Education

Ph.D., Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis: University of Missouri (Emphasis: PK-12 Educational Leadership)

Degree Awarded: December 2015

Dissertation: Wholehearted Affective Education: A Feminist Framework for Cultivating Courage, Connection, and Self-Care in the College Transition

Research Interests: school culture and leadership, neurodiversity, and alternative service delivery models

Masters in K-12 Special Education: San Francisco State University

Degree Awarded: May 2009 (Graduated with Departmental Honors)

Master's Thesis: Tutoring as an Intervention for the Tutor: Leadership Models for At-Risk Students

Bachelors of Science in Sociology: University of Missouri (Minors in English Writing and Women and Gender Studies)

Degree Awarded: May 2004 (Graduated cum laude with an honor's certificate, departmental honors and initiation into Phi Beta Kappa)

Received numerous University scholarships and awards

Honors Thesis: The Politics of Image Control: An Investigation of College Women's Experiences

Professional Experiences - Higher Education

Executive Director | 2020-Present

Mizzou Academy | A Global School System

University of Missouri High School, Mizzou Middle School, Mizzou Elementary School

7,000+ middle and high school students from 40+ countries of origin

2,500 students in elementary from local and international partner schools

University of Missouri, College of Education

Director of Academic Affairs and Engagement | 2015-2020

Mizzou Academy | A Global School System

University of Missouri High School, Mizzou Middle School, Mizzou Elementary School

7,000+ students from 25+ countries

University of Missouri, College of Education

Course Coordinator | 2019- present

University of Missouri

College of Education: Learning, Teaching, and Curriculum

Supervise and coordinate all sections of the required pre-service teacher education course: Inquiring into Schools, Community and Society I

Adjunct Professor | 2016- present

University of Missouri

College of Education and Honors College

• 4060/7060 Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis: Inquiring into Schools, Community and Society I

• 2040 Learning Teaching and Curriculum: Inquiring into Schools, Community and Society I

• 1030 Honors College: Making Waves (Storytelling for Social Justice)

Instructor | 2013-2015

University of Missouri

College of Education

• 1100 LTC: Orientation to Teaching

• 2040 LTC: Introduction to Schools, Community and Society I

Graduate Research Assistant | 2013-2015

University of Missouri

Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis

College Planning Advisor for Gifted Students | 2011-2015

Rock Bridge High School, Columbia MO

New Teacher Instructor and Fellow Advisor | 2008

Oakland Teaching Fellows Oakland, CA

Professional Experiences - K-12

High School Courses Taught:

• Academic Lab (SPED)

• English 9 (online)

• English 12 (online)

• English 12 Honors (online)

• Gifted Education, Seminars and Internships (Service Learning)

• Gifted Education, Internships

• Gifted Education, Advisory

• Literacy Seminar (reading intervention)

• World Literature

• Advanced Placement (AP) Language and Composition

• Mathematics, Self-Contained Pre-Algebra (SPED)

• Personal Finance (online)

• Personal Finance, Self-Contained (SPED)

• Media Literacy (online)

• Research and Scientific Writing (blended)*
  *Original course design

K-12 Titles Held:

Division Chair for Gifted Education | 2011-2015

Rock Bridge High School

Columbia Public Schools, MO

Public Literacy Teacher | 2015-2016

Missouri Scholars Academy

University of Missouri, Columbia

Volunteer Coordinator | 2012-2015

Rock Bridge Reaches Out, Rock Bridge High School

Columbia Public Schools, MO

Language Arts Teacher | 2010-2012

Rock Bridge High School

Columbia Public Schools, MO

High School Learning Specialist | 2009-2010

Rock Bridge High School

Columbia Public Schools, MO

Special Education program founder and teacher leader | 2006-2009

Early Elementary SPED Program at ASCEND K-8 School

Oakland Unified School District, CA

Selected Publications

Books

• Fishman-Weaver, K. (2018)Wholehearted Teaching of Gifted Young Women: Cultivating Courage, Connection, and Self-Care in Schools, Prufrock Academic Press, Waco, TX.

• Fishman-Weaver, K. (2019)When Your Child Learns Differently: A Family Approach for Navigating Special Education Services with Love and High-Expectations, Prufrock Press, Waco, TX.

• Fishman-Weaver, K. (2020) Brain-Based Learning in the Gifted Classroom (Grades 3-6): How Neuroscience can help us Cultivate Curiosity, Plasticity, Metacognition, Empathy, and Wellbeing, Prufrock Press, Waco, TX.

• Fishman-Weaver, K & Walter, S (Under review) The Connected Classroom: How a People-Centered Approach Can Transform Teaching, Solution Tree, Solution Tree, Bloomington, IN

Peer Reviewed

• Fishman-Weaver, K. (March 2018) School as a Community Project, Principal Leadership. Reston, VA

• Fishman-Weaver, K. (2017) Three Reasons to Plan an Advocacy Field Trip, In J. Danielan’s Teaching Gifted Children: Success Strategies for Teaching High-Ability Learners (Chapter 3) Prufrock Press, Waco, TX.

• Fishman-Weaver, K. (March 2017) The Most Important Word in School Leadership, Principal Leadership. Reston, VA

• Fishman-Weaver, K. (March 2017) A Call to Praxis: Using Gendered Organizational Theory to Center Radical Hope in Schools. The Journal of Organizational Theory in Education.

• Fishman-Weaver, K. (September 2016) Ethical Opportunities for Decision Making, Core Values in School Leadership. Principal Leadership.

• Fishman-Weaver, K. (May 2016) Forgiveness, A Cheat Code for Leadership, New York Academy of Public Education Professional Journal.

• Crawford, E.R., & Fishman-Weaver, K. (April 2015). Proximity and Policy: Negotiating safe spaces between immigration policy and school practice. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education.

• Fishman-Weaver, K. (2015) Gifted Education as Safe Space: An Equal Opportunity Model, American Journal of Education Forum

This piece was picked up by the US Department of Education as recommend reading in their April 2, 2015 Teacher Edition newsletter.

• Fishman-Weaver, K. (2015) Three Reasons to Plan an Advocacy Field Trip, Teaching for High Potential Quality Classroom Practice for High Ability Students Winter pp.10-12.
  This article was picked up for re-publication in GAMbit, Gifted Association of Missouri Newsletter (Spring, 2015)

• Fishman-Weaver, K. (2014) The Continued Importance of High School Personnel's Support in the High School-to-College Transition, American Journal of Education Forum
  This piece was picked up by the US Department of Education as recommend reading in their July 10, 2014 Teacher Edition newsletter.

• Fishman-Weaver, K. (2013) Learning across the continuum: Collaborative projects for Gifted Education and Special Education Classrooms, American Journal of Education Forum

• Fishman-Weaver, K. Passing Notes in Class: Using note writing to promote compassionate student relationships, July 2013 in the American Journal of Education Forum

Edutopia Contributor - George Lucas Educational Foundation

• Fishman-Weaver, K. and Walter S. (2021) 5 Steps to Center Student Wellness During School Reentry. Edutopia

• Fishman-Weaver, K. (2020) Building a Better Bookshelf for School Leaders. Edutopia

• Fishman-Weaver, K. (2020) 6 Ways to Transition IEP Goals to Remote Learning. Edutopia

• Fishman-Weaver, K. (2019) How to Audit your Classroom Library for Diversity Edutopia

• Fishman-Weaver, K. (2019) How Creating Visual Arts Contributes to SEL Edutopia

• Fishman-Weaver, K. (2018) Practicing Community-Based Leadership Edutopia

Book Reviews

• Fishman-Weaver, K. (2014) Black School, White School: Racism and Educational (Mis) Leadership by Jeffrey Brooks, International Journal of Multicultural Education 16(1)

• Fishman-Weaver, K. (2015) Fire in the Ashes: Twenty Five Years Among the Poorest Children in America by Jonathan Kozol, Educational Studies

Refereed National Conference Proceedings

• Fishman-Weaver, K. (2014) Reconceptualizing Motherhood, Poetry and Praxis within a Feminist Framework, "SEW@AESA-Re-conceptualizing Diversity: Engaging with Histories, Theories, Practices, and Discursive Strategies of/for Educating Women and Girls in Global Contexts" (Toronto: Society for Educating Women, 2014)

Other Publications

• Fishman-Weaver, K. (2018) Reflections from the Principal of an Online High School, Columbia Missourian.

• Fishman-Weaver, K. (2018) Cultivating Home in our Classrooms, Columbia Missourian.

• Fishman-Weaver, K. (2016) Ethical Opportunities for Decision Making, Core Values in School Leadership, Principal Leadership

• Fishman-Weaver, K. (2014) Researcher as Artist; Artist as Researcher, GAMbit(Gifted Association of Missouri)

• Fishman-Weaver, K. (2014) Learning Across the Continuum: Collaborative Projects for Gifted Education and Special Education Classrooms, GAMbit(Gifted Association of Missouri)

• Fishman-Weaver, K. (2013) Community Service as a Teaching Method for the Secondary Gifted Classroom, GAMbit (Gifted Association of Missouri)

• Fishman-Weaver, K. (2013) The Overlooked Importance of a Peer Group: empowerment counseling for secondary gifted girls, GAMbit (Gifted Association of Missouri)

