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\"ProfileStory #22: Tom Chan<\/h1>\n

This story about Tom Chan was originally written in 2018. Today we are re-sharing it to highlight this special alumnus as part of our anniversary series!<\/p>\n

By Sharon Blount<\/strong><\/p>\n

On the front porch of the JEP house hangs an elongated crimson colored banner that reads \u201cService is Education.\u201d It\u2019s the Joint Educational Project\u2019s pedagogy of service-learning that can be summed up in the words of Mahatma Gandhi, \u201cThe best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 1988, as a junior, Tom Chan transferred to USC\u2019s Marshall School of Business from UC Riverside. After participating in JEP his first semester, Chan\u2019s passion for teaching was ignited. He realized his indelible heart for service. It was this JEP experience that would positively alter the trajectory of his career path and change his life forever.<\/p>\n

Excited about his newfound interest, Chan changed his major to Liberal Arts and eventually received his undergraduate degree in Communications, Social Science, after a two-year assignment in Thailand with the Peace Corps. Even though his parents were not in agreement with his newfound profession, Chan continued to advance himself academically and pursue a career in education. He received his MA from USC in Curriculum and Teaching in1996. He later completed an additional MA in Educational Administration from CSUN.<\/p>\n

Chan is enthusiastic about his current position as Director of Special Projects and Student Services in the Fillmore Unified School District, located in the city of Fillmore, in the Santa Clara River Valley and Ventura County, California. His office provides services for students with disabilities at the seven schools within his district, for which he feels he is better suited for than from his initial interests in marketing and the business world.<\/p>\n

Chan is married to Jackie Larco, a USC alumna, whom he met at the JEP house while working as a program assistant (PA). She also works in education as a kindergarten teacher. They have two children, Maddy (16) and Mathew (14).<\/p>\n

In an extensive phone interview, Chan was eager to talk about the epiphany he received during his JEP experience and how grateful he is that it completely re-shaped the course of his life\u2026for the better.<\/p>\n

Blount: How did you first learn about JEP?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chan: I was a junior and had just transferred into Marshall School of Business. I had marketing classes and a typical business curriculum. I was enrolled in a business law course and Patty Ramos, the JEP PA Coordinator, did a presentation introducing JEP. The instructor offered \u00bd credit towards the final for students who successfully completed JEP. Everyone was business minded and focused, no one was really paying attention to Ramos\u2019 presentation until she mentioned the extra credit.<\/i><\/p>\n

Blount: What can you recall about your first JEP assignment?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chan: My first assignment was with a mini team. It was a more traditional and formal JEP assignment. There were three to four students assigned to a team. It was my first time in a classroom environment. The students were second or third graders, I don’t really recall. I do remember really liking and enjoying the experience, although my\u00a0 initial reason for signing up was solely to get the extra credit. I don\u2019t remember the subject we taught, but I was heavily impacted by the condition of the school. It didn\u2019t look super nice. It was an inner city school and had lots of non-English speaking students. Seeing the students light up when we walked in to present our lessons affected me the most and had the most beneficial impact on me.<\/i><\/p>\n

Blount: Was there a defining JEP moment for you?<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

Chan: If we weren’t required to stop and carefully reflect on the experience, it may have passed me by. Like any other college course, I simply wanted to complete the class, get my grade and move on as fast as possible.\u00a0 I truly believe I wouldn’t have recognized the impact it was having on me, or more importantly, the impact I was having on others, had we not had those reflective essays and discussions.\u00a0<\/i>One time, I was not able to make my assignment, I didn\u2019t think the students really cared until I was told by the instructor how disappointed the students were that I didn\u2019t come. That hit me hard. These kids didn\u2019t have the resources we had.\u00a0 I knew I couldn\u2019t let them down and that I needed to keep my commitment. It was that moment when I realized the students are getting something out of me being here. There was a frustration too, it was that I realized, if I\u2019m going to be working in this environment, then I must prioritize their needs. It was that moment that brought me to a crossroad and\u00a0 I didn\u2019t know if business was what I wanted to do anymore. I liked being in the classroom. The feeling of servicing the needs of others was more gratifying than crunching numbers.<\/i><\/p>\n

Blount: Why did you choose to become\u00a0<\/strong>a JEP Program Assistant?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I became a Program Assistant in 1990. Ramos, thought I would make a great PA and encouraged me to apply. When I became a PA, I saw firsthand how JEP inspired other students and helped them to develop their passion for service. That\u2019s one of the characteristics of service-learning and the goal of JEP. I saw different phases of JEP. It\u2019s an honor being a part of a team of people. There are about twenty-five to thirty PA\u2019s that oversee roughly eight hundred participants each semester. As PA\u2019s, we encouraged JEP participants to be aware of the experience they were having with reflective essays that would stimulate thinking about how they were affecting the community and the impact the community was having on them.\u00a0<\/i>I don’t recall with much specificity, but I tried to help volunteers capture the essential importance of the work, to savor the experience and reflect on what it was doing for them and the kids they were working with, just as it had impacted me.\u00a0<\/i>It was like turning on a light bulb with certain students.<\/i>\u00a0Even those who completed their assignments just to get the grade got something important out of it, and gave something back in return.<\/i><\/i><\/p>\n

Blount: When was the moment you realized that JEP unlocked a door into your future?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chan: After my first JEP assignment, I changed my major from Business to Liberal Arts and decided to actively pursue Journalism. I worked at the Daily Trojan. My next JEP assignment was at Manual Arts High School. There, I worked with students on their newspaper. It was then that I knew I wanted to do more. I signed up for the Peace Corps and left February 1991. I spent two years in Thailand.<\/i><\/p>\n

