Miller served as keynote speaker at School Readiness Summit

Dr. April Miller, professor of education and chair of the Department of Early Childhood, Elementary and Special Education and the Department of Middle Grades and Secondary Education, served as the keynote speaker for the School Readiness Summit in Morehead on Sept. 16. The event gathered districts and the area’s early childhood providers to work together on collaborative grants. The summit was offered by the Kentucky Governor’s Office of Early Childhood, which is dedicated to collaborating with professionals, families and communities to provide the highest quality early childhood care and education.  

“The purpose of Kentucky’s mid-year School Readiness Summit is to help school districts, early learning providers and community organizations throughout the Commonwealth make vital connections and collaborations necessary for school readiness,” Miller said.  

Miller earned a Bachelor of Science in Special Education, a Master of Arts in Special Education Administration and a Ph.D. in Applied Behavioral Analysis – Special Education from Ohio State University in Columbus. She has been at MSU for the past 16 years serving as a professor of education since 2003 and began serving as department chair for the Department of Early Childhood, Elementary and Special Education and the Department of Middle Grades and Secondary Education in 2016. Her research interests are effective instruction and single-subject research designs.   

Miller can be reached at ad.miller@moreheadstate.edu or 606-783-2857. 

For more information on MSU’s Department of Early Childhood, Elementary and Special Education, visit www.moreheadstate.edu/ecese, email ecese@moreheadstate.edu or call 606-783-2598. 

To learn more about MSU’s Department of Middle Grades and Secondary Education, visit www.moreheadstate.edu/mgse, email mgse@moreheadstate.edu or call 606-783-2079.