Mr. Miller teaches the STEM Lab at Winget Park Elementary. This being his 19th year in the classroom, he has taught all subjects in grades 3-6 in both CMS and Union County schools. He was most recently a 4th grade teacher at Palisades Park.
Mr. Miller attended UNCC and did his student teaching at Matthews Elementary in a 4th grade class in the fall of 1994. In fact, Mr. Miller and Ms. O'Hare, the principal at Palisades Park, were in the same small group of student teachers (three of us!) being supervised by Dr. Louise Baucom at UNCC! Mr. Miller graduated from UNCC in December of 1994.
Mr. Miller's passion is science and teaching it! Here are some fun facts:
Mr. Miller attended UNCC and did his student teaching at Matthews Elementary in a 4th grade class in the fall of 1994. In fact, Mr. Miller and Ms. O'Hare, the principal at Palisades Park, were in the same small group of student teachers (three of us!) being supervised by Dr. Louise Baucom at UNCC! Mr. Miller graduated from UNCC in December of 1994.
Mr. Miller's passion is science and teaching it! Here are some fun facts:
- STEM Superstar Award winner and grand prize finalist
- Frequent contributor for Ask Dr. STEM featured in the My School Rocks magazine
- Teacher of the Year 2005 at Waxhaw Elementary
- Featured on a PBS documentary in November, 2014 on public vs. charter schools
- Born in Parma, Ohio Yes, he does like the Browns but to be honest, he is more of a casual follower. Watching a team lose year after year kind of does that to a person.
- Graduated from Earlham Community School in Earlham, Iowa in 1988
- Has lived in Mecklenburg County continuously since August 31, 1988 - all of his adult life!
- Loves the Panthers (yes, even more than the Browns).
- Loves to ride his bike - not racing, just casual riding on bike-friendly roads and trails at a nice pace.
- Married to Koby Miller for 17 years
- Has a daughter, Alivia, who is in third grade at Palisades Park
- Has one cat named Callie who is twelve years old and a cat named Billy who is less than a year old - a big kitten!
- Lived in Saudi Arabia from August 1981 to June 1984
- Yes, he really did set his hand on fire in science class to demonstrate heat energy (6th grade). No, it didn't hurt but there is a trick to doing it safely. Don't try it yourself!
Where is Earlham, Iowa??? It was (still is, actually) a small town about 30 miles west of the state capital of Des Moines. It has only one claim to fame and it is a very small one: the famous actor John Wayne (think cowboys for the most part) lived there briefly as a little kid from 1910-1911.