Academic Advisement & 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.
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Science of Reading 10-hour Microcredential
Dr. Miles authored and created The Reading Institute’s 10-hour Science of Reading Intro Course featuring engaging, application-based content designed to help educators connect academic knowledge on the science of reading to classroom application.
Reading Ready
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
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.
The Reading Institute
Dr. Miles is the President & Founder of The Reading Institute.
NYC Literacy Advisory Council
Dr. Miles serves as an Academic Advisor to the NYC Literacy Advisory Council, an initiative of New York City Public Schools that meets monthly to help inform and guide the rollout of citywide literacy initiatives.
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.
AIM Institute for Learning and Research
Dr. Miles serves as an academic advisor to AIM Institute for Learning and Research.
McGraw Hill
Dr. Miles serves as an author for the upcoming McGraw Hill Literacy curriculum.
Making Words Stick
Dr.Miles co-authored Making Words Stick with Dr. Molly Ness.
Research Topics
Academic Advisement / Projects
Linguistic Knowledge Development of Preservice Teachers
Use of Verbotonal Movements in PreK
Orthographic Regularity of High Frequency Words
Research on Improving Blending Instruction
Efficacy of CUNY Reading Corps Program
Orthographic Regularity of Words on Word Walls
Game to Improve Orthographic Mapping of High Frequency Words
Improvements in Linguistic Skills of Participants in Reading Rescue PDs
Small Group vs. 1:1 implementation of Reading Ready and Reading Rescue