Researcher’s Background
Dr. Jeanlee (Weeks) Parker, EdD
Jeanlee is a retired teacher of 30 years. Before retiring, she taught elementary and secondary science in Washington, D.C., and Jeddah Saudi Arabia. Presently, she functions as a Substitute Teacher for grades kg- 8.
Jeanlee is the founder and CEO of Teachers' Environmental Educational Research Management, a business established to improve the safety and health of school children. The company set up to fill the knowledge gap in the attitudes and understanding of ecological involvement in accreditation.
In 2020, Jeanlee was awarded her EdD in Leadership for Change with a concentration in Sustainability Leadership from Fielding Graduate University. The Institute for Social Innovation(ISI), at Fielding Graduate University, awarded her an ISI Fellow. She explores accrediting agencies' safety and health standards to centralize these components with poor indoor air quality in the classroom during the evaluation process.
She holds a Master of Science in Environmental Management from the University of Maryland University College, where she received an MBA. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Microbiology with a minor in Chemistry from the University of the District of Columbia. Jeanlee is the first African American to graduate from Suffolk High School, Suffolk VA.in 1966.
Jeanlee is an active member of the Fielding's Sustainability Advisory Council and a member of the Indoor Air Quality Association (IAQA). She is a certified Green Classroom Professional, from the Center for Green Schools in the U.S.
Outside of work Jeanlee, serves as a volunteer and member of the Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens. She received the Franklin Park Conservatory Volunteer Award for passion and dedication. She is a widow and a proud mother of six children.
Academic Degrees:
EdD: Fielding Graduate University, Sustainability for Educational Leadership and Change
MBA: University Maryland University College, Business Environmental Management
MS: University Maryland University College, Environmental Management
BS: University District of Columbia, Microbiology
Especially Why This Problem is important to Me
Being aware of environmental regulation is the first step to occupant safety. Schools' facility maintenance, first and foremost, should have top priority in everything that affects the air in the building and must become aware of issues such as "Periodically test air samples for CO2 (a sign of poor ventilation), CO (a sign of incomplete combustion), relative humidity (a sign of leaks and moisture problems), and air temperature" (NCES, 2019, sec.2).
standards or policies to protect children from ensuring environmental health hazards at schools in the United States are limited.
The discrepancies in the mission of the education system to assure that a model school interrelated concept of safety and the physical environment include engagement and leadership support for teachers and students (Bradshaw, Waasdorp, Debnam, & Johnson, 2014) is that there exist no set standards. Set standards or policies to protect children from ensuring environmental health hazards at schools in the United States are limited. In other words, "No federal agency can identify, track, or remediate these problems" (Paulson & Barnett, 2016, sec.1).Schools that seek to engage in methods of continuous improvement, taking steps to enhance their quality of education, usually participate in an accreditation process.