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Pam Pelletier is currently a science education consultant working in a variety of settings, serving school districts, university partnerships, and various research and educational organizations. She is actively engaged in work centered on implementation of and lesson design inspired by the Next Generation Science Standards, developing teacher leadership and high-quality professional development. She recently retired from the Boston Public Schools where she was the K-12 Director of Science and Technology/Engineering. Pelletier serves as a Co-Principal Investigator on a number of National Science Foundation grants and on various advisory boards. She has extensive experience in biology and science education from her many years as a high school classroom teacher and department chair, as a professional development specialist, curriculum developer and implementation advisor, and as a district administrator.

Pelletier has taught graduate level science methods courses at Boston University, Northeastern University, and the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and served as a clinical professor of student teachers at both Boston University and Northeastern University. She was inducted into the Massachusetts Hall of Fame for Science Educators in 2012, received the Russell Stanhope Distinguished Friend of Science Award from the Massachusetts Association of Science Teachers in 2008, and in 1991, was the recipient of both the New Hampshire Christa McAuliffe Sabbatical Trust Award and the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.