Dennis Parker retired in 2000 from the California Department of Education after 20 years of service and in 2001 from UCLA after after almost 6 years as a faculty member of UCLA’s School Management Program (SMP). He now consults independently under the auspices of Best Practices in Education.

He brings a broad range of field experiences as a high school and college teacher, elementary resource teacher, district bilingual program director, and pre-school principal. He has consulted for schools and districts all over the US.