Associate Professor
Brooklyn College, City University of New York (CUNY)
Co-Founder & Principal Investigator
CUNY Reading Corps
Author
Reading Ready
Talks and Podcasts
Podcasts
Science of Reading Leadership
August 13, 2024
READ: The Research Education ADvocacy Podcast
July 5, 2023
READ: The Research Education ADvocacy Podcast
October 5, 2022
Glean Education Podcast
October 1, 2020
Presentations and Media
New York to rethink how teacher prep programs approach literacy instruction
From Alex Zimmerman for Chalkbeat New York
From Alex Zimmerman for Chalkbeat New York
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Miles, K.P., Fletcher, A., & Croke, E. (2022). Reading Rescue/Reading Ready: A CUNY-NYCDOE
Collaboration to Respond to Covid-19 Learning Loss. City University of New York Education
Conference. Presentation conducted from home office.
Miles, K.P. (2022). Why, When, and How to Teach Phonics. Everyone Reading conference. Presentation conducted from home office.
Miles, K.P. (2022). Analyzing High Frequency Words and Reconsidering Instructional Approaches. The Reading League: Kansas Chapter. Webinar presented from home office.
Miles, K.P. (2022). Analyzing High Frequency Words and Reconsidering Instructional Approaches. PlainTalk about Literacy and Learning conference. Presentation conducted in New Orleans, LA.
Miles, K.P. (2022). High Frequency Words: Considerations Based on Research. Plain Talk about Literacy and Learning conference. Presentation conducted in New Orleans, LA.
Miles, K.P. (2021). Evidence-based & Culturally Relevant Practices: Working at the Intersection for
Equity. NYC DOE Literacy Summit, Reaching Every Reader: The Next Chapter. Panel Presentation provided from home office.
Miles, K.P. (2021). High Frequency Words: What, Why, How...as it pertains to the Science of Reading.
Literacy Task Force of Wisconsin. Webinar presented from home office.
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Miles, K.P. (2021). NO MORE Sight Words: Interview with Dr. Katie Pace Miles. Alabama Literacy
Network’s Podcast. Podcast recorded from home office.
Miles, K.P. (2021). Making Up for Lost Time: How Funders Can Support Tutoring Interventions that
Accelerate Learning. Philanthropy New York. Panel Presentation provided from home office.
Miles, K.P. (2021). High Frequency Words (four modules). NYC DOE Rethink Education. Webinar
provided from home office.
Miles, K.P. (2021). Emergent Word Reading and Spelling (four modules). NYC DOE Rethink Education. Webinar provided from home office.
Miles, K.P. (2021). High Frequency Words: Instructional Considerations based on Word Type and
Orthographic Regularity. The Reading League National Conference. Webinar provided from home office.
Miles, K.P. (2021). High Frequency Words/ Sight Words. Language, Literacy, and Learning Development for K-8 Educators for Orleans-Niagara Teacher Center. Webinar provided from home office.
Miles, K.P. (2021). Orthographic Mapping: Connecting Theory to Practice. Reading Science Professional Development for White Plains, NY School District. Webinar provided from home office.
Miles, K.P. (2021). Orthographic Mapping and High Frequency Words: Connecting Theory to
Practice. Literacy Symposium 2021 sponsored by Lexia and invited by the LETRS program.
Webinar provided from home office.
Miles, K.P., Barocas, J., Baylin, A., Diviak, B., Fischer, A., Mendez, J., Moulder, T., & Rubin, G. (2021).
Instructional Approaches to Support Orthographic Mapping. The Reading League,
Pennsylvania. Webinar provided from home office.
Miles, K.P. (2020). Research to Practice Disconnect. Philanthropy New York: Uncovering NYC’s
Literacy Crisis and its Effects Across Systems. Presentation provided from home office.
Miles, K.P. (2020). Instructional Practices Grounded in Orthographic Mapping: Research and Projects in Early Literacy. Colloquium for the Educational Psychology department at The Graduate Center, CUNY. Recorded from home due to COVID-19.
Miles, K.P. (2020). Orthographic Mapping and High Frequency Words. Los Angeles County Office of
Education. Recorded from home due to COVID-19.
Miles, K.P. (2020). Types of High Frequency Words: Types of Instruction. The Reading League,
Pennsylvania. Recorded from home due to COVID-19.
Miles, K.P. (2020). Research and Implementation of Amira. The Future of Everything
podcast by The Wall Street Journal. Recorded from home office due to COVID-19.
Miles, K.P. (2020). Above All Else: The Essentials for Lifting Off into Reading and Spelling. EL
Education Virtual Summit What Matters Most: Moving Toward More Equitable Schools. Lecture
conducted from home office due to COVID-19.
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Miles, K.P. (2020). Introduction to the Science of Reading. The School at Columbia. Lecture given from home office due to COVID-19.
Miles, K.P. (2020). Skills Block & Remote Learning: Decision-Making to Support Orthographic
Mapping. EL Education Summer Training Institute. Lecture given from home office due to
COVID-19.
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Miles, K.P. (2020). Reading Science and EL Education: A Strong Pair at the Right Time. Keynote
Address for EL Education Strong Start Training. Speech given from home office due to COVID-
19.
Miles, K.P. (2020). How to Make Sight Word Instruction and Reading Intervention More Effective.
Glean Education: Research to Practice podcast series. Podcast conducted from home office due to
COVID-19.
Miles, K.P. (2020). Amira and Reading Rescue: Supporting NYC Students during COVID-19. Teach the
People series posted on Twitter. Lecture conducted from home office due to COVID-19.
Miles, K.P. (2019). How Children Learn to Read and Spell. EL Education National Professional
Development Day on the K-2 Literacy Skills Block. Lecture conducted from the Radisson Inn,
Jersey City, NJ.
Miles, K.P. (2019). Interpreting and Analyzing Research Data. NYC DOE Department of Literacy
Professional Development Day. Lecture conducted from the NYC Department of Education Offices, NY, NY.
Miles, K.P. (2018). Articulatory Gestures: Bringing Awareness to How Sounds are Made. Literacy Trust Program Coordinator Day for Reading Rescue. Lecture conducted from Columbia
University, NY, NY.
Miles, K.P. (2018). Effective literacy instruction with non-native English speakers. Teachers
College Program Coordinators Day for Reading Rescue. Lecture conducted from Columbia
University, NY, NY.
Miles, K.P. (2017). The importance of multisensory instruction for word learning. Reading Rescue
Conference. Lecture conducted from Columbia University, NY, NY.
Miles, K.P. (2017). A critical examination of sight word lists and word walls. Reading Rescue
Conference. Lecture conducted from Columbia University, NY, NY.
Miles, K.P. (2017). Phonemic awareness and phonics: What, why, how? LITC-UE 1175 Language and
Literacy in the Early Years. Lecture conducted from New York University, NY, NY.
Miles, K.P. (2016). Rethinking sight words. Reading Rescue Conference. Lecture conducted from
Columbia University, NY, NY.
Lauterbach, M., & Miles, K.P. (2013). Understanding the data: Standardized reading
measures, curriculum-based reading measures, and reading disabilities. Brooklyn Reading
Council. Lecture conducted from Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY.