Associate Professor
Brooklyn College, City University of New York (CUNY)
Co-Founder & Principal Investigator
CUNY Reading Corps
Author
Reading Ready
Projects
CUNY Reading Corps
Dr. Miles co-founded CUNY Reading Corps, which trains graduate and undergraduate preservice teachers in Reading Ready and Reading Go!. These university students then serve as tutors for struggling readers in the NYC DOE. In academic year 2021-2022, the program trained 650 CUNY preservice teachers who tutored over 1,200 NYC DOE striving readers from underserved communities. This academic year, 2022-2023, the program aims to train 800 CUNY preservice teachers who will tutor over 2,700 students. Several NYC foundations have supported this work.
Reading Ready Program
Dr. Miles created a resource for educators and parents/caregivers to support their kindergarten to first-grade child in lifting off into word reading. The materials are available at https://www.readinginstitutenyc.org/readingready
Reading Go!
Dr. Miles serves as the Academic Advisor for Reading Go!, which is an evidence-based 30-minute intervention for struggling first-grade readers. She oversees the curriculum, professional development, and research of the program.
NYC Literacy Advisory Council
Dr. Miles serves as an Academic Advisor to the NYC Literacy Advisory Council.
The Path Forward
Dr. Miles serves on the Steering Committee for the NYS Path Forward initiative.
Whole Phonics
Dr. Miles serves as an Academic Advisor and author for Whole Phonics.