Jeanetta Jones Miller

Jeanetta Jones Miller

Jeanetta Jones Miller has been an educator since 1986. Her education experiences range from California to Connecticut and from working with continuation high school students in a voluntary diploma program to taking a student-centered approach in high schools. She has taught American studies and senior projects, as well as a variety of English courses. Miller has also served as department chair and mentored many teachers with a consistent focus on research, development, and implementation of strategies that help all students engage deeply in learning.

Jeanetta has participated in a number of organizations related to her teaching and leadership goals, including the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) and the Connecticut Writing Project. She served on district committees that studied graduation standards, K–12 language arts, and aspects of learning such as reflection and self-direction. She was a lead writer for Newtown High School’s successful application for recognition as a US Department of Education Blue Ribbon School in 2000. In 2010, she won NCTE’s English Language Arts Teacher Educators (ELATE) James Moffett Memorial Award for teacher research.

Jeanetta’s conviction is that individual classroom teachers can take a student-centered approach to teaching and evaluation within a traditional school culture. She further developed this belief in a 2013 article for English Journal that serves as a resource for professional development programs. Jeanetta has also contributed to California English.

Jeanetta earned a bachelor’s degree from Mills College and qualified for both multiple- and single-subject teaching credentials at California State University, East Bay. She earned a master’s degree in education from Western Connecticut State University and an intermediate administrator’s certificate from Sacred Heart University.