Presentations
2015 BRIDGE CONFERENCE
Building Relationships with Families Over Data: Neighborhood House’s Data Carousel
Bridge Conf_Data Carousel.pptx
ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS
Garces, L., Ishimaru, A.M., Takahashi, S., Taylor, A., Gordan da Cruz, C. & Tieken, M. (2015, April). Envisioning a new racial equity framework. Symposium at the American Educational Research Association Conference, Chicago, IL.
Ishimaru, A. M. & Takahashi, S. (2015, February). “It’s our community responsibility”: Nondominant parent leaders re-envisioning educational equity. Paper session at the Critical Questions in Education Conference, San Diego, CA.
Williams, D., Rajendran, A., Torres, K., & Ishimaru, A. M. (2015, April). Making data meaningful in early childhood education programs: An exploration of data sharing for organizational learning. Paper session at the American Educational Research Association Conference, Chicago, IL.
Wilson, C., Khalifa, M., & Ishimaru, A.M. (2015, April). Centering community: Re-contextualizing family and school relationships for transformative educational leadership. Symposium at the American Educational Research Association Conference, Chicago, IL.
Fajardo, I., Salvador, J., Ishimaru, A.M. Rajendran, A., O’Reilly-Diaz, K., & Lott, J., (2014, April). Communicating results: How do we Measure the effectiveness of school-community-family collaborations? Symposium at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Philadelphia, PA.
Ishimaru, A.M., Salvador, J., Tran, C., & Williams, D. (2014, April). The multiple roles of cultural brokers in district and community-based parent engagement initiatives. Symposium at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Philadelphia, PA.
Ishimaru, A.M., & Lott, J. (2014, April). Moving towards collaboration: Theory and practice of parent engagement in a collective impact initiative. Symposium at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Philadelphia, PA.
Ishimaru, A. M., Lott, J., Torres, K., Fajardo, I., Salvador, J., Tran, C., Williams, D. (2014, April). Bridging the engagement gap: Lessons for equitable school-community-family collaboration within a collective impact initiative. Symposium at the American Educational Research Association Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Ishimaru, A. & Galloway, M. (2014, April). Catalyzing organizational leadership for equity: A comparative case study of school leadership teams. Paper session in Division A, American Educational Research Association Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Torres, K., & Fajardo, I. (2014, April). Building parent capacity and participation: Two district parent engagement initiatives. Symposium at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Philadelphia, PA.
Torres, K., Fajardo, I., Ishimaru, A.M., & Lott, J., (2014, April). Power to the people? Exploring two district parent engagement initiatives to build parent capacity and participation. Symposium at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Philadelphia, PA.
Williams, D., & Tran, C. (2014, April). Cultural brokers as leaders: District and community-based initiatives and equitable parent-school collaboration. Symposium session at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Philadelphia, PA.
Ishimaru, A.M.., Lott, J., Tran, C., & Williams. D.. (2013, November). Community-school education initiatives: Parent engagement in collective impact. Paper session at the Annual Meeting of the University Council of Educational Administration (UCEA), Indianapolis IN.
Ishimaru, A.M., Lott, J., Torres, K., & Salvador, J. (2013, November). Cultural brokers as leaders: District and community-based initiatives and equitable parent- school collaboration. Paper session at the Annual Meeting of the University Council of Educational Administration (UCEA), Indianapolis, IN.
Ishimaru, A.M. & Lott, J. (2013, November). Disrupting the system: An emerging conceptual framework of equitable collaboration. Paper session at the Annual Meeting of the University Council of Educational Administration (UCEA), Indianapolis, IN.
Ishimaru, A.M. (2013, April). Equitable leadership on the ground: Converging on high-leverage practices in the leadership for equity assessment and development tool. Paper session at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Francisco, CA.
Ishimaru, A. M. & Lott, J. (2013, November). Disrupting the system: An emerging conceptual framework of equitable collaboration. Paper session at the Annual Meeting of the University Council of Education Administration (UCEA), Indianapolis, IN.
