Miles Alvin Myers

Background

Myers, Miles Alvin was born on February 4, 1931 in Newton, Kansas, United States. Son of Alvin F. and Katheryn P. (Miles) Myers.

Education

Bachelor in Rhetoric, University of California, Berkeley, 1953; Master of Arts in Teaching in English, University of California, Berkeley, 1979; Master of Arts in English, University of California, Berkeley, 1982; Doctor of Philosophy in Language and Literacy, University of California, Berkeley, 1982.

Career

Teacher English, Washington Union High School, Fremont, California, 1957-1959; teacher English, Oakland (California) High School, 1959-1967, 69-74; teacher English, Concord High School, Mount Diablo, California, 1967-1969; Chairman, Board Of Directors, Alpha Plus Corporation Preschs., Piedmont, California, since 1968; director, All City High, 1973-1974; teacher English, Castlemont High School, Oakland, 1974-1975; member of faculty, University of California, Berkeley, 1975-1985; administrative director Bay Area writing project School Education, University of California, Berkeley, 1976-1985; administrative director national writing project School Education, University of California, Berkeley, 1979-1985; president, Chief Executive Officer, California Federation Teachers, 1985-1990; executive director, National Council Teachers of English, Urbana, Illinois, 1990-1997. Co-director National Standards Project for English Language Arts, 1992-1996. Adjunct Professor of English University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, 1991-1994.

Executive director California Subject Matter Projects, University of California, since 1997. Visiting lecturer at numerous colleges and Universities. Researcher in field.

Achievements

• Miles Alvin Myers has been listed as a noteworthy association administrator, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Changing Our Minds: Negotiating English and Literacy

    (Book by Myers, Miles)

  • A Procedure for Writing Assessment and Holistic Scoring
  • Changing Our Minds: Negotiating English and Literacy by Miles Myers (1996-05-03)

Membership

Sergeant United States Army, 1953-1956. Fellow National Conference Research in English. Member National Council Teachers of English, National Conference on Research in English, American Federation of Teachers (legislation director California Federation of Teachers 1971-1972, Union Teacher Press awards 1969-1975, 86-89, 91, Ben Rust award California Federation of Teachers 1994), American Education Research Association, California Association Teachers of English (Distinguished Svc. award 86), California Reading Association, International Reading Association, English 300 Society, University of California/Berkeley Alumni Association Delta Kappa.

Connections

Married Celeste Myers. Children: Royce, Brant, Roslyn.

Father:

Alvin F. Myers

Mother:

Katheryn P. (Miles) Myers

Spouse:

Celeste Myers

child:

Brant Myers

child:

Roslyn Myers

child:

Royce Myers