On top of being New Haven Public School’s Teacher of the Year for 2024 and having over 18 years of experience in the classroom, Julia Miller, SYC ‘23, was named Connecticut’s 2025 Teacher of the Year award at the Metropolitan Business Academy in New Haven on Oct. 16, 2024.
Miller, a New Haven native and educator, expresses that teaching is central to her identity and purpose.
“Growing up in New Haven Public Schools myself and seeing all the possibilities that a diverse, vibrant education can hold juxtaposed with all the inequities that can also exist in public education, is what drove me to want to pursue a career in education in the first place,” said Miller.
Having earned her Sixth Year Certificate in Educational Leadership from Southern Connecticut State University in 2023, Miller leads initiatives that uplift students and future educators. Through her course, Youth Justice in Practice, and programs like Educators Rising, she instills a sense of purpose and agency in her students, encouraging them to become active members of society.
The Connecticut Teacher of the Year Program began in 1952 to honor and recognize teacher excellence, according to Russell-Tucker. The program is sponsored by the Department of Education in partnership with a Connecticut Teacher of the Year Council.
Click here to read the Oct. 16, 2024 story in the New Haven Register.
