Allison
Miller

Expertise

K-12 Education
School Turnaround
Change Initiatives
Professional Development
Adult Learning Theory

Allison Miller is a Senior Advisor at Ed Direction, Cicero Group’s K-12 Public Education business unit, working directly with education leaders to improve teaching and learning at scale. Allison oversees content development for Ed Direction’s work with Turnaround Schools across the country and serves as an advisor to multiple state offices of education. With over a decade of classroom teaching experience at the elementary level, Allison is passionate about education and the role that teachers play in improving student achievement for all learners, regardless of their level of ability. Her experience in the classroom gives her a unique perspective when working with schools and districts nationwide. Allison uses her knowledge of research and pedagogy to help teachers implement changes that lead to improvements in instruction and learning

Prior to working with Ed Direction, Allison served in a variety of capacities at public and private schools in South Carolina and Georgia. She has worked as a classroom teacher, reading specialist, and program director at the elementary level, as well as an educational consultant for students with learning disabilities. In addition, Allison has written and implemented curricula for two visual arts programs.

Allison co-authored Collaborative School Improvement: Eight Practices for District-School Partnerships to Transform Teaching and Learning (2012, Harvard Education Press). She chaired Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Language and Literacy student organization and currently serves as a board member for BootUp PD, a nonprofit devoted to leveling the equity playing field by empowering K-5 teachers in underserved and under-represented communities with life-changing coding and computer science curricula and skills.

Allison earned her master’s in Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education where her focus of study was Language and Literacy and bachelor’s degree in Art Education from Anderson University.