• Fishman-Weaver, K. (2013) Tiptoeing on the Precipice: College Counseling for Gifted Youth Pursuing Select Colleges, GAMbit (Gifted Association of Missouri)

• Fishman-Weaver, K. (2012) The f(be) Practicing Mindfulness in the Gifted Classroom, GAMbit (Gifted Association of Missouri)

• Fishman-Weaver, K. (2012) Games and Laughter in The Gifted Classroom the intersections of play and learning in secondary gifted programming, GAMbit (Gifted Association of Missouri)

• Fishman-Weaver, K. (2009) Sustenance in the Classroom: collecting recipes in a special education class in Oakland, CA, The Education Report, Katy Murphy's Blog on Oakland Schools

• Fishman-Weaver, K. (2005) Preparing for Mars: Reflections on Nikki Giovanni, The Missouri Review Blog

Selected Presentations

Keynotes and Featured Presentations

• Fishman-Weaver, K. (October 2021) Brain-Based Learning, An Interactive Neuroscience Lab Gifted Association of Missouri, State-Wide Zoom session for students and educators

• Fishman-Weaver, K. (October 2019) Visiting Scholar, Engineering Department, Washington University in St. Louis

• Fishman-Weaver, K. (October 2019) Closing Keynote: Cultivating Courage, Connection, and Self-Care in the Gifted Classroom, Gifted Association of Missouri, St. Louis, MO

• Fishman-Weaver, K. (April 2019) Wholehearted Approaches to Gifted Education. Keynote, Texas Association of Gifted and Talented Leadership Conference. Austin, TX

Selected Academic and Practitioner Presentations

• • Fishman-Weaver, K. and Stuhlman, B. (October 2019) Action Research: Nurturing Engagement, Agency, and Voice, Gifted Association of Missouri, St. Louis, MO

  • Fishman-Weaver, K. (April 2019) Thinking Past the Page: Making Literature Matter in the Gifted Classroom, Texas Association of Gifted and Talented Leadership Conference. Austin, TX

  • Fishman-Weaver, K. (November 2018) Wholehearted Teaching: A New Framework for Affective Education Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented: giftED2018. Fort Worth. TX

  • Fishman-Weaver, K. (July 2018) Wholehearted Learning, Missouri Scholars Academy, Columbia, MO.

  • Fishman-Weaver, K. (November 2016) Praxis and Potential, A Co-Researcher’s Story: Considering Resistant Imaginaries in our Research Designs. National Women’s Studies Association Annual Conference. Montréal, Québec.

  • Fishman-Weaver, K. (November 2016) Storyteller as Student Activist: Student Researchers use Radio Storytelling to Spark Community Dialogue, American Educational Studies Association Meeting. Seattle, WA. (Reviewer's Choice)

  • Fishman-Weaver, K. (April 2016) Wholehearted Affective Education: Working with young women in the transition between high school and college. American Educational Research Association (AERA) Washington D.C.

  • Fishman-Weaver, K. (November 12, 2015) Praxis & Potential, Practitioner Projects in PK-12 Schools: Engaging in Participatory Action Research with Students Communities, A Workshop. American Educational Studies Association. San Antonio, Texas

  • Fishman-Weaver, K. (October 23, 2015) Compassionate College Counseling. Gifted Association of Missouri Conference (GAM). University of Missouri-Columbia.

  • Fishman-Weaver, K. (February 28, 2015) A Masked Affective Crisis: High Achieving High School Girls in the High School to College Transition Women and Gender Studies Conference, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO.

  • Fishman-Weaver, K. with high school student researchers, Kristine Cho, Jenna Liu, Kat Sarafianos, Rebecca Wells, and Michele Yang (February 13, 2015) The State of Feminism: Public High School Case Study, Women and Gender Studies Symposium, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO.

  • Fishman-Weaver, K. (February 6th, 2015) Empowerment Counseling: Addressing the Affective Needs of Gifted High School Girls. Institute for the Development of Gifted Education, University of Denver. Denver, CO.

  • Fishman-Weaver, K. (author and symposium chair), Douglas, T (discussant), Aguayo, D, Kateman, M, Kyrooe, J, and Won, S Convergent Storytelling: Constructing Collaborative Racial Autobiographies to Interrogate Multi-Narratives in Educational Leadership, American Educational Studies Association Annual Meeting and The International Association of Intercultural Initiatives Conference, Toronto, Canada, October 29-Nov 2, 2014

  • Fishman-Weaver, K (November 1, 2014) Reconceptualizing Motherhood, Poetry and Praxis within a Feminist Framework at Society for Educating Women - Re-conceptualizing Diversity: Engaging with Histories, Theories, Practices, and Discursive Strategies of/for Educating Women and Girls in Global Contexts, Toronto, Canada.

