Amy has elevated our understanding of what it means to be an educator and helped raise our vision for what we can accomplish when we work together. She has helped advance our understanding of being a professional and working on a team. She speaks the language of teachers and relates extremely well to groups both big and small. Her mind always operates to show evidence of impact and works to measure that impact in dynamic ways. She operates on an extremely advanced level of complexity and knows how to deliver.

Our staff went from surviving from day to day to being driven and excited to come to work. We learned from our success and our failures. We became a collaborative team working together for a common goal. We increased our desire to improve our teaching. We built a culture that was open and willing to try new ideas and support each other as we grew.

Twenty years of experience as an educator has given me opportunities to connect with high quality educators. There are few educators that know how to engage in effective instruction, coaching, and leadership at a high level. Amy is the exception. Amy’s extensive background in curriculum content and skill in instruction gives her the unique ability to empower teachers and leaders alike through high quality instruction and coaching.

We appreciated your work in helping us understand the WHY & HOW of improving our practice. You then allowed teacher teams the time to DO the work. We then celebrated the small wins led to more wins, and next thing you know the whole school was immersed in the right work.

Research and practice both matter for education to improve, but too often there is a wide chasm between the two. Amy bridges that gap by bringing a researcher's skills and abilities to the classroom level in actionable, doable ways.

I had the privilege to work with Amy Miner in both the school setting and later the district setting. I saw the same thing happen in each setting. Clarity and then Coherence improved greatly. We were able to better focus on our goals and improve student learning because we had such a greater shared understanding of what deep learning is, looks like and a clear path of how to get there.

It only takes one experience working with Amy and seeing how her mind works and how she helps others wrap their brains and their hearts around teaching and learning to know that you are in the presence of a master teacher and facilitator of learning. I would give anything to have back the time that we worked together and continue the learning journey together. Our staff loved learning with and from you, and our students became better learners and individuals because of your impact on our school.