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Associate Professor of School Administration

College

College of Education, Kinesiology & Social Work

Department

Advanced Studies in Education

Phone

209/667-3364

Email

wmarroquin@csustan.edu

Location

Demergasso-Bava Hall DBH348

  • Ed.LD. Educational Leadership Doctorate, May 2019 – Harvard Graduate School of Education
  • M.A. in Education, June 1998 – Stanford Graduate School of Education
  • B.A. in Mathematics & Minor in Spanish, June 1997 – University of California, Riverside


California State University, Stanislaus

 Program Coordinator, Master’s in School Administration Program (2025 – Present)

  • Responsible for overseeing the daily operations, sustenance and growth of the school administration program which is house in the graduate school at CSU Stanislaus.
  • This includes but is not limited to: hiring and onboarding new staff, developing and scheduling courses for each semester, networking and building relationships with K-12 partners throughout a six-county region, student recruitment, maintenance of facility agreements, data reporting and disaggregation, managing requirements and report for the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CCTC).

California State University, Stanislaus

Associate Professor (2023 – Present)

  • Full-time faculty in the School Administration Program

Koru Strategy Group

Vice President of Strategic Impact (2019 – 2023)

  • Lead facilitator in large-scale school workshops and coaching sessions
  • Train coaches in school improvement frameworks and change management strategies
  • Led company in strategic efforts such as readiness rubric for school partnerships, coaching manual, and workshop content development

Atwater Elementary School District

Strategic Partner (2018 – 2019)

  • Lead strategic planning with multiple district stakeholders to design systems, processes, and resources to address the achievement gap of 1443 English Language Learners.

Harvard Graduate School of Education & Business School

Facilitator & Co-Instructor (2016 – 2018)

  • Lead facilitator in the Professional Development Programs for the Harvard Graduate School of Education & Business School.

Livingston Middle School

Principal (2013 – 2016)

  • Effectively managed the school’s sixty-five employees and budget to deliver an instructional program and services for 950 students.

Golden Valley High School

Associate Principal (2010 – 2013)

  • Managed 119 teachers and led the discipline, testing & assessment and counseling programs for 2,500 students.

Merced Union High School District

District Office Administrator (2006-2010)

  • Implemented state policy and accountability measures across seven high schools, leading to four schools reaching the State goal of 800 on the Academic Performance Index.
  • Led professional development for 290 teachers in data analysis, pacing calendar creation, benchmark development, and Common Core Standard implementation.

Merced Union High School District

Mathematics Teacher (1998-2006)

  • Taught Algebra I through Calculus in three culturally diverse and high-need districts: Fremont Union High School District, Dos Palos Unified School District, and Merced Union High School District.
  • Department Chair at Dos Palos Unified School District

  • California State University, Stanislaus - Instructor in Master’s & Administrative Credential Level Courses: Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment, School Personnel & School Finance, Community Participation in Schools, Introduction to Educational Research, and Master Thesis Dissertation.
  • California State University Stanislaus - Instructor in the Leadership Models and Practice Doctoral Level Course
  • Harvard Graduate School of Education - Teaching Fellow in the school turn-around, urban school leadership, change management, data-driven improvement systems, scaling science, and leadership development institutes for educators.
  • Harvard Business School & Harvard Graduate School of Education - Lead facilitator for district teams implementing the Public Education Leadership Framework.

  • School Strategy, School Leadership Development & Serving Underserved Communities

  • Rizvi, F. T., & Marroquin, W. Y. (2026). From evaluation to collaboration: Building trust through coaching-centered practice. Issues in Teacher Education, 35(1), 1–16.

  • Marroquin, W. Y. (2019). English Language Learners – Redefining Education in America (Capstone Project), Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA.

  • Marroquin, W. Y. (2026, April 8-10). Leading restorative change through culturally responsive school leadership: Leadership practices supporting implementation in two Title I high schools. Roundtable presentation at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Los Angeles, CA.
  • Marroquin, W. Y. (2025, November 19-22). Restorative Justice as Culturally Responsive School Leadership: Transformation Change in Two High Schools [Convention Paper/Practice Presentation]. University Council for Education Administration Annual Convention, San Juan, Puerto Rico. • Marroquin, W. Y. (2025, March 8th). Inspiring Leadership through Modeling [Keynote presentation]. Livingston Unified School District Parent Institute, Livingston CA, United States 
  • Johnson, A. H., Marroquin, W. Y. (2024, March 11-14). Developing Culturally Responsive School Leaders through Principal Coaching [Conference presentation]. Oxford Education Research Symposium, Oxford, England.
  • Fortis, N., Marroquin, W.Y. (2018, March 4th). Undocumented & Unaccompanied Minors Education Systems [Conference presentation]. Alumni of Color Conference - Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States.
  • Johnson, A. H., Lobao, C., Marroquin, W. Y. (2008, April 12). Trial by Fire: Administrative Experiences in Public Education [Conference presentation]. California Association of Latino Superintendents Symposium, San Jose, CA, United States.