Adult Education
Writing Across the Curriculum
Featuring Jennings Miller
Monday, June 8
8:00 AM - 3:00 PM
All sessions will be held at the Randolph Upper School, located at:
4915 Garth Rd SE
Huntsville, AL 35802
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Overview
The focus of Randolph School’s third annual Summer Institute for Teaching and Learning is how educators and families can understand the foundational skills that are necessary for students to become proficient writers in any content area.
Breakout sessions with Jennings Miller will target practical strategies at specific grade levels, while Randolph faculty will share successful strategies and projects from their own classrooms.
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Featured Speaker
Jennings Miller
Jennings Miller
Jennings is a Fellow in the Orton Gillingham Academy who trains teachers in the Orton-Gillingham approach and the Science of Reading. She leads dynamic, personalized mentorship and practicum experiences, working with educators to support meaningful professional growth.
After earning her M.Ed. in Special Education from Vanderbilt, Jennings spent a decade teaching students with diverse learning needs, including dyslexia, autism, and language-based disorders. She has worked at the Marcus Autism Center and The Schenck School, and now runs a private dyslexia therapy practice serving students ages 5–18.
Jennings has led workshops and accredited trainings nationwide, presented at major conferences, and contributed to nonprofit literacy initiatives. She is the author of the Fat Sam and Friends decodable series and The Alphabet King.
Since 2021, Jennings has served as Fellow of Record for Training and Instruction at Greengate School at Randolph, where she oversees therapists and develops curriculum grounded in the Science of Reading.
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Agenda
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A Message from Jennings
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Contacts
Jerry Beckman
Assistant Head for Academic Affairs
jbeckman@randolphschool.net
Allyson McCloud
Dean of Faculty
amccloud@randolphschool.net
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FAQs
1. Will I be provided with a certificate of professional development hours completed?
Yes, we will provide a certificate denoting the number of active hours completed.
2. I’m coming from out of town. Are there any hotels you would recommend?
Hotels in the downtown or South Huntsville area are most convenient to our Garth campus:
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- Trilogy Hotel Huntsville (Autograph Collection) – 4.0 miles
- Homewood Suites Downtown Huntsville – 3.3 miles
- 106 Jefferson (Curio) – 3.9 miles
- Doubletree Suites Huntsville South – 3.5 miles
- Hilton Garden Inn Huntsville South – 3.8 miles