,