Blount: Can you share a little of your Peace Corps trip to Thailand and how\u00a0<\/strong>participating in JEP was a benefit and gave you an edge there?<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chan: Because I was a Liberal Arts major, I was given general assignments. Since I had experience teaching in the classroom through JEP, I was bumped to Health Education and English. Teaching became the tool that allowed me to become immediately useful. As I learned to speak the language in Thailand, I became more useful at other things. I was assigned to teaching English at high schools and camps. They encouraged me to go back and finish my undergraduate degree. I was two classes away from earning my undergraduate degree. The two classes were language courses. Having my degree allowed me to be able to apply for a position at The Oregonian, a newspaper that expanded into the entire state of Oregon. \u00a0It was an appealing opportunity. My intent was to graduate and go write for it. However, when I returned from Thailand in 1993, I said, \u201cNo more journalism, I want to teach.\u201d After being in Thailand so long, I was fluent in the language and with a superior score, tested out of the language classes. That\u2019s how I completed my undergraduate degree in Communications, Social Science. The next year, I applied for the Peace Corps Fellowship Program and was accepted. The award covered half the tuition for my masters. I also got my first teaching assignment in the Los Angeles Unified School District. It was a first\/ second-grade combo class. Jackie and I got married, too.<\/i><\/p>\n

Blount: You started the master\u2019s program, were a newly hired teacher and got married\u00a0<\/strong>all in the same year? Talk about piling it on. Was there a JEP component that helped you juggle all of that?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chan: The PA\u2019s are full-time students so juggling work and studies was a given. Jackie was a teacher at the time so we were both able to relate to each other\u2019s work, just like PA\u2019s supporting each other at JEP. So, yes, now that I think about it, JEP did help me learn to compartmentalize and manage my time and nurture relationships.<\/i><\/p>\n

Blount:\u00a0 Can you share how you met your wife, Jackie, through JEP?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chan: We met in the JEP house. It was off hours, around 8pm.\u00a0<\/i>The JEP house was a hangout for us. It was a home away from home for me because by that time, I was a commuter student who drove in every day from La Habra.\u00a0So, I hung out at the house all the time, especially in the evenings.<\/i>\u00a0<\/i>After a friendly football game against UCLA, I went back to the house. I was pretty dirty after playing in the game.\u00a0<\/i>Jackie happened to be there with one of the other PA\u2019s who was her former roommate. She introduced us. They were both teachers in Boyle Heights.\u00a0<\/i>Jackie<\/i>\u00a0had just graduated from USC with a degree in International Relations.<\/i>\u00a0The connection was there.<\/i>\u00a0<\/i>I had already submitted my application to the Peace Corps and I knew I was leaving. I invited her to the JEP Christmas party. She attended with me. Jackie surprised me by showing up unexpectedly to LAX the day I was leaving for Thailand. She also came to visit me while I was in Thailand. We traveled throughout India and Thailand together. When I returned from Thailand we were dating. I was sure I wanted to marry her. We both discussed it and agreed we didn\u2019t want her to be referred to as \u2018Jackie Chan,\u2019 so she kept her maiden name, Jackie Larco.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

<\/i><\/p>\n

Blount: Can you name JEP practices that prepared you for your current job as Director\u00a0<\/strong>of Special Projects and Student Services?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chan: A servant’s attitude.\u00a0 Dick Cone, the Executive Director at the time, and Ramos were great leaders because they championed that attitude in everything they did and said.\u00a0 They made us feel part of a family (trips to Big Bear, Christmas parties) that was also part of something crucial and important.\u00a0 My leadership in the programs and with the staff for which I’m responsible in Fillmore reflects that exact same value today.\u00a0<\/i>JEP literally changed my career path. If I hadn\u2019t gone there, lives wouldn\u2019t have been impacted. I wouldn\u2019t have the experience I have. I was also a principal for four years in San Gabriel.\u00a0<\/i>30 years later, I realize that every interaction we have with students can potentially leave an indelible mark on them, good or bad.\u00a0 As a principal I coined them “crucial interactions” and preached to my staff to be keenly aware of this with a heightened level of consciousness,\u00a0particularly with difficult conversations or when solving problems – one word, one tone, one non-verbal cue can make a lifelong difference with a child.\u00a0 We all remember those moments in our own lives as young students. So will the kids we work with today.\u00a0<\/i>In my current position, we set core values and determine how current actions move us toward our goals.<\/i>\u00a0<\/i>We remind ourselves what we promise and what are we doing to move towards that. It\u2019s very personal, I know names, stories, and most importantly the needs of the students. We offer a citizenship class that is free in response to DACA. It drives what we do, it drives change and decisions.<\/i><\/i><\/p>\n

Blount: What was a defining moment for you in your new career?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chan: My Dad finally came to accept of my career choice. When I hopped on the plane for Peace Corps, my parents said, \u201cWhere did we go wrong as parents?\u201d Years later, my Mom said, \u201cDad is really proud of you. He sees how you volunteer to do this.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

Blount: Do you ever think about how different your life would be if you hadn\u2019t signed\u00a0<\/strong>up for JEP?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chan: If I had never served in JEP, either as a volunteer or PA, I don’t think I would have been brave enough to change my major to Liberal Arts as a junior.\u00a0 I never would have become a professional journalist, certainly\u00a0never would have joined the Peace Corps, and never would have chosen education as a career path.\u00a0Most importantly, I never would have met my beautiful wife and wouldn’t have the privilege of raising my two amazing kids.\u00a0Did JEP change my life – it sure did!<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":1560,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,15],"tags":[37,12,13],"class_list":["post-1559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-50-for-50-stories","category-archive","tag-37","tag-50-for-50","tag-archive"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nStory #22: Tom Chan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/joint-educational-project\/2023\/05\/29\/story-22-tom-chan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Story #22: Tom Chan - 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