ACADEMIC COACHING
VISION
- Miller Academy Coaching was founded by Gretchen Miller while teaching at Milton Academy in 1996.
- Gretchen is a graduate of BC's Lynch School of Education, and Harvard Graduate School of Ed. In 2021, she rejoined Milton Academy's Faculty and currently teaches Grade 3 in the Lower School.
- While building Miller Academy Coaching, Gretchen spent 20+ years working in local media from the Boston Garden to Boston Magazine from Inc. Magazine to MC Communications from Plum TV to styleboston TV.
- In 2013, Gretchen's husband Chris Johnson joined the practice, scaled it significantly, and became head of math tutoring while also handling the company's finances.
- Chris is a graduate of Stevens Institute of Technology and has 20+ years of sales and marketing experience in technology research as the former EVP of Sales at AMR Research in Boston.
- The Johnson's 16-year-old daugther Nika is Co-Founder of the family's female empowerment coaching platform. Learn more under the SisterHood tab above!
- Miller Academy now has two distinct initiatives:
- K-12 Academic Coaching (SchoolHood)
- K-12 Empowerment Coaching
- SisterHood, NeighborHood, BrotherHood (launching 2024)
VISION
- Honoring the passion and respect for education held by Gretchen's father -- Eddie Miller, Boston College Class of 1957 -- Miller Academy's vision and mantra is to "engage, enlighten and empower"
- @ School: students K-12, educators and staff
- @ Home: children, parents & caregivers
- @ Work: employers and employees (with children, relatives K-12)
- @ Play: kids K-12 at their "after school" activities
- As a (tiny) coaching company, Miller Academy is intentionally a for-profit (LLC) that does business to do good -- donating a minimum of 25% of our empowerment coaching profits to a range of community-based causes.