Jackie Miller

Jackie Miller is a respected educator and instructional coach in the state of Idaho. She previously taught elementary school for seven years and now facilitates professional development and coaching support for teachers across the state of Idaho through the Idaho Coaching Network. This network adopts the National Writing Project premise that teachers are the best teachers of teachers because they can and do speak from the authority of their practice. In this network, Jackie helps to cultivate teacher leaders who grapple with and embrace best instructional practices and extend their learning by sharing with colleagues in their schools and districts. Through this pay-it-forward approach, teacher leaders in this network provide thousands of hours of professional development that impacts every district in the state. Jackie also co-teaches classes for educators through the Boise State Writing Project and works diligently to help teachers to transfer and apply their learning in their contexts. Throughout her career, Jackie has worked with both students and teachers, empowering them to grow their self-efficacy and rise to their highest potential. She is a strong advocate of inquiry as cognitive apprenticeship

and has employed this in her classroom across all disciplines. Beyond teaching, Jackie enjoys spending time with family and friends and doing all things outdoors.