edX Online
Instructor photo

Jen Palmer

Curriculum Development Specialist at University of Chicago

Areas of expertise

  • - K-12 computer science, K-12 science, curriculum development, teacher professional development, teacher coaching

Major works

Scratch Encore curriculum

About me

Jen Palmer has dedicated her career to K-8 STEM Education. She spent two decades in science education, including curriculum development, standards development, teacher professional development, and teacher in-classroom coaching. In the past 5 years, she has added computer science education to her expertise, building on her college programming experience. She is the lead curriculum developer for Scratch Encore. More recently, she has dipped her foot into K-12 quantum computing education, contributing to the development of zines, activities, and an edX course.