MY BIO
Jeffrey Miller currently serves in the Dallas College School of Education as the inaugural Dean of Student and Faculty Empowerment. In this role, he provides leadership and innovation in the areas of faculty professional learning, studentsupport services, and diversity programing (e.g., Bilingual Education Center and Black Male Educator Initiative).
Before joining the School of Education at Dallas College, Jeffrey worked as Cedar Valley College’s Executive Dean of K-12 Educational Partnerships, where he oversaw dual credit administration programs between southern Dallas County high schools and the Cedar Valley Campus. These programs included Early College High School (ECHS), Pathways in Technology Early College High School (PTECH), and CTE Dual Credit.
Jeffrey served in a number of roles in North Texas K-12 public school systems, including teacher, facilitator, administrator, Executive Director of Curriculum and Instruction, and Executive Director of College Readiness. As Executive Director of College Readiness, he provided leadership, vision, and coordination for a comprehensive District-wide college preparation program that included dual credit, Advanced Placement, PSAT, SAT, TSI Assessment, AVID, college access, college advising, and college partnerships. Jeffrey also served as Chair and Council Member of the Southwest Regional Council and as Member of the Springboard National Council; currently, he serves on the Executive Committee of the North Texas Regional P-16 Council.
Jeffrey is a native of Dallas, Texas and a proud graduate of Texas A&M University, where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Physics and his doctoral degree in Curriculum and Instruction.
MY EDUCATIONAL-LEADERSHIP PHILOSOPHY
I believe the core purpose of education should be to help learners reach their God-given potential by developing the mind, body, character, and sense of culture. Education should also serve as a means of providing for, transforming, and fortifying the family; as an educated person learns how to live, s/he establishes a path toward making a living. A critical catalyst for carrying out the purposes of education is the educational leader. An effective leader should be a constant force for collective and individual improvement. The educational leader should exemplify integrity and communicate a shared set of values that build others up. After all, authentic leadership is about positively influencing outcomes and developing future leaders.
Education should serve as a means of providing for, transforming, and fortifying the family; as an educated person learns how to live, s/he establishes a path toward making a living.
The preferred kind of learning environment is one that ensures safety, inspires a purpose and desire to learn, and provide adequate challenges necessary to maximize student growth and development. Every student is different, so the best learning environments are those in which there is room for individuality as well as a culture that promotes continuous self-improvement and high learning expectations. Leaders should foster an organizational climate that incubates a sense of ownership, accountability, gratitude, and innovation. Ideally, individual members and the team as a whole will be celebrated when they achieve goals. As a result, participants will view themselves as contributors and leaders all working toward the unifying goal of collective success.