About Jessica

I am currently an assistant professor at Sonoma State University in the Curriculum Studies and Secondary Education department in the School of Education. I have the luxury of working with both pre-service teachers in the single subject credential program and in-service teachers enrolled in a Master's program in educational technology. I have taught middle school, high school and college-level students for over a decade, and I have worked in and collaborated with small schools, montessori schools, public and independent schools, and charter schools.

I made this website using ning.com and, even though I had to take my own advice and adapt the mindset of "failing" over and over again during its creation, I would suggest that educators test out these kinds of sites and see how they can and cannot support your teaching and learning.

On a personal note, I was raised in northern California in a town called Sonoma. My parents still live there and I now work at the state university in the area. I went to UC Berkeley as an undergrad and was a softball player. I had coached soccer while in high school and saw a future in athletics, and one day my softball coach suggested that I should be a teacher. For some reason I had not made the connection that teaching and coaching were similar professions just in different settings. I then went to grad school in education at Berkeley and earned a single subject credential in English/ELL and a MA. I taught middle school and then high school, and then returned to Berkeley for the doctoral program six years later.

Contact Information
I am more than happy to receive inquires, questions, comments, requests, etc. but please note that I am a full-time educator and it might take me a while to respond.

Email is the best way to reach me: jessica [dot] parker [at] sonoma [dot] edu