Dr. Rebecca A. Palacios

Dr. Rebecca A. Palacios is a National Teacher Hall of Fame inductee, National Board Certified Teacher, and leading expert in early childhood education. With over four decades of experience, she is a pioneer in the field of dual language learning and specializes in curriculum planning and instructional design. She is a Senior Curriculum Advisor for ABCmouse.com.

In addition to being a founding director of the the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and formerly serving as its vice-chairperson, she is also a co-founder of the Texas National Board Coalition for Teaching and serves as its Treasurer. 

Dr. Palacios serves as a Curriculum Board Member for Age of Learning, the leading education technology company that created ABCmouse.com Early Learning Academy, and owns her own consulting business, Palacios Educational Consulting. She is the author of a family engagement book to be released in 2022: Being Your Child's Most Important Teacher: A Guide for Families with Young Children.

She has presented at the local, state, national and international levels on teacher standards, early childhood, STEAM and dual language/bilingual education. Dr. Palacios been an American Federation of Teachers (AFT) member since 1976, and in 1987 was the first Corpus Christi Independent School District’s first Teacher of the Year. She served on the initial ELL cadre through the AFT that helped produce the Colorín Colorado website. 

Dr. Palacios also has dual language children’s book series in progress and hopes to release the first four books in late 2022. She was the first Latina to be inducted into the National Teacher Hall of Fame in 2014.