Galloway, M. & Ishimaru, A. (2013, April). Leadership for equity: High-leverage practices in the Leadership for Equity Assessment & Development (LEAD) tool. Paper session in Division A, American Educational Research Association Conference, San Francisco, CA.
Salvador, J., Fajardo, I., Ishimaru, A.M., & Lott, J. (2013, November). How do we measure it? A review of parent engagement indicators. Paper session at the Annual Meeting of the University Council of Educational Administration (UCEA), Indianapolis, IN.
Torres, K., Fajardo, I., Ishimaru, A.M., & Lott, J. (2013, November). Building parent capacity and participation: Two district parent engagement initiatives. Paper session at the Annual Meeting of the University Council of Educational Administration (UCEA), Indianapolis, IN.
Galloway, M. & Ishimaru, A. (2012, November). The Leadership for Equity Assessment and Development tool: Catalyzing organizational growth for equity. Paper session at the 2012 University Council for Educational Administration Convention, Denver, CO.
Ishimaru, A. (2012, April). Rewriting the terms of engagement: Latino parent organizing and a new approach to district-community collaboration. Paper session at the American Educational Research Association Conference, Vancouver, BC.
Ishimaru, A., Galloway, M., Larson, R. & Carr, C. (2012, April). At the crossroads of standards and equity: Merging practice and theory to create the Leadership for Equity Assessment & Development (LEAD) tool. Paper and roundtable presentation at the American Educational Research Association Conference, Vancouver, BC.
Galloway, M., Ishimaru, A., Larson, R. & Carr, C. (2011, August). Got Equity? Educational leaders’ descriptions of enacting equitable practices. Paper session at the National Council of Professors of Educational Administration (NCPEA) Conference, Portland, OR.
Ishimaru, A. (2011, April). School-level impacts of a collaboration between district leadership and a Latino organizing group. Paper session at the American Educational Research Association conference, New Orleans, LA.
Ishimaru, A. (2010, May). From heroes to organizers: Principals and education organizing in urban school reform. Paper session presented at the American Educational Research Association conference, Denver. CO.
Ishimaru, A. & Alvarez, E. (2010, May). Developing parent leadership through community organizing. Paper session presented at the American Educational Research Association conference, Denver. CO.
Ishimaru, A. (2010, May). Teachers as social capital agents: The impact of student-teacher talk on college application. Paper session presented at the American Educational Research Association conference, Denver. CO.
INVITED TALKS & PRESENTATIONS
2015 Equitable Parent-School Collaboration in the Road Map Region. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, PNW Education Pathways Team, Seattle, WA.
2015 Building Common Family Engagement Indicators. Stuart Foundation, Seattle, WA.
2015 From Involvement to Collaboration: Engaging Families in Education. Elementary Teacher Education Program Convening, College of Education, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
2014 Developing New Indicators to Measure Family Engagement, National White House Symposium on Family Engagement, Washington, D.C.
2014 Measuring Family Engagement in the Road Map Region. Education Results Network, Road Map Project, Renton, WA.
2014 Building Leadership & Community Collaboration to Promote Educational Equity and Postsecondary Success. Harvard Strategic Data Initiative, Joint Convening, Seattle, WA.
2014 The Politics of Leading for Equity. Education, Equity & Society Colloquium. College of Education, Seattle, WA.
2014 Putting Parents in the Driver’s Seat: UW-Kent Curriculum Design Team & Process. Kent School District Board Presentation. Kent, WA.
2013 Collaborating with Families. High School & Beyond Summer Leadership Institute, Road Map Project, Seattle, WA.
2013 From Involvement to Collaboration. Seattle Education Retreat, Seattle, WA.
2013 “Next practices” in Engagement for Middle School Transitions. Transition District Family Engagement Session, Raikes Foundation, Federal Way, WA.
2013 “Next” Leadership Practices in Family Engagement. Summer Principal Leadership Institute, Tacoma Public Schools, Tacoma, WA.
2012 From School-Community Partnership to Collaboration. Refugee School Impact Convening, Schools Out Washington, Seattle, WA.