JENNIFER PARKER, ED.D.
coaching support
Jennifer integrates the following to build successful experiences:
- Using multiple roles as a coach, consultant, collaborator, and facilitator.
- Supporting instructional coaches and building leaders in the rollout of new initiatives and technologies.
- Providing reciprocal peer observations and peer coaching through both informal walkthroughs and structured observations.
- Customized training including one-on-one coaching, team coaching, and/or growing train-the-trainer networks.
- Offering blended and personalized pathways to success.
- Integrating the MTSS-C and the Coaching Quadrants within a PLC.
Instructional coaching resources
Jennifer has served as an instructional coach, a network facilitator, and an author and presenter in the area of instructional coaching. She has authored multiple articles, courses, workshops and resources about instructional coaching. Her most recent book, "The Coach's Compass: Navigating Tiered Coaching in a PLC at Work" (Thomas & Parker, 2026) spotlights her expertise in both instructional coaching and professional learning communities.
Leading K12 Coaching Networks
Example of successful initiative: Interactive Learning Coaches Network
- The first cohort of #ILCN explored the work of Jim Knight (Impact Cycle, 7 Success Factors), Costa & Garmston (Cognitive Coaching), Sweeney & Harris (Student Centered Coaching), Kise (Differentiated Coaching), and the ISTE Coaching Standards.
- Participants created an Instructional Playbook for sharing with their local districts, and also learned how to do walkthroughs using the University of South Florida's Technology Integration Matrix (TIM).
- As a member of the State Executive Board for Michigan Continuous Improvement Facilitators Network, our team created resources for instructional coaches across Michigan.
higher ed COACHING
As a faculty development coordinator, Jennifer provides consulting, coaching and peer observations around teaching and learning. In addition, Jennifer has also served on dissertation committees as well as done personal dissertation coaching.
Examples of Committees and Coaching:
Examples of Committees and Coaching:
- Administrative Views of Community College Counseling Services in One Midwestern State - Susan R. Boyd
- The Effect of Mentoring on Mid-Level Leaders - Mary E. Donohue
- A Comparative Study of Teacher Perceptions of Instructional Challenges in Beijing and Michigan - Dale L. Moore
- The Lethal Implications of Deficit Thinking in Urban Education - Angelia N. Coleman
- Disability Professionals Perceptions Of Transition Processes Of College Freshmen With Autism Spectrum Disorder - Shontaye M. Witcher
- Educator Perceptions of Success Factors for Great Start Readiness Preschool Program’s Creative Curriculum In Early Literacy: A Case Study in Program Evaluation - Rhonda A. Provoast
- K12 Information Literacy in an Age of Artificial Intelligence: A Case for Integrating the FLUF(F) Test Framework - Sheila Majask