  • Fishman-Weaver, K. (June 7, 2014) Bridging the Learning Continuum: Border Crossing Partnerships between Special Education and Gifted Education students. Emerging Scholars Symposium, Penn State Civil Rights Conference, State College, PA.

  • Fishman-Weaver, K. (March 8, 2014) Perspectives on the Precipice, A Youth Participatory Action Project, RCAF (MU Graduate Professional Council's Research and Creative Activities Forum), University of Missouri, Columbia, MO.

  • Fishman-Weaver, K. (March 8, 2014) Empowerment, Gifted Girls and Youth Participatory Action Research "Perspectives on the Precipice: Using the visual arts as a vehicle to story the lived experiences of five girls in their last semester of high school," with Sara Ashbaugh, Samantha Ding, Najeebah Hussain, Megan Kelly, and Joanna Zhang (High School Seniors at Rock Bridge High School) Panel at the Women and Gender Studies Conference, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO.

  • Fishman-Weaver, K., Clifton, J., Van Horn, S., Wan, I. (October 11, 2013) Photovoice as Creative Methodology, Inspired! Creativity Teaching Workshop Panels and Poster Event, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO.

  • Fishman-Weaver, K. (October 2013) Learning Across the Continuum: Collaborative Projects between Gifted Education and Special Education, GAMbit (Gifted Association of Missouri) Annual Conference, Drury University, Springfield, MO.

  • Fishman-Weaver, K. (October 2013) Empowerment Counseling: Support Practices for Our High Achieving High School Girls, GAM (Gifted Association of Missouri) Annual Conference, Drury University, Springfield, MO

  • Fishman-Weaver, K. (July 2013) The Lived Experiences of PhD Students, A Photovoice Project, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO. (team PAR project with doctoral students in the college of education)

  • Fishman-Weaver, K. (May 21, 2013) Student Voices for Teacher Development, Diversity Panel, Columbia Public Schools, Board of Education Room, Columbia, MO.

  • Fishman-Weaver, K. (March 16, 2013) Empowerment Counseling: Support Practices for Our High Achieving High School Girls, Research and Creative Arts Forum (RCAF) Graduate Conference, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO.

  • Fishman-Weaver, K. (February 23, 2013) Empowerment Counseling: Support Practices for Our High Achieving High School Girls, Women and Gender Studies Graduate Conference, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO.

  • Fishman-Weaver, K. (2009) Tutoring as an Intervention for the Tutor, San Francisco State University Graduate Research Showcase, San Francisco, CA.

  • Fishman-Weaver, K. (2008) Project Based Learning in Nonviolence: a Learning Expedition for First Grade Students, San Francisco University TEAMS (teacher education for the advancement of a multicultural society) showcase, San Francisco, CA.

  • Fishman-Weaver, K. (2007, 2008) Speaker at the Oakland Teaching Fellows Opening Ceremonies, Oakland, CA.

  • Fishman-Weaver, K. (2006) Speaker at the Oakland Teaching Fellows Closing Ceremonies, Oakland, CA.

Professional Honors and Awards

National

• Brain-Based Learning with Gifted Students nominated for the 2021 Phi Beta Kappa Science Book Award, 2021

• Wholehearted Teaching of Gifted Young Women nominated for the National Association of Gifted Children Scholarly Book-of-the-Year Award, 2019

• Society for Educating Women, Susan Laird Inquiry on Educating Women Award, November 2014

• United States Department of Education, Distinguished Teacher, Presidential Scholars Program May 2014

• United States Department of Education, Nominated for the Presidential Scholars Teacher Recognition Program, Twice Spring 2012 and three times in Spring 2014

State/Institutional

• Wholehearted Teaching of Gifted Young Women nominated for the Texas Association of Gifted Children, Legacy Book Award, 2019

• Stanford University, Award for Exceptional Teaching, Fall 2014

• University of Missouri, Neil C. Aslin Memorial Scholarship for Educational Leadership Fall 2014-Spring 2015

• University of Missouri, 1st place in the Social Sciences (Qualitative) category at the Research and Creative Arts Forum (RCAF), a graduate interdisciplinary research competition. Winter 2014

• University of Missouri, The Jerry W. Valentine Fellowship for the doctoral study of school leadership, Fall 2013-Spring 2014

• Missouri Scholars Teacher Appreciation Award, by student nomination, June 2013

• University of Missouri, Featured Graduate Student, College of Education, June 2013

• University of Missouri Honors College, Outstanding Teacher Recognition, October 2010

Local

• Rock Bridge High School, "Bruin of my life" award, by nomination of 20+ students, Fall 2013